Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
More cities will institute a low emission zone in 2011. Starting 1 January in Krefeld, and as of 1 July in the town of Markgröningen in Baden-Württemberg, vehicles must display either a yellow or green sticker. The green sticker will become obligatory in Leipzig on 1 March. The new year also marks a tightening of
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
The early-bird registration for the participants of the forthcoming 5th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” is open. The conference is to take place in November 28 – December 1, 2011. Paying your registration fees within the early-bird registration period (before May 15, 2011), you save more than 15%.
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Intermap Technologies (TSX:IMP) reported today that it has completed the organizational restructuring efforts that began in 2010 with an additional 30% reduction in headcount in the Company’s North American and European offices. The additional restructuring and headcount reduction follow Intermap’s appointment of Todd Oseth as president and CEO of Intermap in December 2010, and supports
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
The High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) has flown 1,023.5 hours to be exact, on the King Air B-200 based at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. Since it was first integrated aboard on Dec. 23 of 2005, the instrument has been winging around the U.S. and beyond, taking atmospheric data. The instrument on the
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
ERDAS announces collaboration with MDA Geospatial Services Inc. to develop pilot projects demonstrating real-world applications of RADARSAT-2 data using the IMAGINE Radar Mapping Suite. Radar research and development continues to evolve into real-world applications. It is now possible to map inter-scene changes at the wavelength or even sub-wavelength scale. Thus C-band radar, with a 6
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Four environmental groups have created a mapping tool allowing users to overlay an oilsands project on a chosen location to compare sizes thanks to Google maps. In the latest effort to bring attention to their anti-oilsands campaign, Greenpeace, Sierra Club Canada, Rainforest Action Network and the Indigenous Environmental Network have created the mapping tool to ask
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
It is regions and cities that translate European targets into concrete action on the ground. How EU lawmakers can harness this hands-on experience will dominate the Committee of the Regions plenary session on 27 and 28 January. Meeting in Brussels, regional and local politicians will present solutions for more effective agricultural and maritime policies as
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Objet Geometries Ltd. will showcase its latest advances in 3D printing at SolidWorks World 2011. Objet will demo a number of upcoming new materials featuring improved mechanical and thermal properties including true transparency, high-temperature resistance and the ABS-like properties of engineering plastics. Objet will also be presenting their new desktop family of 3D printers, the Objet24
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
TransCAD provides extensive transportation modeling and geographic information system (GIS) capabilities for transportation professionals. By embedding NAVTEQ map data into TransCAD software, government transportation planners, consultants, logistics planners, and geographic market analysts can provide more accurate traffic forecasting, transit planning, drive time and accessibility analysis, facility location, and overall distribution planning.
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Audi AG and INRIX announced Audi has selected INRIX’s XD™ Traffic to help further the company’s Audi Connect strategy with real-time traffic information for its navigation systems starting with the mid-2011 model year. At a launch event today for the 2011 Audi A6, the automaker demonstrated how Audi vehicles connected to the Internet via Audi
