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Thursday, May 5th, 2011

FlexiCadastre selected as Uganda’s new Mining Cadastre and Registry System

Spatial Dimension is pleased to announce that FlexiCadastre has been selected as Uganda’s new Mining Cadastre and Registry System. The Ugandan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, through the Department of Geological Survey and Mines recently signed a contract with MTL Consulting Company Limited of Tanzania to design, develop and commission an advanced rules and

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Vue 9.5 Now Shipping

 e-on software, the leader in 3D sky, light and nature technologies, announced today the immediate availability of Vue 9.5 xStream and Infinite, its professional solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments. Vue xStream and Vue Infinite are the company’s flagship solutions for the creation of natural 3D environments. Vue Infinite operates as

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Cadac Organice Introduces SharePoint Framework for the Mining Industry

Cadac Organice, Microsoft Partner Network member and developer of the Cadac Organice Product Suite (a SharePoint based solution for engineering document management and document control), introduces a SharePoint framework for the mining industry. The Cadac Organice Product Suite offers solutions for engineering document management and document control and is entirely based on Microsoft SharePoint. Leveraging SharePoint as the platform for

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Google Earth Outreach Offers Developer Grants

Google Earth Outreach is offering Developer Grants to nonprofit organizations who are looking for funding for a map project. The grants will support the development of selected projects from eligible nonprofit organizations that are using Google’s mapping technologies in novel, cutting-edge ways to make the world a better place.The average range of grants given will

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

USGIF Announces Commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite Working Group

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) and its members have formed a Commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite Working Group (CSARS WG) with the aim to explain the capabilities and advantages of space-based SAR as well as to provide hands-on learning and training for users. Commercial SAR plays significant roles in environmental monitoring, earth-resource mapping, and

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Apex – Second Wind Multi-Sensor Survey Optimizing Wind Farm Performance

Apex Wind Energy (Apex) and Second Wind have announced the commencement of a multi-month wind farm optimization (WFO) campaign using two Triton advanced SoDAR systems at a utility scale wind project under development by Apex. This WFO represents the first case of multiple mobile ground-based wind measurement instruments being deployed simultaneously to verify several project

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

The Most Complete Wind Data Logger on the Market

The EOL ZENITH collects and stores GPS timestamped wind data with automated transfer of the data. Check all your wind assessment sites directly with the build in Tower Management Tool (TMT). The perfect combination of data logger technology together with the most advanced software for wind assessment. Read More

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Everyone Can Now Be A Manufacturer: Autodesk CEO

Technology has made it easy for anyone with an active imagination to design, make and sell a product, bypassing traditional manufacturing companies, Autodesk Chief Executive Carl Bass told CNBC Tuesday at the Wired Business Conference. Bass said it only takes a “cheap digital camera” and computer software for the creative to design products and then make them themselves

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

PIA11 – Photogrammetric Image Analysis – Extended Deadline

Automated extraction of objects from remotely sensed data is an important topic of research in Computer Vision, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Geoinformation Science. This joint conference of ISPRS working groups I/2, III/1, III/4 and III/5 held at Technische Universität München (TUM), discusses recent developments, the potential of various data sources, and future trends in automatic

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Poland Implements Esri-based INSPIRE Solution

A new site, “open budget” has launched recently in Poland, sharing structured data on government budgets with the general public. PDF documents from the ministry of Finance have been converted into a structured dataset for everybody to use. The site appears to be a call for more transparency and openness within Polish government. The site