Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Environmental legislative constraints increasingly require architects to turn to environmentally conscious and sustainable designs for buildings. BIM and 3D digital technologies have recently been presented as unrivalled tools that now offer proven productivity gains. To what extent does this technological progress help to make building designs more environmentally conscious? Can 3D help us to reduce
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
In an increasingly globalized and populated world, sustainable management of natural resources has never been more challenging—or more critically important. For those individuals who work every day to manage and conserve wildlife and wild lands, these changes means that international collaboration is hardly optional. That’s why the IV International Wildlife Management Congress (IWMC), to be
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Tekla and GRAPHISOFT’s long-term cooperation continues, as the Tekla BIMsight software application for building information model-based construction project collaboration becomes available on GRAPHISOFT’s MyArchiCAD.com.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Global Mapper Software LLC is excited to announce the release of GlobalMapper v13.00. Just downloadthat file and run it to install v13.00. It will install alongside any existing Global Mapper version, so you don’t have to worry about losing what you’re currently working on. Among the numerous significant changes in this release are the following:
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Personal interviews with Alaska Natives in the Yukon River Basin provide unique insights on climate change and its impacts, helping develop adaptation strategies for these local communities. The USGS coordinated interviews with Yup’ik hunters and elders in the villages of St. Mary’s and Pitka’s Point, Alaska, to document their observations of climate change. They expressed
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Autodesk, Inc. announced that the company’s Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) exporter for its Revit products is now accessible as open source code, licensed through a LGPL v. 2.1 licensing agreement. Since 2005, Autodesk Revit products have provided IFC file export, making it possible to export replicas of project models to the standard IFC file format.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Under the contract, the company will provide preliminary engineering design services for the Southeast LRT line from downtown Edmonton to Mill Woods and the West LRT line from Lewis Estates to downtown Edmonton. The new, low-floor LRT system will include approximately 17 miles of double track with more than half a mile in tunnels and
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
u-blox has selected Spirent’s GSS6700 Multi-GNSS GPS + GLONASS simulator and Spirent’s GSS6400 GPS + GLONASS Record & Playback test system to evaluate performance of its new GNSS receiver components. “u-blox conducts rigorous testing on all new receiver designs,” said Clemens Buergi, Vice President of Software at u-blox. “To make this process as efficient as possible,
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Fast to learn and easy to use point cloud tool box for AutoCad Undet will be introduced by JSC InfoEra at Intergeo 2011. Undet is entry-level point cloud processing software for object analysis, 2D drafting and 3D modeling. With just a core feature set Undet will let you manage and use point clouds quickly and easily without extensive
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Within the framework of the GMES initiative, ESA is developing a series of ‘Sentinel’ satellites. As part of this development process, the Agency has released a call for Mission Advisory Group members for the Sentinel-5 Precursor mission.
