Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Aerial surveying company Bluesky has secured 2.4 million Euros to fund research into the development of a web based renewable energy rating platform. Working with partners from across Europe Bluesky will investigate the use of geographic data to assess the suitability of individual properties for solar energy generation and create a web based portal to deliver this data online. On
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the International Cartographic Association (ICA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of developing on a global basis collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organizations in open source GIS software and data. The MoU aims to provide expertise and support for the establishment of Open
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Overwatch announced today the release of RemoteView Pro 3.2.2, the latest version of its imagery and geospatial analysis software with enhancements that better integrate intelligence data and improve the intelligence workflow. Read More
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
DigitalGlobe launched two new geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) services today at GEOINT 2011, the nation’s largest intelligence event. Both services, available now, are designed to enable faster response, smarter decisions, and more effective management of on-the-ground personnel during natural and man-made disasters. “Now more than ever, on-demand access and real-time sharing of geospatial intelligence can make
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
With over 600 exhibitors from 29 countries, the AgroTech Russia International Exhibition for Agricultural Machinery has registered the best attendance since its inception four years ago. Almost half of the exhibitors at AgroTech Russia came from outside Russia – The organisers expressed themselves as very pleased with this excellent international attendance. Exhibitors were very satisfied both with the event
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Siemens is putting the solar farm Les Mées on line. Siemens has installed 112,000 solar modules on an approximately 70-hectare site on the La Colle des Mées plateau in the vicinity of the French Alps. Siemens Energy is EPC contractor for the six photovoltaic (PV) power plants with a combined peak output of 31 megawatts
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that AAM has purchased Correlator3D for the generation of digital surface models (DSM). The transaction was brokered by Credent Technology Asia Pte Ltd., SimActive’s partner in South East Asia and Australia. “An important factor for us is to produce DSM as fast as possible
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
ESA’s ice satellite is rolling left and right in orbit to help it continue its precise measurements of the vast ice sheets that blanket Greenland and Antarctica. Since its launch 18 months ago, CryoSat-2 has been collecting data to improve our understanding of the relationship between ice and climate.Just this year, the first map of Arctic
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is releasing version 8.5 of its GeoExpress software this week at the GEOINT 2011 Symposium in San Antonio, Texas where the company is exhibiting in booth #263. This upgraded version of GeoExpress, which allows geospatial professionals to compress and manipulate satellite and aerial imagery, offers exciting new
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
The University of Southern California, Esri, NAVTEQ, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are launching the first International Geospatial Geocoding Conference, to be held December 6–7, 2011. The conference will be held in the state-of-the-art Esri Conference Center in Redlands, California.
