Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
3-GIS, a GIS software solutions company based in Decatur, Alabama has announced Decatur Utilities has deployed 3-GIS’ Express Solution to its gas operations division to perform gas valve inspections in an initial step toward complying with the Federal Government’s Distribution and Integrity Management Program (DIMP) Guidelines.
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Spectracom, a company of the Orolia Group introduced new capabilities for its GSG line of GPS / GNSS constellation simulators. These features reinforce Spectracom’s leadership position for flexible, user-friendly and affordable characterization and test of GPS and GNSS devices and systems. Key features include :
Monday, September 26th, 2011
The US-based global positioning system (GPS) major Garmin has launched its second model in the country and is targeting to garner a 20 percent share of the growing personal navigation devices market in the country over the next 12 months. “The PND (personal navigation devices) market in the country is at around 50,000 units a year. We
Monday, September 26th, 2011
So relevant to all life forms and our climate, the sea’s salt has now been estimated by NASA’s Aquarius/SAC-D satellite observatory. After two and a half weeks, since only August 25th, the preliminary data have been exemplary, providing us with an early view of large-scale ocean patterns. Read More
Monday, September 26th, 2011
The host of the 17th INTERGEO, DVW President Prof. Karl-Friedrich Thöne, sums it up nicely: “Geo and modern-day government or modern-day society – highly networked geoinformation systems and structures are in growing demand for public administration and business applications.” The accumulated knowledge of the experts attending the leading international conference and trade fair, which will
Monday, September 26th, 2011
On-site data capture has never been so easy! With Mipela GeoSolutions new X-Info Aware for iPhones, users can easily capture and share information about their location. X-Info Aware is now available from the App Store for free. It allows users to create geonotes, and associate text, images, video and audio recordings with map locations. X-Info Aware also
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
NAVTEQ is supplying map data and content to Daimler AG for the Mercedes E Class range plus the CLS-Class model. As a result of this selection, nearly all Daimler passenger vehicle navigation platforms in Europe will be powered by NAVTEQ. Read More
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
Parallels announced the availability of Parallels Automation for Cloud Infrastructure (PACI), a fully-scalable solution for service providers to deliver Cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to small and medium businesses (SMBs). PACI is a complete, turn-key Cloud infrastructure solution and provides total hosting control, from provisioning and billing to self-service management and security. Parallels Automation
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
Spatial Corp. announces that Mentor Graphics Corporation will utilize Spatial’s 3D software components in select Mentor product offerings. Spatial components provide an innovative approach to 3D modeling and analysis within Mentor’s PCB systems design and mechanical analysis products. 3D and ECAD/MCAD collaboration are essential as electronics companies strive to deliver more competitive products to market
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
This evening, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Arabsat-5C and SES-2, into their planned transfer orbits. Liftoff of flight VA204, the 60th Ariane 5 mission, came at 23:38 CEST (21:38 GMT; 18:38 French Guiana). The target injection orbit had a perigee altitude
