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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

2011 Be Together: The Bentley User Conference ‘Keynote Report’

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, held its annual Be Together: The Bentley User Conference May 23-26, 2011, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa. This highly interactive conference, whose theme was “Sharpen Your Edge,” gave Bentley users the opportunity to advance their skills, network

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

GeoEye Promotes Uyen Dinh to Vice President of Government Affairs

GeoEye, Inc., a leading source of geospatial information and insight, has promoted Uyen Dinh to vice president of Government Affairs. Dinh joined GeoEye in May 2007 as senior director of Government Affairs and is responsible for the overall development and execution of all government relations programs.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Local Authorities Choose Contractor Link by emapsite

More than a quarter of the local authorities in England and Wales have begun using a free online service from emapsite that supports the new Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA).  Contractor Link by emapsite is a self-service portal for contractors. It enables government organisations to better manage their contractors’ access and use of licensed mapping. The

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Bentley Announces 2011 Student Design Competition Winners, Names Educator of the Year

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the winners in the 2011 Bentley Student Design Competition and named Maria-Paz Gutierrez, professor, University of California, Berkeley, as Bentley Educator of the Year. The Student Design Competition awards technically advanced projects created using Bentley software by university,

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Bluesky 3D Model Supports Warrington’s Regeneration

A computer-generated 3D model of the centre of Warrington, England, is supporting ambitious regeneration plans as part of the Borough Council’s Town Centre Urban Design Masterplan, which is currently in development. Created by aerial mapping company Bluesky the highly accurate model will be used to show how proposed town centre regeneration schemes would look after development. The

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Open Data for Open Knowledge and Education

Data integration should involve combining data residing in different open sources and providing users with innovative solutions. This process becomes “strategic” in a variety of situations both “economic and scientific” combining novel research approaches for the evolution of educational and research strategies (e.learning & face-to-face). Open data makes Educational Institution more transparent and increases accountability.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition 2011

A Canadian delegation took part in the 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition organising multiple activities for the promotion of business to business relationships and cooperation among Canadian biomass and bioenergy producers and European organisations and investors.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

AisaOWL Airborne Thermal Hyperspectral System

Spectral Imaging, Ltd., announces that it has successfully delivered the world’s most compact, high-performance Long-Wave Infrared, LWIR Hyperspectral Imager to a Defence Customer in a strategic geographical location. The advanced chemical imaging capabilities will bring a new dimension to port and harbour airborne surveillance, and additionally to other defence and law enforcement applications. The strength of

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Kazakhstan Wind Energy Summit 15th – 16th September 2011

Kazakhstan has huge potential for renewable energy, in particular in wind. Since the renewable sector is almost untapped and the government of Kazakhstan is actively working on promoting renewable energy sources and starting new programs to reach the renewable energy target of 5 percent by 2024, this presents an opportunity for many new projects. 

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

INSPIRE Revision of Good Practice Guide

The Regulation on ‘access to spatial data sets and services of the Member States by Community institutions and bodies under harmonised conditions’ was published in March 2010, followed by Guidance on the Regulation a Good Practice Guide. The content of the Guidance and Good Practice documents are now reviewed in the light of subsequent experience of users, and