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Thursday, January 27th, 2011

RapidEye Satellites Focus on Loddon Flood Waters, Victoria

The RapidEye constellation of five earth observation satellites have been focused on the East Coast of Australia, dedicating resources to capture valuable images of the ever-changing face of our flooding landscape. The readily enhanced RapidEye satellite data has been of interest to a range of Government agencies in recent weeks.  Currently, the movement of the Loddon

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

New Snow Water Equivalency Sensor: GMON3

The GMON3 uses an innovative, non-contact method of measuring snow water equivalency (SWE) for any type of snow or ice. This new sensor offers a reliable alternative to snow pillows and other methods for monitoring SWE. Benefits of the GMON3 include measurements that cover a large surface area (approximately 1000 sq ft) and performance that

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Mexican Navy Supports National Protection Initiatives with ERDAS APOLLO

ERDAS announces that the Mexican Navy is now using ERDAS APOLLO to manage and serve geospatial imagery and data in support of its national protection initiatives. Since 1941, the Mexican Navy has carried out the presidential mandate to oversee and safeguard 11,000 kilometers of Mexican coastlines, navigable inland water bodies, and the territorial sea and

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

BLOM – Building Towards a Strong 2011

2011 is now upon us and, as ever here at Blom, we are committed to building towards a successful future. Part of this strategy has seen Blom UK expanding their commercial team with a focus on developing Blom services throughout existing and emerging markets.

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Smarter Water – Water Sector Interested in ICT Applications

ICT applications can help improve the management of water resources, water assets and water-related risks, while players in the ICT sector can gain access to a growing global market in the water sector. Tekes has been implementing a programme aimed at water sector development for three years. The programme covers several projects that are developing new

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Leica MobileMatriX 4.1 Supports the New Leica Viva Total Stations

Leica MobileMatriX, together with Leica Geosystems instruments, is the most advanced solution for mobile GIS applications in combination with GNSS, Total Stations, Level, Digital Cameras, and Laser Range Finders (LRF) on the market today. With the imaging support of the new TS15 and TS11, Leica MobileMatriX users can simply take an image with the Total

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Lockheed Martin to Enhance Space Systems Development With Opening of New Virtual Laboratory

Lockheed Martin plans to increase the affordability and efficiency of space system development with the opening of a new advanced technology and virtual simulation facility, known as the Collaborative Human Immersive Laboratory (CHIL). The CHIL, located at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company headquarters in Littleton, Colo., integrates several virtual reality technologies enabling engineers and technicians

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Lincolnshire County Council – Highways Asset Management with Confirm from Pitney Bowes Business Insight

Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI) announced that Lincolnshire County Council has successfully consolidated its roads engineering asset management and maintenance management systems into one integrated software solution. Confirm, PBBI’s market-leading infrastructure asset maintenance and management system, has enabled the rationalisation of Lincolnshire’s legacy systems into a single resilient system, which will realise cost efficiencies of £1

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Capacity Building Programs in Asia Pacific Region

The Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) was established in 1993 to enhance space activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Space agencies, governmental bodies, and international organizations, such as the United Nations, as well as companies, universities and research institutes from over 30 regional participants take part in APRSAF, the largest space-related conference in the Asia-Pacific region.

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

“How much does your building weigh, Mr Foster?”

How much does your building weigh, Mr Foster?” premieres at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Cinema in London on Wednesday 26 January and will be on general release at the ICA from Friday 28 January, before touring the country. It is the first feature film about Norman Foster and the beginning of a series