Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Starbucks Coffee Company’s Patrick O’Hagan, global marketing planning manager for the world’s largest retail coffee chain, will keynote the Esri Business Summit to be held July 10–11, 2011, in San Diego, California. The summit draws business executives from all over the world to talk about how using location-based analysis will improve an organization’s overall performance,
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Armchair explorers can “dive” in and view the ocean floor in far greater detail thanks to new topography released through Google Earth, U.S. researchers say. Developed by oceanographers at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory from scientific data collected on research cruises, the new synthesis of seafloor topography improves resolution in covered areas from the former 1-kilometer
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Growing conditions for Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada range from lower to much lower than normal this spring as a result of cool, wet weather, according to early data from the Crop Condition Assessment Program (CCAP) for the 2011 growing season. Corn and soybean planting is delayed in some regions, with the possibility that producers
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
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
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
On 15 June, a seminar on waste prevention will be held at COWI’s headquarters in Copenhagen. The seminar is aimed at actors in the construction and building sector who work with waste management. Policy makers at the local and national levels as well as scientists in research organisations are also expected to attend the seminar, which
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
In the share sale 2011 937 employees submitted subscription orders for a total of DKK 23.8 million. COWIfonden, as part of its objective to support COWI, submitted subscription orders for DKK 18.0 million.According to the prospectus published, payment of the subscription price of shares with a three-year vesting period (cash shares) is to be made
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Decision support tools for agriculture often require meteorological data as inputs, but data availability and quality are often problematic. Difficulties arise with daily solar radiation (SRAD) because the instruments require electronic integrators, accurate sensors are expensive, and calibration standards are seldom available. NASA’s Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (NASA/POWER; power.larc.nasa.gov) project estimates SRAD based on
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
AVEVA announced today that registration for the AVEVA World Summits 2011 is open. The Summits will be held in Copenhagen 17-19 October, Rio de Janeiro 25-27 October and Singapore 8–10 November. The AVEVA World Summits provide a collaborative forum for managers and decisions makers, with responsibility for strategic business operations. The Summit agenda is designed to
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
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, 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.
