Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Bluesky has launched a new on demand service to complement its existing solar mapping product. The service provides detailed solar panel suitability assessment reports for individual properties and developments. Suitable for commercial, industrial, public sector and even large domestic properties the Bluesky SolAR (Solar Assessment Report) service provides an interactive 3D model of the property
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
A state of the art laser scanning system supplied by 3D Laser Mapping has been used to improve safety of iron ore extraction in South Africa. The Riegl laser scanner forms an integral part of a Waste Spreader Positioning System (WSPS) developed by Stone Three Venture Technology in partnership with Reutech Mining. The WSPS is
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Bluesky and Blom UK have worked together to release a stunning ultra high-resolution aerial photomap of the 2011 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts. Captured on the afternoon of Sunday, 26th June by Blom UK the 6cm resolution imagery shows the entire site as 150,000 festival goers basked in the summer sun on one of
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
The Thematic Working Group (TWG) Soil was responsible for developing the data specification on soil. The TWG was composed of 13 experts coming from Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Joint Research Centre Ispra, The Netherlands, Norway and Spain. The INSPIRE Directive (Directive 2007/2/EC) defines Soil as follows: “Soil and subsoil characterised according to depth, texture, structure and content
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
A gvSIG 1.11 portable version has been released at the community repository. The objective of this distribution is, to allow the user running the gvSIG 1.11 version from a USB disk, and distribute it easily in other computers, without the necessity of any software installation. This distribution runs on Windows and Linux, and it has been developed
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Since 2009 Blom Germany have been working with SmartPlanes to develop a cost effective light weight UAV solution for the European market. With more than 100 trials and now some 10 commercial projects completed since early 2010, the Personal Aerial Mapping System (PAMS) technology is being rolled out to other countries in the Blom Group.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
GRAPHISOFT Asia Sales Director Robert Greenfield and General Manager of JZFZ Zhang Yuhua signed an agreement that lays out the terms for a strategic partnership. The parties will cooperate in an effort to promote the application of GRAPHISOFT’s leading BIM application, ArchiCAD, as well as foster the development of China’s architectural design and construction industries.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
The GeoEye-1 satellite has recently imaged the Port Moresby region over the last few months and obtained some remarkable, cloud free datasets. “Given the economic activity in this region and elsewhere in New Guinea, the interest in current high resolution, satellite imagery has been growing,” says Dr Gail Kelly – AAM Satellite and Aerial Project
Monday, July 4th, 2011
Although remote sensing is one of the most powerful and cost-effective monitoring tools, some processes require high spatial (less than 500 meters) and temporal (less than a few hours) resolutions that current remote sensing systems cannot provide. Furthermore, satellite and air-borne imagery is expensive and dependent on weather conditions, target locations, revisiting periods, and satellite
Monday, July 4th, 2011
Temperature@lert WiFi Edition 220 is a high-performance device that monitors the ambient temperature in your server room, office, lab, residence, commercial building, heating and air conditioning system or other points of interest and alerts you via email when the temperature rises or falls outside your acceptable range. The WiFi 220 can be configured with one
