Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
The University of Canterbury has been formally accepted as an Essential Participant in the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information. The New Zealand node of the Australian-based CRCSI was established in 2010 and is based in the New Zealand Geospatial Office. With LINZ as New Zealand’s “anchor” government participant, and a growing number of local
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
A bill to develop a current, accurate Federal cadastre to inventory all Federal real property has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, earning praise from MAPPS, the national association of private geospatial firms. The Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform (“FLAIR”) Act, H.R. 1620, was introduced April 15 by U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI)
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Microsoft’s Photogrammetry division today announced the UltraCam Eagle, a new generation of its award-winning UltraCam digital photogrammetric aerial camera systems. This latest model in the widely adopted line of UltraCam digital aerial sensors builds on the UltraCam legacy of reliable and economical solutions for producing image data of exceptional quality, but bests traditional “large-format” cameras
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Optech Incorporated announces its new medium-format ortho-camera, the CS-8900. This rugged new camera provides high-definition mapping with the clarity that only Optech’s patented Forward Motion Compensation (FMC) can provide. Standard features include : patented field-replaceable shutter system; field-interchangeable metric and athermal lens capability; kinematic camera mounting system; a wide range of aperture and shutter speed options;
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey dispatched the NOAA King Air 350CER aircraft, equipped with specialized remote sensing equipment, on a mission to collect aerial photography at 5,000 feet from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham, Ala. These “before and after” shots, taken yesterday afternoon, show damage caused by last week’s tornado near 15th Street and McFarland Boulevard in Tuscaloosa.
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Agro-Advisory Services (AAS) of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), under the ministry of earth sciences, New Delhi, is helping farmers by equipping them with information about monthly and seasonal variation in weather conditions with high-power computer system (HPCS) which promises to prepare them in advance for minimising the losses in agriculture. As many as two million farmers across the
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Echelon Corporation announced that its energy control technology for smart, networked street lighting systems is continuing to experience rapid adoption. Similar to its success in China, the market in Europe, and in particular France, is recognizing the advantages of Echelon intelligent distributed control solutions using power line communications (PLC) for reducing energy consumption and maintenance costs
Friday, April 29th, 2011
URISA is pleased to announce the details of its 2011 GIS in Public Health Conference, taking place in Atlanta, June 27-30, 2011. The deadline to take advantage of discounted registration and hotel fees is June 1. Learn More “What makes this conference such a valuable experience is the mix of academics and practitioners, experienced GIS
Friday, April 29th, 2011
LizardTech®, a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, will be exhibiting in booth #307 at the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2011 Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wis. next week, held at the Frontier Airlines Center. The company will showcase GeoExpress 8, which enables geospatial professionals to compress
Friday, April 29th, 2011
ESRI Canada congratulates St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto for being selected as a 2011 Laureate winner for innovation by the International Data Group’s (IDG) Computerworld Honors Program. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change. ESRI Canada nominated St. Michael’s Hospital for BIO.DIASPORA, a scientific platform
