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Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Open Topography – Four New Lidar Datasets Released

This dataset was collected during the summer of 2008 by Sanborn on behalf of the Teton Conservation District. The project mapped 141 square miles of area within the Snake River Range and the Teton National Forest. The area covered is west of the Snake River to the Bridger-Teton National Forest boundary, and from Teton Village

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

National Technical Systems First Lab Qualified By ZigBee

National Technical Systems, Inc. a leading provider of engineering services, announced today that it is the first lab that has been qualified by the ZigBee Alliance to offer certification testing of the enhanced version of ZigBee Smart Energy version 1.1 standard. Additionally, NTS has also released an update to its ZigBee Smart Energy test harness

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

ST’s MEMS Module – Six Degrees of Freedom in Advanced Motion-Sensing Apps

STMicroelectronics has expanded its portfolio with a new device that combines three-axis sensing of both linear and angular motion. ST’s high-performance multi-sensor module with six degrees of freedom targets advanced motion-sensing applications, including remote controls, black-box recorders, and enhanced GPS systems. Read More

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Sococo Announces Cloud-Based Collaboration

 Sococo, the social communications company, announced the beta launch of Sococo Phone, a new phone-calling feature that for the first time unites a virtual work environment with traditional phone communications. Sococo Phone gives users the ability to call any phone number in the world from within their own Team Space virtual work environment, and joins

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Synopsys’ LightTools Delivers Leading-Edge Illumination Analysis

Synopsys, Inc. announced the availability of enhancements to its LightTools illumination design and analysis software, acquired as part of Synopsys’ acquisition of Optical Research Associates (ORA). LightTools 7.2 delivers features that will help users graphically analyze simulation results, compute important metrics when designing for the lighting industry, iteratively design with CAD software and improve the

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Data Policy of Geological Survey of India

The activity domain  under the mission Geoinformatics are broadly categorized in the scheme –i) Information Infrastructure, ii) National Geospatial Datasets, iii) Product Management, iv) 3D-Integrated Application, v) Mobile Mapping, and vi) e-Governance.  The information infrastructure, in turn, includes the GSI Portal which archives the scientific attribute and spatial information and GSI Net.  The National geospatial datasets play vital role towards

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

East View – Distributor of ORNL’s LandScan Population Database

East View Cartographic (EVC) has entered into an exclusive distributorship license with UT-Battelle for an award winning population distribution database. The LandScan High Resolution Global Population Data Set, developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has already seen success in a number of research, educational, humanitarian and corporate applications. LandScan, which refines

Friday, July 29th, 2011

Lowering of ERS-2 Orbit Continues

The orbit of ESA’s retired ERS-2 observation satellite is being lowered to reduce the risk of collision with other satellites or space debris. The goal is to leave it well below most operating polar satellites by the end of August. The first in a series of thruster firings, each lasting about 300 seconds, was commanded by

Friday, July 29th, 2011

Water Quality: Current Trends and Expected Climate Change Impacts

The International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) jointly organized the Symposium on “Water Quality: Current Trends and Expected Climate Change Impacts” during the XXV IUGG General Assembly “Earth on the Edge: Science for a Sustainable Planet” in Melbourne, Australia, on 4-5 July. The objective of the Symposium was to

Friday, July 29th, 2011

Infragistics Debuts NetAdvantage for Visual Studio LightSwitch

Infragistics, the experience design software company and world leader in user interface (UI) development tools, today debuts NetAdvantage for Visual Studio LightSwitch, a powerful and flexible set of Silverlight-based NetAdvantage UI Tools, shells and themes enabling business users and developers to quickly build and share business applications on the desktop, browser and the cloud.