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Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

NASA Images of the Flooding in Memphis

The Thematic Mapper on Landsat 5 captured the top image on May 10, 2011, and the bottom image (showing non-flooded conditions) on April 21, 2010. Both images are natural color and show the area as it would look to the human eye. In May 2011, muddy water has pushed over the Mississippi’s banks both east

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

2011 Farm Subsidy Data Harvest: Millionaires and Missing Money

For the third year running, an international group of journalists, transparency activists  and computer programmers gathered in Brussels for three days to gather and analyse new government data on who got what from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. So far, data on just €15.4 billion in payments made in the 2010 financial year have been published

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

SuperPad 3 Selected by Survey & Instrument Specialists in Australia

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, is delighted to announce the latest sales achievement in Australia, where Survey & Instrument Specialists selected SuperPad 3 through Cody Corporation. Cody Corporation, SuperGeo’s exclusive reseller in Australia and New Zealand, successfully promoted SuperPad 3 to Survey & Instrument Specialists, a reputed equipment

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

SuperWebGIS Design Eco-Cultural Web-GIS for Environmental Navigation

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, designed an Eco-cultural GIS website for Tungnan University to integrate the campus navigation system with the information of surrounding environment, ecology and culture. Aimed to function as a GIS platform for Tungnan University to establish a campus navigation system, the Eco-cultural Web-GIS employs Internet

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

First Russian 3D-service of an Aerosport Visualization Created

The first Russian 3D-service the aerosport visualization (Airtribune.com) is created and successfully tested at the Russian Paragliding Open 2011 championship held in Turkey (Denizli, May 1-7, 2011). The backbone of this service is detailed images of the competition locations and the software for 3D visualization, developed by ScanEx. Space images of the competition territory in

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Philip Lear Joins Envitia to Further Strengthen Sales

Philip Lear has recently joined Envitia in the Sales department to provide additional support for our data harmonising and impact assessment services to Government and Utilities. Following a Human Geography Degree from the University of Leicester, Philip worked for the Environment Agency as a regulatory officer (water resources) determining applications for water abstraction licences in the

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Learn to Make and Share Maps Using Esri’s ArcGIS Online

Besides offering a large repository of maps and applications, Esri’s ArcGIS Online provides easy-to-use tools to create and share great-looking web maps. To help you get started, Esri will host the free live training seminar Making and Sharing Maps with ArcGIS Online on May 12, 2011.

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies to Create Global Breakthrough Solutions

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is considered to be one of the main technologies for reducing CO2 emissions. In CCS, the carbon dioxide from the thermal conversion of coal is separated from a CO2 containing gas stream and isolated permanently from the atmosphere to a suitable storage location. Although CCS is still in early demonstration

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

RapidEye Delivers Precision Agriculture Solutions to SST Software Customers

RapidEye announced today that it is working in cooperation with SST Software to integrate its precision farming maps into SST’s information management products and services. RapidEye’s five satellites open new avenues in precision agriculture. Frequent revisit capacity, five meter pixel size, and five spectral bands allow for timely in-season monitoring of crop growth and optimal fertilizer management. 

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

An Garda Siochana Goes with GeoPDF

The Garda Mapping Section surveys crime scenes and prepares scaled drawings and maps for investigative and judicial purposes throughout Ireland. Additionally the section provides administrative maps for operational purposes and specific security maps for major events emergency planning and VIP visits. To improve the simplicity of access to the information held within the maps, which is