Friday, August 5th, 2011
Esri will exhibit and teach a course about CityEngine, its software for 3D modeling and urban planning, at the SIGGRAPH 2011 conference in Vancouver, Canada, August 7–11. The SIGGRAPH conference is one of the world’s largest exhibitions for the computer graphics industry.
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Magellan GPS today introduced a new series of worldwide satellite and aerial imagery-enhanced maps for its Magellan eXplorist and Magellan Triton handheld GPS units. The new maps provide Magellan handheld GPS users with high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery from DigitalGlobe, a leading provider of earth imagery solutions. Detailed and precise overhead pictures of their surroundings will
Friday, August 5th, 2011
May 5 to September 16, 2011, the National Geographic Institute is organizing the second edition of the Geoportal. The best applications made from the Geoportal API by professional developers and amateur, will be rewarded. Read More
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies is proud to announce the launch of Orbit GIS X, the new generation desktop GIS. Orbit GT today announces the availability of Orbit GIS X. Totally reworked, Orbit GIS X is the new engine for the Orbit GT portfolio. Being specialized in government, public safety and mapping industry solutions, the release of Orbit GIS X
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has entrusted a Canadian company with managing a vast section of its forest, including containing deforestation, the environment ministry has announced. Ecosystem Restoration Associates (ERA) will handle a project covering nearly 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres) of woodlands in the Mai-Ndombe forest, in western Bandundu province, the statement said. The project is
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Measurement technology group Hexagon AB said on Thursday a slowdown in rail investments in China had hit its second quarter sales, sending its shares sharply lower. Shares in Hexagon which sells products under brands such as Leica Geosystems as well as its own name, fell 11.76 percent by 1130 GMT. Geosystems, Hexagon’s largest business area,
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
In the Chinese weather satellite program, the first two research and experiment satellites FengYun-3A (FY-3A) and FengYun-3B (FY-3B) were successfully launched into orbit on May 27, 2008 and November 5, 2010, respectively, and the remaining five operational satellites will be launched once every two years. FY-3A/B satellites cover the mid-morning and afternoon orbits. The following
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Control Point Surveying Inc. has been awarded an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract valued at $7.5 million from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific at Pearl Harbor. The Honolulu-based design firm will provide architect and engineer services for various locations in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific area of responsibility, which includes Hawaii, Guam and Asia,
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Survey Solutions Scotland, a leading supplier of Trimble and FARO laser scanners, has joined the Pointools Partner Program in the UK. Pointools software streamlines scan-to-model workflows by enabling project teams to reference and reuse the largest point cloud models – the billions of measurement points taken by 3D laser scanners – inside the broadest range
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Explorers and researchers will have access to additional data to help improve the understanding of Australia’s geothermal resources following the release of two reports on heat flow determinations. Information in the reports is based on newly acquired data from petroleum and mineral boreholes across the country. As part of the Australian Government’s Onshore Energy Security Program, Geoscience
