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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Use of Lidar for Coastal Habitat Mapping

This article describes how Lidar (Laser or Light Detection and Ranging) can be used to collect data about coastal habitats. The article gives an introduction of the measurement principle and also explains how to plan for a Lidar-survey. More information about the conversion of collected data and the output of Lidar can be found in

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

TerraSAR-X – Volcanic Eruption in Chile

The crater of the Chilean volcano Puyehue displays a striking, circular outline in this image from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TerraSAR-X satellite – so this was not the culprit when a volcano in the southern Andes erupted on 4 June 2011. Instead, as the images from the German

Monday, July 25th, 2011

BKG Update – Administrative Regions and VG250 VG1000

The products of administrative regions 1: 250 000 (VG250) and administrative regions 1: 1 000 000 (VG1000) are content with the date 01.01.2011 in the revised sale. Test data and product documentation you can free our GeoDatenZentrum down load.  Please note some changes in the attributes. Detailed explanations can be found in the documentation to VG250 and VG1000 under the “Current Information”. The employees of

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Simulations of Atmospheric Dispersion From Japan

In this configuration, the model can be used to perform simulations of “dispersion”. Are injected artificially in a model grid an arbitrary amount of tracer, and calculate the transport and dispersion of this tracer by the winds, turbulence, convection. These simulations look at how the air mass was over Japan at the initial moment, moves and dissolves

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Autodesk LiDAR Solutions For Transportation Featuring Virtual Geomatics

Do you have terrestrial, mobile or aerial LiDAR data available for your transportation project?  Whether or not you are collecting yourself or outsourcing, you need the ability to quickly process this large data and extract exactly what you need, when you need it.

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Last Chance to Register for the Esri and FME Webinar

Many Esri ArcGIS users often need to work with data that comes from non-Esri sources, and even share their data out to non-Esri users. But converting data to meet these needs is often so difficult that valuable business information is left untapped. Fortunately, you can increase data access for your organization with FME, the leading technology for

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Bath & North East Somerset Council Adopts Getmapping Integrated Solution

Bath & North East Somerset Council has adopted the Getmapping Integrated Solution (GMIS). The solution helps Authorities to save money, extend and improve the use of GIS and mapping across the organisation whilst enhancing data sharing and collaboration. The package also includes an aerial photography update programme on a three year cycle. The Getmapping Integrated Solution

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Esri UK Stimulates Debate About Geography Teaching in Schools

Esri UK announced that it is working with the Geographical Association (GA) to help stimulate a nationwide debate about the core geography knowledge that children should be taught at school. “Geography skills are becoming increasingly important for employers, yet many young people have a very limited understanding of the world in which they live,” says Richard

Sunday, July 24th, 2011

Meridian Systems Enhances Forum for its Construction Project Mgt Software

Meridian Systems, the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organizations, launched today an enhanced user forum. As part of the company’s SupportLink technical support website, Meridian customers will now experience an improved site layout, multimedia functionally, and an enhanced messaging function that allows Prolog and Proliance software users to more effectively direct their technical questions and

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

ESA ITT Open for Study on Improving GNSS Time to First Fix

ESA has opened an ITT for a €100k – €200k  study on improving GNSS time-to-first-fix, without using terrestrial aids. The ITT is open from 18th July to 12th September 2011. Read More