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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Monitoring Marine Life in the Caspian Sea

Around our facilities in the Caspian Sea, off the coast of Azerbaijan, we’ve been using samples collected from marine habitats to help us assess potential conservation risks. Before we begin new offshore extraction activities in the Caspian, we first conduct a survey of the seafloor, collecting samples which can be analysed in our labs. 

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

DDC-I’s Deos RTOS Selected for Goodrich SmartDisplay Electronic Flight Bag

The Goodrich SmartDisplay Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) serves as the cornerstone for the company’s advanced cockpit data management systems. The systems provide turn-key EFB paperless solutions with fully integrated hardware, software and support services. This allows flight crews, maintenance and flight operations groups to perform critical ground and in-flight management operations. Additionally, the SmartDisplay EFB

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Pitney Bowes Business Insight – Flood Risk Pro with Comprehensive U.S. Flood Risk Data

Pitney Bowes Business Insight, a global leader in customer data, analytics and communication software and services, today announced the launch of Flood Risk Pro, a new Risk Data Suite™ bundle. This new product will enable National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and Excess Flood coverage insurers to build up-to-date flood risk information into their underwriting processes.

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Census 2010 Data – Usable in Maps and Easy-to-Read Reports

Today, Esri announces its first release of Census 2010 data. This release includes not only Census 2010 Redistricting data, but also updated 2010 geographic boundaries.  Census 2010 data is available immediately from Esri in reports, dynamic color-coded maps, Smart Map Search, and in geographies that are not available from the Census Bureau.

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

How to Pinpoint a Route Using Ordance Survey Maps

Google Maps is ideal for vehicular navigation, but less so for exploring the great outdoors on foot. It’s justly popular as a Geographical Information System (GIS) with which you can publish maps with places of interest superimposed as pushpins, but the setup isn’t as flexible as it might be.f you want to display multiple points

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

GUF – GNSS Spatial Data Collection for Mapping

The Czech Republic is aware of the still growing importance of space technologies for modern society. The number of fields of human activities which are finding their application in technologies based on navigation, communication or remote sensing of the Earth is getting larger all the time. The development of space technologies has been laid down

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Qualcomm Identifies First GPS+Glonass Smartphone

Qualcomm chairman and CEO Paul Jacobs said earlier this monththe San Diego wireless giant has developed technology that enables smartphones to use either GPS or Russia’s Glonass satellite location capabilities. Today, Qualcomm saysthe first GPS+Glonass-capable phone is the MTS 945, available from Russian mobile operator and retailer MTS. It’s an Android-based phone made by China’s

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Wycombe DC Introduce Online Mapping and Information Service

Wycombe District Council has gone live with a new online mapping and information service supplied by Astun Technology. ‘My Wycombe’ enables local residents to use their Postcode or part address to find information about local services, locate facilities on maps and even sign up for automated email alerts. ‘My Wycombe’ provides information about councillors, next

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

OSGIS 2011 – Building up Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data Research

The OSGIS conference series has a strong international focus and takes a holistic approach in bringing together speakers and delegates from government, academe, industry and open source communities. High profile speakers from all over the world are invited for giving presentations and running hands-on workshops for the conference series. Read More

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Satellites Monitor Icelandic Ash Plume

As Iceland’s Grímsvötn volcano spews ash high into the atmosphere, satellite observations are providing essential information to advisory centres assessing the possible hazards to aviation. The Grímsvötn volcano in southeast Iceland, which had been dormant since 2004, started erupting in the evening of 21 May. As a consequence, the country’s airspace has been closed. Memories are still