Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
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, 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 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 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
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
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 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
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.
Monday, June 6th, 2011
A new method for calculating the role that mangrove restoration plays in slowing climate change, by capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, has been adopted. The methodology is adopted under the UN climate change convention’s Kyoto Protocol, as part of the Clean Development Mechanism that supports emission reduction projects in developing countries. This
Monday, June 6th, 2011
The UK National Ecosystem Assessment’s analysis of the social and economic benefits of our natural environment was published last week, and described by Caroline Spelman as: “a vital step forward in our ability to understand the true value of nature and how to sustain the benefits it gives us.” Ms Spelman hoped that the NEA will contribute to
