Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
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
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
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
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
GRAPHISOFT announced today ArchiCAD 15, the latest version of its premium design software for architects. ArchiCAD 15 enriches architectural forms available for designers to unleash their creative minds. The new version also expands the scope of the BIM workflow to include renovation & refurbishment projects. “ArchiCAD 15 addresses architects in their native language with an
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Global fish production has reached an all-time high, according to research done by Nourishing the Planet for the Worldwatch Institute’s Vital Signs Online publication. Aquaculture, or fish farming – once a minor contributor to total fish harvest – increased 50-fold between the 1950s and 2008 and now contributes nearly half of all fish produced worldwide.
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
The importance of the global OpenStreetMap (OSM) community is rising steadily. The OSM project is therefore enjoying heightened interest at INTERGEO, which will be held in Nuremberg from 27 to 29 September 2011, and is the topic of the first ever INTERGEO BarCamp. The broad-based and well-balanced conference program also includes many other highlights. The
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Working in close collaboration with the US Department of the Interior (DOI), Esri is pleased to announce the release of Landsat image services. These provide access to almost four decades’ worth of Global Land Survey (GLS) Landsat data developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and DOI’s US Geological Survey. Esri provides access
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., as part of its effort to assist in the reconstruction following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, has donated a TerraGo GeoPDF map atlas to the central Japanese government, disaster response headquarters and local governments. By utilizing TerraGo GeoPDF pre- and post-March 11 maps and imagery in residential damage assessment, clerical work
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Optech Incorporated is pleased to announce the latest addition to its innovative new line of multi-beam airborne imaging systems, the ALTM Pegasus HD500. Now available with 500-kHz capability, Pegasus maintains its leadership role as a benchmark of data collection efficiency and mapping productivity. The only turnkey mapping solution on the market to offer fully embedded
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies announced that its SuperGIS Server 3 is going to support the map cache function soon for speedy map processing functionality. Developed by SuperGeo Technologies, SuperGIS Server 3, the map server software, enables enterprises to create, manage, integrate, and publish diversified GIS services in the centralized server framework. Assorted spatial data, images, and GIS
