Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
ERDAS is providing access to datasets that illustrate the devastation in Japan after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2011. This data is being supplied free of charge as a community service. ERDAS will add new imagery, maps and vectors as they become available.We now have pre- and post-earthquake images
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
With the cancellation of the FiReControl Project, gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets are pleased to announce the release of the UK’s first corporate gazetteer designed specifically for the Fire and Rescue Service. With over two years of research and development, the Symphony Bluelight Gazetteer can provide unmatched levels of functionality that enable the fire and rescue
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
This project was focused on understanding the conservation and socio-economic aspects of the proposed MPA network within the UK. This project was focused on understanding the conservation and socio-economic aspects of the proposed MPA network within the UK and was undertaken within the context of the following aims: To understand the different types of MPA proposed
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
The Tekes Board of Directors decided to launch the Learning Solutions programme at its meeting of 16th February, 2011. The objective of the programme is to develop internationally important learning solutions in cooperation with participants in the sector, to develop new operating approaches, create new skills and develop products, services and comprehensive packages for international
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that Japan Hiroshima University selected SuperPad 3 through Information & Science Techno-System Co., Ltd. (ISTS), SuperGeo’s reseller in Japan. Located in Hiroshima, Japan, Hiroshima University is the only national university in the local areas. Its Graduate School of Engineering has been exhibiting many
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
The GEBCO_08 Grid is now available as a Web Map Service(WMS), a means of accessing geo-referenced map images over the internet. These maps can be viewed in a web browser; incorporated in your own web application or displayed in various GIS/mapping packages.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Knowledge of water depth (bathymetry) is essential to many marine activities, such as coastal and offshore engineering, environment protection, conservation and civil security. Historically, organisations have relied on paper and digital navigational charts for limited available bathymetric information or contracted their own surveys at substantial cost. SeaZone, the market leader for marine geographic information, is launching
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that registration is now open for the SmartGeometry 2011 Conference. This highly anticipated conference is the world’s premier event focused on computational and parametric design tools, technologies, and methodologies that allow and encourage new forms of architectural and
Monday, March 14th, 2011
“There is a critical need to refocus the mission and priorities of the USGS, and to align its budget with this new direction,” John Palatiello, Executive Director of MAPPS, told a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives March 9. Palatiello’s testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the House Committee on
Monday, March 14th, 2011
ERDAS announces the release of a new version of the ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK, which allows software developers to enable rapid and efficient file handling in the applications they create by including robust support for selected wavelet compression formats and protocols. The ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK provides support for the visually-lossless ECW imagery format and the ECWP
