Friday, August 5th, 2011
On August 3 the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in America launched an interactive map showing US citizens how climate change could affect their health past on existing data. The NRDC is a not-for- profit organization based in the United States and describes itself as an ‘environmental action group’ it has an estimated 1.3 million supporters around
Friday, August 5th, 2011
WindSonic is a robust, low cost ultrasonic wind sensor with no moving parts. This 2-axis ultrasonic wind sensor offers maintenance-free wind speed and direction monitoring for true ‘fit and forget’ wind sensing. The Gill WindSonic is a genuine low cost alternative to conventional cup and vane or propeller wind sensors, with all of the advantages of
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Ubisense announces that its Series 7000 real-time location system (RTLS) industrial tags and sensors have been certified for use in China by the country’s stringent regulatory authorities – a development that opens up enormous commercial opportunities to the business, which listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in June.
Friday, August 5th, 2011
The Betsiboka estuary in northwest Madagascar is pictured in this image from Japan’s ALOS observation satellite. Here, the country’s largest river flows into Bombetoka Bay, which then opens into the Mozambique Channel.The red colouring of the sandbars and islands between the ‘jellyfish tentacles’ comes from sediments washed from hills and into the streams and rivers during
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,
