Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Google Maps is ideal for vehicular navigation, but less so for exploring the great outdoors on foot. It’s justly popular as a Geographical Information System (GIS) with which you can publish maps with places of interest superimposed as pushpins, but the setup isn’t as flexible as it might be.f you want to display multiple points
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
The Czech Republic is aware of the still growing importance of space technologies for modern society. The number of fields of human activities which are finding their application in technologies based on navigation, communication or remote sensing of the Earth is getting larger all the time. The development of space technologies has been laid down
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Qualcomm chairman and CEO Paul Jacobs said earlier this monththe San Diego wireless giant has developed technology that enables smartphones to use either GPS or Russia’s Glonass satellite location capabilities. Today, Qualcomm saysthe first GPS+Glonass-capable phone is the MTS 945, available from Russian mobile operator and retailer MTS. It’s an Android-based phone made by China’s
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Wycombe District Council has gone live with a new online mapping and information service supplied by Astun Technology. ‘My Wycombe’ enables local residents to use their Postcode or part address to find information about local services, locate facilities on maps and even sign up for automated email alerts. ‘My Wycombe’ provides information about councillors, next
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
The OSGIS conference series has a strong international focus and takes a holistic approach in bringing together speakers and delegates from government, academe, industry and open source communities. High profile speakers from all over the world are invited for giving presentations and running hands-on workshops for the conference series. Read More
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
As Iceland’s Grímsvötn volcano spews ash high into the atmosphere, satellite observations are providing essential information to advisory centres assessing the possible hazards to aviation. The Grímsvötn volcano in southeast Iceland, which had been dormant since 2004, started erupting in the evening of 21 May. As a consequence, the country’s airspace has been closed. Memories are still
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
With the implementation of a comprehensive three-year educational site license agreement with Esri, a Finnish university consortium has simplified its existing GIS software licensing agreements. Previously, the 16 participating universities had signed a total of 49 separate licenses with Esri.
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce their participation at this year’s Optech Innovative LiDAR Solutions conference in Toronto, Canada on May 31st to June 2nd. Adam Hill of Blue Marble will be presenting a talk on the key concepts for maintaining high accuracy LiDAR data, identifying and preventing processes that degrade data quality, vertical
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
The Grímsvötn volcano in southeast Iceland, which had been dormant since 2004, started erupting in the evening of 21 May. As a consequence, the country’s airspace has been closed. Satellite measurements offer an excellent means to follow the spread, extension, concentration and movement of volcanic plumes. To this end, ESA has developed dedicated services to
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
The European Space Agency, Arianespace and the European Commission announced today that the launch of the first two satellites of Europe’s global navigation satellite system is planned to take place on 20 October. This will be the first of a series of Galileo satellite launches by Arianespace from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
