Sunday, September 11th, 2011
TomTom has partnered with Global car rental provider Hertz, to offer vehicle rental customers across Europe the latest edition of the Hertz NeverLost satnav system. NeverLost 4 is based on the TomTom Via 120 EU with its unique dynamic routing; providing customers the fastest route to their destination based on the latest traffic situation. The navigation devices can be booked in advance
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
SensorLogic, Inc. announced Version 3.4 of its SensorLogic Service Delivery Platform. This release adds many new features that enhance support for the development of wireless applications such as insurance telematics, smart package tracking, security, and asset monitoring and management. New features include : integration with GSM wireless provisioning systems, trip, route, geofence and shipment services, hybrid
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com ) is pleased to offer free registration to their Third Annual User Conference in Denver, CO. This one day conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt Denver from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM CST. Blue Marble understands the significance of staying well informed in such a fast paced industry, which
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
OpenGeo, the organization behind the OpenGeo Suite is supporting the 2011 FOSS4G conference in a major way. This year’s conference features twenty workshops, talks, and tutorials hosted by OpenGeo team members. One highlight will surely be the keynote address by Paul Ramsey, Senior Consultant at OpenGeo and PostGIS co-founder. Additionally, the first meeting of the
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
These regions are Adelaide, Canberra, Perth, Ord, South East Queensland and Sydney. A quick guide is available to help navigate the information. The remaining two reports – Melbourne and the Murray–Darling Basin – will be released over the next two months. Information presented is similar in style to financial accounting reports and includes the total water resources, the access
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
This Landsat image takes us to the Amadeus Basin in the heart of the Australian outback. Two large rock formations are visible on the lower section of the image. Sacred to the local Aboriginal people, the Anangu, these sandstone ‘bornhardts’ are the main features of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site.The group
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
We are delighted to announce that the GSDI World Conference (GSDI 13), 14th GEOIDE Annual Scientific Conference, Canadian Geomatics Conference (CGC) 2012 and the 7th 3D GeoInfo Conference will be jointly held as the Global Geospatial Conference 2012 to take place at the Québec City Convention Center from May 14-17, 2012.
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Envitia is pleased to announce that its CUTLAS-RTI bus real time information system now supports the RTIG-Inform Digital Air Interface Protocol (DAIP). CUTLAS-RTI is first to market with open standards-based data exchange support. CUTLAS–RTI has a number of open interfaces to enable Bus Operatorsto access strategy-driven functions that can selectively alert on bus operations. This can be used to detect
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
The first Galileo navigation satellite has arrived in Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ready to begin preparations for launch on 20 October. Packed within its protective, air-conditioned container, the satellite landed at Cayenne Rochambeau Airport aboard an Antonov aircraft at 06:45 local time on Wednesday 7 September, having departed from Thales Alenia Space Italy’s Rome facility,
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Government officials are willing to negotiate concessions to planning reforms in order to placate opponents of the introduction of a planned presumption in favour of sustainable development, Building understands. The admission comes as the battle between the government and an increasingly organised group of anti-development and conservation campaigners over the proposed National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)