Friday, January 7th, 2011
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. named Executive Vice President of Sales, Bertrand Sicot, its new CEO. Former CEO, Jeff Ray, has been promoted into a leadership role at Dassault Systèmes (DS) of France. Bertrand Sicot joined DS SolidWorks as Europe’s “second employee” in 1997 and has consistently improved worldwide distribution performance, revenue, profit, and global market
Friday, January 7th, 2011
As part of a unique public-private partnership, HOK is designing a new type of sustainable research development intended to leave a lasting legacy. HOK is working with Arlington-based Realty Appreciation Ltd. and the Texas A&M University System to design the Urban Living Laboratory, a 73-acre, 1.2 million-sq.-ft. mixed-use development that sits on a 240-acre parcel
Friday, January 7th, 2011
GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today it has won a contract from the Republic of the Maldives for a vessel monitoring system that is being developed for fisheries management and safety. This information services project expands GeoEye’s expertise and presence in location-based information products and
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Dassault Systèmes announced that it is the lead sponsor of the sixth annual EyesOn Design Awards competition to be held on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at the 2011 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Additionally, Dassault Systèmes vice president of Design Experience and head of the company’s Design Studio, Anne Asensio, will be serving her
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Dassault Systèmes announce the appointment of Jeff Ray as Executive Vice President, Geographic Operations, and member of the Dassault Systèmes executive committee. In this newly created position, Ray will oversee the company’s geographies in order to empower the Dassault Systèmes local teams to serve customers’ and partners’ growing needs and fully exploit the market growth
Friday, January 7th, 2011
With our evolving OBIS database repository, users can identify biodiversity hotspots and large-scale ecological patterns, analyze dispersions of species over time and space, and plot species’ locations with temperature, salinity, and depth. To search the database, please select the “Search Data” option in the toolbar above. If you want to see overview maps of OBIS content and
Friday, January 7th, 2011
One of the important elements of our biogeographical information system is a standard list of geographical names (gazetteer). The MarBEF data management team has developed this geographical database and as new datasets and species lists come in, the additional geographical names are entered and matched within a hierarchical structure of place names. Read More
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Aero-Photo (1961) Inc. has contracted with Vexcel Imaging GmbH, a Microsoft® company, to trade in two UltraCamL cameras in exchange for one UltraCamXp camera system. Aero-Photo (1961) Inc. will use the new UltraCamXp primarily for projects involving engineering, forestry, mapping, and corridors that require high precision and accuracy. The company operates in North, Central and
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Alan R. Stevens and Jack Dangermond have been selected as the next Honorary Members of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Their nominations were recently approved by the ASPRS Board of Directors. This is the highest award bestowed by ASPRS and there can be only 25 living Honorary Members of the Society
Friday, January 7th, 2011
An international, NOAA-led research team took a significant step forward in understanding the atmosphere’s ability to cleanse itself of air pollutants and some other gases, except carbon dioxide. The issue has been controversial for many years, with some studies suggesting the self-cleaning power of the atmosphere is fragile and sensitive to environmental changes, while others
