Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Microsoft Corp. has entered into a licensing agreement with GeoVector Corporation, the world leader in Augmented Reality and pointing-based local search solutions for mobile devices. The non-exclusive multi-year agreement gives Microsoft rights to use concepts covered by GeoVector’s patents. “We are thrilled to have Microsoft join the growing number of GeoVector licensees,” said John Ellenby, GeoVector’s
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
IBM today announced the IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities, a new solution designed to help cities of all sizes gain a holistic view of information across city departments and agencies. By infusing analytical insights into municipal operations through one central point of command, cities will be able to better anticipate problems, respond to
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Trimble announced today a four-tiered precision agriculture product training and support initiative for Trimble Agriculture’s resellers and grower customers.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
StreetMapper, the vehicle-based laser mapping system, is now being offered with a range of tools for the automatic calculation of bridge heights and other measurements. Designed to simplify the complex task of processing the billions of individual laser scanned measurements recorded by the world’s most accurate mobile mapping system StreetMapper Bridges is ideally suited for
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) today launched its first e-learning course and toolkit aimed specifically at those interested in or specialising in rural housing provision – including Local Authorities, Registered Providers and developers. Both tools aim to address the issue of provision of affordable housing, which is a particular challenge in rural areas.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Private Data Support: Keep proprietary data private and unsearchable by others. Now you can upload proprietary data, analyze it with other data and create compelling maps, charts and graphs all within a secure interface. Groups and Permissions: Allow others in your group or organization to access and collaborate with you. Enable permissions at various levels to
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Esri Map Book highlights the wide diversity of GIS applications in use today. From a detailed tourism map of the archaeological sites in Luxor, Egypt, to the scientific analysis of the iron and titanium concentrations on the moon, this year’s map book beautifully showcases the power and potential of geospatial analysis.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
earthmine, inc. today announced the immediate availability of the earthmine Widget for the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex, providing a simple way for earthmine and ArcGIS users to publish their geospatial data and earthmine 3D street level imagery to the web. The earthmine Widget is built with earthmine’s Software Development Kit (SDK) for Flash and delivers
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Ensuring community participation in the sustainable management of forests is one of the main challenges in REDD+ implementation, but the Philippines is leading the South East Asian pack with community rights already being legally incorporated into the REDD+ process, according to Yurdi Yasmi, Manager at the Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC).
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
The EFI FLEGT and REDD unit houses the EU FLEGT Facility and the EU REDD Facility, which support the European Commission, EU Delegations, EU Member States and partner countries in the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan and REDD+ activities. EFI is looking for a senior-level professional with strong international leadership and management experience
