Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Today, Esri released its innovative American Community Survey (ACS) ACS Population Summary and ACSHousing Summary reports, containing data from the 2005–2009 ACS five-year period estimates. Esri added value to the ACS data by offering the data for nonstandard geographies and simplifying use of the ACS margin of error (MOE). The reports are available immediately to guest users and subscribers
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Two new environmental projects to preserve biodiversity and provide a solution to bi-national management of the Artibonite basin, for $20 million over 4 years, have just been launched. “Today in Haiti, population explosion and increased human pressure on the country’s natural resources is degrading the environment,” said Jean-Marie Claude Germain, Minister of the Environment. “To cope
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Since the launch of the AutoCAD WS mobile app last September, we have received one question more than all others: When are you going to release AutoCAD WS for Android? And so we are delighted to announce that this free app which has already been downloaded more than one million times will be available to download
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Septentrio’s AsteRx3 receivers are successfully tracking the GLONASS CDMA L3 signal transmitted by the first GLONASS-K1 satellite. This satellite was launched on February 26. It carries a payload capable of transmitting a CDMA signal in the L3 band, with a center frequency of 1202.025 MHz, in addition to the standard L1/L2 GLONASS FDMA signals. It is
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Vegetation mapping and monitoring provides critical information used to make informed, accurate decisions in a myriad of applications. ENVI offers a number of advanced tools to extract vegetation information from imagery so that you can address problems that traditionally required more expensive, time-consuming visits to the field. See the recorded Webinar:Using ENVI for Image Analysis of
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
NAVTEQ has announced that Garmin Distribution Africa has chosen NAVTEQ® maps for South Africa and enhanced content for its new nüvi devices. Garmin has access to NAVTEQ map data worldwide (currently available in 84 countries and territories), through a long-term global contract between the two companies, and is further extending its reach with the implementation of
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
An unparalleled collection of high-resolution satellite imagery covering sub-Saharan Africa in a single season is now available in the DMCii image archive, providing an invaluable snapshot of more than 40 countries, including Cameroon, Congo, and Ethiopia for assessing phenomena such as deforestation, urbanisation and desertification. Sub-Saharan Africa is a vast and diverse landscape with climatic
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Prism Digital Cinema Package Encoder is the newest and the most efficient Digital Cinema Package (DCP) creation tool. You can easily create Interop and SMPTE compliant DCPs. Preparing your 2k or 4k, 2d or stereoscopic (3D) material for the digital cinema projection has never been easier! Without investing in new hardware or expensive software you can make
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Solar has been awarded a major contract to install a 44 megawatt solar thermal augmentation project at a 750 megawatt coal-fired power station in Queensland, Australia, representing the largest solar project in the Southern Hemisphere and the world’s largest solar/coal-fired power augmentation project. AREVA Solar’s Australian-pioneered Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology will be installed at CS
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Esri and the nonprofit organization Development Gateway signed a memorandum of understanding that defines continued joint efforts to leverage geospatial technology to support international aid projects. “Working with Esri, we intend to make aid information more visual so it’s easier for decision makers and the general public to access and understand,” says Nancy Choi, director of products and
