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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

NZGO Builds National Geospatial Skills Database

On 3 March 2011, the New Zealand Geospatial Office offered to build a database of geospatial professionals who may be available to provide relief for the people based in Wellington and Christchurch who are working on Christchurch earthquake efforts.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Achieving Efficient and Effective Regulatory Systems

In August 2010, the RFF Center for Energy Economics and Policy responded to a request from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling to conduct research to inform the commission’s work. As a result, RFF researchers identified key recommendations to improve the safety of future operations and shape U.S.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

ERDAS and DigitalGlobe Host World Tour Event in Longmont, CO

ERDAS and data partner DigitalGlobe are proud to announce another stop on the 11 World Tour in Longmont, CO on March 23, 2011. During this event, ERDAS and DigitalGlobe will showcase the power of WorldView-2’s 8-band multispectral imagery in ERDAS 2011 products, including ERDAS IMAGINE, LPS, ERDAS APOLLO and ERDAS Extensions for ArcGIS. By exploiting

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

ScanEx Becomes Member European Association of Remote Sensing Companies

According to the decision of the Board of Directors of the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) in March 2011 the Russian company – ScanEx Research & Development Center – was admitted as a acting member of the Association. The European Association of Remote Sensing Companies was established in 1989. EARSC – is the

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

MDL to Deliver Pointools Software with Every New 3D Laser Scanner

Measurement Devices Limited (MDL), a leading laser scanner manufacturer has entered into an agreement with Pointools Ltd. to deliver high-performance point cloud software with every new 3D laser scanner starting at SPAR 2011 – the premier 3D laser scanning conference. Pointools software is used by project teams to reference and reuse the largest point cloud

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Leica Geosystems enhances SP Technology: Total Precision in any Environment

Leica Geosystems releases the next generation of its unique Leica SP Technology further enhancing flexibility and productivity when grading with a dozer. SP Technology now also supports machine control with total stations, providing high precision and increased grading speed in environments where GPS is not useable. This additional functionality allows users to choose the positioning

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Leica Geosystems Announces a Major Update to Cyclone II TOPO

Leica Geosystems announces a major update to Cyclone II TOPO, version 2.0 at SPAR 2011 International conference. The new version automates the previously time-consuming process of creating accurate ground surfaces (TINs or meshes) from rich High-Definition Survey™ (HDS™) point clouds.  Now, users can create these surfaces in minutes instead of hours or even days. Learn

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

SuperPad 3 Now Supports Italian and Korean Languages

SuperGeo Technologies announced that SuperPad 3, the full-functioned mobile GIS software of SuperGIS 3 series products, now supports Italian and Korean languages. Possessing powerful and comprehensive GIS functions, which integrates the mapping, GIS and GPS functions into hand-held mobile devices, SuperPad 3 assists surveyors in collecting, editing, and measuring related spatial data effectively.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Environment Groups Meet to Discuss Murray Darling Basin Reform

Water Minister Tony Burke has today hosted a roundtable with representatives from Australian environment and conservation groups on Murray Darling Basin reform. Mr Burke met with representatives from environment and conservation groups including the Australian Conservation Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund, the Australian Floodplain Association, the farming sector and state and national parks associations’. Mr Burke said

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Thesis Award Launched on the Occasion of World Forest Day

In order to promote scientific research on sustainable forest management, the ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber section has launched a PhD Thesis Award. The prize of 10,000 USD dollars will be awarded to the best PhD thesis providing new data and insights into forest management, and how to balance forest conservation, forest productivity and social well being.