Friday, February 4th, 2011
This Envisat image captures one of serial snowstorms that hit the United States during January 2011. Combined with high winds, freezing rain and plunging temperatures, the storm left thousands without electricity, snarled road traffic, closed schools and businesses and forced the cancellation of thousands of flights. This satellite image shows much of the Midwest and Northeast regions
Friday, February 4th, 2011
A leading multi-disciplinary geo-environmental and engineering consultancy has expanded its use of an innovative environmental reports service on the emapsite geoportal. GRM, which has a nationwide client base of landowners, developers and agents, is increasingly harnessing the power of GroundSure Insight for Phase 1 desktop and ground investigations.
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The world’s largest exhibition for agricultural machinery and equipment, Agritechnica, waiting to open its gates this November, is attracting more manufacturers of tractors, agricultural machinery and equipment from Germany and abroad than ever before. This is evident from the stand bookings received to date, which are about ten per cent up on the last event
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The interface of all programs has been redesigned for a better compatibility and integration with the last releases of Windows and also to bring a better user-friendliness. Panels now display refined information with a better accessibility. The entire icons set has been homogenized to offer more coherence.
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
FMX is Europe’s largest conference on the creation, production and distribution of digital entertainment and interactive visualization in design, industry and research. Every year artists, specialists, scientists, producers and other key people come to FMX to present new projects, developments and opportunities in the Conference, at the Trade Floor, in Workshops or Presentations, in the
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Through the Google ICT Scholarship, women are encouraged to excel in computingand technology and become active role models and leaders. Multiple scholarshipswill be awarded based on the strength of candidates? academic performance,leadership experience and demonstrated passion for computer science. A group offemale Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD student finalists will be chosen from theapplicant pool. The
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, is pleased to announce it is collaborating with MDA Geospatial Services Inc., to implement operational software tools for ArcGIS using RADARSAT-2 demonstration data. PCI introduced GeoImaging Tools for ArcGIS in 2010, and is currently developing a Radar module, which will allow ArcGIS users to perform
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
A new, independent non-profit organization tasked with developing and administering a sustainability rating system for North American infrastructure—the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)—will hold its first board meeting later this week on February 8 and 9. The organization was founded by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), the American Public Works Association (APWA) and
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The energy consumption in a building is determined by its users. This is no different in highly insulated buildings with energy efficient systems. To help reduce consumption, the Siemens Building Technologies Division is introducing a room controller with Green Leaf display which indicates the current efficiency status. At ISH 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, Siemens
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Mapping the Nation: GIS for Federal Progress and Accountability, the latest offering from Esri Press, presents a dynamic collection of maps that graphically illustrate some of the many ways geographic information system (GIS) technology is currently being used throughout the federal government. The book is divided into seven strategic areas of government that use maps created
