Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that it is now broadcasting on its own YouTube channel, OptechGlobal. OptechGlobal will showcase Optech products and their applications, as well as intriguing examples of data products, workflows, and most importantly, success stories from Optech clients and end-users.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
MAPPS, the only national association for private sector geospatial firms, elected three new members to the association’s Board of Directors and re-elected five others. The MAPPS Board also elected a slate of officers to serve the association for 2011-2013.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has officially acquired Manatron following regulatory clearance in the U.S. and Ukraine. Manatron is a provider of property tax automation and land registry software for governments and municipalities around the world, and was acquired from Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity firm. Manatron’s flagship
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
DW International Ltd now supplies RAIM prediction information from the GNSS RNP/RAIM Prediction Service directly to Smart4Aviation for its airline operator partners such as Air Canada for use with their pre-flight planning. RAIM prediction is required by airline operators performing PBN operations relying on GNSS as a navigation aid.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Underground construction and civil engineering projects may cause displacements of the Earth’s surface. Frequently, extensive terrestrial surveying programmes are required to monitor surface movements related to construction activities such as the complex building project of a new underground line in the Hungarian capital Budapest. In addition to the terrestrial surveillance, Astrium GEO-Information experts conducted a monitoring
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has announced the successful commissioning of the country’s first thermal set of 525-MW rating at Maithon Right Bank Thermal Power Project in Jharkhand. The company had won the order for the 2×525 MW greenfield power project outbidding a leading Chinese equipment supplier under an international competitive bidding process from Maithon Power
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Bulgaria and Romania’s economy ministers have discussed two large-scale hydro-energy projects on the Danube, whose future realization is said to harbor great economic potential. Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism Traicho Traikov was received Monday in Bucharest by his counterpart, Romania’s Minister of Economy, Commerce, and Business Environment Ion Ariton. Read More
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
The Prime Minister announced today that Ministerial responsibility for Ordnance Survey, alongside Land Registry and the Met Office, will pass to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS). The Government shareholding of Ordnance Survey and the Government’s customer functions both move from the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
PMA’12, the Fourth International Symposium on Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, will be held at Shang Hai (China), 31 October -3 November, 2012. Contributions (8 pages or 4 pages extended abstracts) for oral communications and posters in the field of Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications are welcome in the following main topics (including, but not limited to):
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
IFPRI is currently conducting a project entitled “How to achieve food security in a world of growing scarcity: role of technology development strategies”. As part of this project, we have put together a survey to collect expert information about the potential of agricultural technologies (in the broader sense of the word, including agricultural practices) in the
