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Sunday, June 12th, 2011

AXYS is Close to Shipping its First Commerical Wind-assessment Buoy

Victoria’s AXYS Technologies is on the verge of massive growth that could mean increasing its staff and expanding into its recently built new digs. The company is preparing to ship the first of its WindSentinel assessment buoys, and it all goes according to plan AXYS will be ramping up production of the device this year.

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

RFM Announces New Peel and Stick Wireless Sensor Networking Platform

Application developers have detailed knowledge of the markets they serve but struggle to find a cost-effective means to collect the sensor data that drive their applications. With over 20 years of wireless deployments, RFM has the practical experience that enables us to deliver wireless sensor network platform products that non-RF personnel can easily deploy. Our

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

GE Announces Miniature Rugged Automatic Video Tracker

GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the ADEPT3000 miniature rugged automatic video tracker. Easily integrated using standard or custom format carrier cards, saving time, effort and cost and minimizing program risk, it has been optimized to perform real-time detection and tracking across the full range of military and aerospace electro-optical system applications. Read More

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Optech Wraps Up Successful Lidar Conference

Optech Incorporated, the worldís leading manufacturer of advanced lidar, aerial digital camera and survey instruments, is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its second Innovative Lidar Solutions Conference (ILSC 2011) from May 31 to June 3 at the Hilton Garden Inn Toronto. With a greater than expected number of registered attendees from around the

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Optech and Cardinal Systems Announce Joint Initiative

Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar, aerial digital camera and survey instruments, and Cardinal Systems, producer of the Vr Mapping software, are pleased to announce a joint development initiative covering Cardinal’s VR suite of photogrammetric and lidar processing products. Under the terms of the agreement Optech and Cardinal Systems agree to jointly

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Intergraph Announces Global Launch of Enterprise Solution for Geospatial Workflows

Intergraph Corporation reveals its global launch of GeoMedia Smart Client, a solution currently serving more than 25,000 European users that impact 30 million people. GeoMedia Smart Client, formerly “Respublica”, is designed to extend the use of advanced geospatial capabilities throughout multi-disciplinary organizations by delivering advanced geospatial workflows to large numbers of employees through a simple,

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

INTERGEO Round Table 2011: Galileo Indispensable

Experts attending the INTERGEO Round Table in Karlsruhe, Germany, made it infinitely clear that the European satellite programme Galileo is essential. The unanimous conclusion was that Europe must be independent of other referencing systems such as America’s GPS and Russia’s GLONASS if it is to safeguard its future as a hub for research and business.

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Join the contest “Studying Fires Dynamics Based on RS Data”

Registration for the “Remote sensing of wildfires” contest has started. The contest is carried out on GIS-Lab.info platform, the leading Russian Internet-resource, dedicated to practical aspects of remote sensing and to geographical information systems. Contest participants are to develop methods of automated or semi-automated detection of burned areas within 2000-2011 period using remote sensing data. The

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Satellite Imagery Assists Australian Flood Emergency Response and Recovery

Heavy rainfall occurred across most of Australia between November 2010 and early February 2011 causing extreme flooding across eastern Australia, particularly in Queensland and Victoria. During the flood emergencies, Geoscience Australia provided satellite imagery and derived mapping information to support the emergency response and recovery efforts. These images came from more than twenty different satellites

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

EFI is looking for a FLEGT Facilitator to Vietnam

European Forest Institute (EFI) hosts the EU FLEGT Facility, which supports the European Commission, EU Member States and partner countries in the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan. The EU FLEGT Facility is seeking a FLEGT facilitator to support the implementation of the EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) process in Vietnam.