Sunday, April 10th, 2011
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and Special Interest Group (SIG) 3D recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate in standards development and promotion of standards for the exchange and visualization of 3D geospatial content using Web-based technologies. SIG 3D members defined the first version of CityGML and in 2005 submitted CityGML as a candidatestandard
Friday, April 8th, 2011
For a second consecutive year, ESRI Canada has been named to the Branham300, a list of the key players in Canada’s information and communication technology industry. The list is compiled by analyst firm Branham Group, which ranks the companies by revenue. In 2010, ESRI Canada’s revenues from providing geographic information system (GIS) technology and services grew
Friday, April 8th, 2011
Autodesk , Inc. announced its 2012 portfolio of software for the AEC industry. The updated portfolio supports the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process by offering comprehensive software solutions to help architects, engineers, planners, contractors, facility managers and owners in the building and infrastructure industries meet today’s business challenges. In addition to new and updated software
Friday, April 8th, 2011
Q-Free has today been informed that the Company will be awarded a contract for delivery of the congestion charging infrastructure in Gothenburg. Closing date for submission of complaints is 10 days, and formal contractual signing can take place after this period at the earliest. The contractual value is 143 MNOK and comprises delivery of road side
Friday, April 8th, 2011
Spanish wind technology leader Gamesa has opened its advanced materials research centre in Singapore. The lab is housed at the Nanyang Technological University and will focus on improving the performance of Gamesa’s giant wind turbines. Wind energy is not harnessed in Singapore, but the Economic Development Board said this research lab will put the Republic on the
Friday, April 8th, 2011
The administration and care of British Columbia’s publicly owned forestlands – some 60 million hectares, an area larger than France – is unstable and in deep trouble. The shifting of forest governance among three ministries in less than a year, following a decade of deregulation, has eroded forest stewardship and sustainable forest management in B.C. Signs that
Friday, April 8th, 2011
As part of the Onshore Energy Security Program, Geoscience Australia has released two new national-scale maps of the potential for magmatic-related uranium mineral systems. The first map, Potential for magmatic uranium systems in Australia Map 1: Intrusive-related, shows the potential for uranium systems associated with intrusive igneous rocks across the continent.
Friday, April 8th, 2011
The Microsoft UltraCam team is pleased to announce that UltraMap 2.2 and UltraMap/AT 2.2 has been released as of April 5, 2011 and will begin rolling-out to the UltraCam customer base April 6, 2011. UltraMap 2.2 features new improvements to the Framework, the Raw Data Center, the Radiometry and the Viewer. UltraMap/AT 2.2 includes significant
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for Digital Nature, pre-released today Vue 9.5 xStream and Infinite, its professional solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments.
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
The New CDV Systems “BIM & CAD to GIS Workflow” Video April 5, 2011 Portsmouth, RI 02871 Since 1992, CDV Systems has been providing BIM & CAD training, implementation and technical support services to the engineering, architectural design and construction (AEC) industries. Our experience in managing full lifecycle Building Information Modeling (BIM) projects has given
