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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Cape Town, South Africa Renovates its Appraisal System

The City of Cape Town, South Africa with a population of over three million is the second-most populous city in South Africa and the largest in land area— encompassing almost 1,000 square miles. Manatron, Inc., under the auspices of ILS is working to re-evaluate and replace an obsolete computer-assisted mass appraisal (CAMA) system. Read More

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

ELMF 2011 Launch Call for Papers for Event in Austria

The ELMF is the premier event in Europe focused on applying the technology of LIDAR and laser scanning to deliver outside mapping and imaging solutions in a timely and cost-effective manner across a variety of markets. The second ELMF is taking place in Salzburg, Austria from 29 – 30 November 2011. Last year’s inaugural event

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

SuperGIS Mobile Engine Application Selected by Regione Marche in Italy

SuperGeo Technologies announced that its exclusive partner in Italy, Helix S.r.l., has successfully promoted the Helix Mobile Mapping System (HMMs) to Regione Marche for civil protection and spatial data collection.  

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Yellowbook Launches New Android Tablet App

Yellowbook, a national leader in local search, today announced the launch of a new version of its US Yellow Pages application that is designed for use on Android Tablets. Yellowbook’s US Yellow Pages application has already registered millions of downloads on the Google™ Android smartphone platform.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

The Most Surreal Project Designed in ArchiCAD

The recent “ArchiSUR” competition was held among the architect and designer members of the Russian social network, Vkontakte. Supported by GRAPHISOFT Russia, the objective of the “Architectural design in ArchiCAD” contest was to implement fresh visions in architecture and design using ArchiCAD.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Optech Wraps Up Successful Lidar Conference

Optech Incorporated, the world’s 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

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Fly Your Thesis! 2011 Campaign

The second series of flights in ESA’s ‘Fly Your Thesis!’ programme concluded recently. After many months of preparation, the 10-day campaign culminated with four student experiments making three parabolic flights aboard the Airbus A300 Zero-G aircraft. Four student teams, from the UK, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, were selected for this rare opportunity to conduct their

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service Adopts SAFEcommand

Astrium GEO-Information Services is working with Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) to ensure emergency response crews have access to critical information on the front line. Hampshire FRS is now using Astium GEO-Information Services’ SAFEcommand Vehicle-Mounted Data System in all of its 130 appliances across the county. 

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Blue Marble’s GeoTransform 6.1 Upgrade Adds Capabilities to Imagery Developer Tool Kit

Blue Marble Geographics announces the upgrade of their developer tool GeoTransform. GeoTransform is available within GeoCore, Blue Marble’s all-in-one geospatial developer tool kit. GeoTransform 6.1 is the latest raster image file transformation and manipulation tool kit from Blue Marble Geographics. The 6.1 release is a tremendous upgrade from previous versions of the toolkit. With this library,

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Environmental System for Venezuela

Organic Environmental Law in Title VI (Research and Environmental Information), recognizes the right of every person to information on the environment. It established the creation of a registry containing environmental information biophysical, economic and social, and legal information relating to the environment, whose lead agency is the Environmental Authority.