Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Children at state and independent schools across Britain have begun learning with the most highly detailed Ordnance Survey digital maps under a new ‘mapping on demand’ agreement. Local studies, field work and controlled assessments are all being supported by the move which widens an existing map subscription service to include all schools, academies and teacher training
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
OpenGeo has announced the official opening of it’s office in Victoria, Canada. This location accommodates a significant growth in OpenGeo staff and will serve as a hub to support West Coast and Canadian clients. Amongst others, the office will house geospatial veterans and winners of the prestigious Sol Katz Award for achievement in open source geospatial software
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC) announced today that it will hold its Annual General Meeting in Ottawa, on Wednesday November 23, 2011 followed the next day, Thursday November 24, 2011 by its annual GIAC Day-on-the-Hill event. “There has been a lot of activity this year in promoting and gaining broad support for GIAC’s advocacy agenda
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Foresight’s two year study into Migration and Global Environmental Change has examined how changes in environmental conditions such as flooding, drought and rising sea levels will influence and interact with patterns of global human migration over the next 50 years. These patterns of human movement, 75 per cent of which is inside national borders, will
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
NAVTEQ has been selected by Ford Motor Company to be their exclusive map supplier for the Sync MyFord Touch. The agreement positions NAVTEQ as the map data provider for the SYNC with MyFord Touch SD-card based navigation system in Europe, Russia, Middle East, North America and South America. NAVTEQ maps power over 24 million in-vehicle
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Leica Geosystems announces “Leica CloudWorx for Revit”, the latest addition to Leica Geosystems family of CloudWorx point cloud processing plug-ins for CADD and VR modeling software. CloudWorx for Revit provides a faster way for AutoCAD®Revit® professionals to efficiently create accurate BIM deliverables of existing buildings based on rich laser scan data collected by 3D laser
Monday, November 7th, 2011
Vietnam is a narrow and long country lying along a north/south axis. The Country has multitudinous climatic and geological conditions. Therefore, Vietnam has a relatively higher risk of the incidence of natural disasters in the world. Particularly, typhoons and floods and other hydrological events are serious problems. Losses from these natural disasters are nearly 1.5%
Monday, November 7th, 2011
Rand McNally and Navistar, Inc. have reached an agreement to make Rand McNally’s award-winning IntelliRoute TND truck GPS units available as an in-dash option in International trucks starting next year.
Monday, November 7th, 2011
Leica Geosystems today released the Leica mojoXact, the new high accuracy upgrade option for the Leica mojo3D guidance display, as well as further features for the Leica mojo3D and Leica SteerDirect. The new features include an improved look and feel, better product usability, more accuracy options and an increased coverage of Leica SteerDirect vehicle support.
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
ShaleNavigator, a web-based news and mapping system, is now available to help landowners and operators stay current with and interpret what the recent developments mean for their property, property group, or company’s position within the quickly evolving Shale Gas landscapes.