Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
The INSPIRE Directive establishes a framework for easier sharing of geographic information among European public bodies and improved accessibility to the public. One of the first steps for organisations producing data which falls under INSPIRE was the creation of metadata. Ordnance Survey’s metadata is now available for other public bodies and the public to access on their website..
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form an innovative partnership of federal agencies to address America’s growing water resources challenges. To meet this demand for information, the Collaborative Science, Services and Tools to Support Integrated
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
CHC today announced the availability of Nava GPS Handheld series designed for any meter-level GPS mapping applications such as in forestry, agriculture, utilities, and local government, which are mainly capturing data about assets. Nava GPS are affordable, easy-to-use and provide the necessary features for data collection and mapping including point, line and area data capture, import
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Growing Location-based Applications in Retail, Financial Services and Transport sectors: How can the UK Location Programme help? Aimed at end-users of Location-based Applications/GIS in the above sectors, the objectives of the workshop are to: – increase awareness of what is being provided under the UK Location Programme and discuss how the use of these facilities across the
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
KOREC is delighted to announce that it has signed an agreement with Swiss company, SenseFLY, to become the sole UK and Irish distributor of SenseFLY’s unmanned flying camera, the swinglet CAM. The swinglet CAM is a lightweight, unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with a high resolution electronically integrated digital camera. Designed to undertake small scale aerial mapping
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Thanks to the significant experience gained throughout 7 magical years of the Display® Campaign, Energy Cities with contributions from Displayers has launched a briefing note for the Concerted Action, national governments and organisations in charge with the transposition of the EPBD, interested MEPs and national parliamentarians. Read More
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
SpecTIR has made available a number of airborne hyperspectral imagery data sets for research, training, and educational purposes. They will be available from the SpecTIR website at http://www.spectir.com/download.html and cover a wide variety of subjects which include : Gulf of Mexico coastal National Wildlife Refuge wetlands prior to oil landing onshore.
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Imagine using the power of augmented reality not just for places and monuments but also to get public information on people arround you. Blaise Aguera y Arcas’ background is as multidimensional as the visions he helps create. In the 1990s, he authored patents on both video compression and 3D visualization techniques, and in 2001, he made
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Following the success of the first course, start the time to register for the 2nd edition of the Course Specialist Analysis of Risk Management for Flood and Flood (CEAGRAI 2011), which TECNOSYLVA participates as a partner. This year the course will be jointly organized by the UCLM and UPM, and capital will be held in Madrid, between May
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
DMS Group becomes the first company founded and run by students develop a project to IGN in this area. The European Directive INSPIRE and its implementation in Spain “LISIGE” provide the guidance necessary to make available to the public geographic information generated by any public institution documented through metadata. Read More
