Thursday, February 17th, 2011
On 31th January, a Leica SmartNet Greece partnership agreement between Leica Geosystems and its distribution partner Metrica, has been signed in Athens. Locally the network will maintain the name MetricaNet, as part of Leica SmartNet Europe, due to the long standing marketing of MetricaNet in Greece. The agreement forms a new partnership to establish a
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Topics range from three-dimensional railway line planning to changes in rice cultivation to political communication in the online age. First group in new acoustics funding area established. Following a decision taken by its Senate, the DFG is to establish nine new Research Units. These new groups are intended to provide researchers with the opportunity to
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
The European Topic Centre for Spatial Information Analysis (ETC/SIA) is an international consortium assisting the European Environment Agency (EEA) in its mission to deliver information on the state and trends of the environment. The lead is the University of Malaga, Spain (UMA).
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
After several years’ planning and over a year and half’s hard work, SESL has received its highly valued NATA accreditation. NATA – the National Association of Testing Authorities – independently tests and verifies a laboratory’s ability to perform to world’s best practice. NATA accreditation is the highest form of verification available.
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
OMNILINK Pty Limited has appointed Margreet van de Werfhorst as its Senior Data Account Manager, based in Sydney. Margreet will work across all of OMNILINK’s lines of business to promote the value of spatial data and its integration with business applications.
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Entitled ‘Better Mapping‘, these one day seminars, featuring a number of expert presenters, introduce a range of topics and easy methods that will demonstrate how good cartographic practice can greatly improve the quality, accuracy and effectiveness of your digital and hard copy maps. The use of geographic information, digital mapping software and GIS is ever increasing.
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
A leading geospatial industry group is championing Linked Data as the key to easier sharing of the UK’s location-based information. The Digital National Framework (DNF) Expert Group is to align its core strategy with the ongoing development of the emerging universal web standard for connecting all kinds of data. The group, an independent forum of data providers,
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
The new Map Widget for ArcGIS is available for IBM Lotus Greenhouse and WebSphere Portal Business Solutions Catalog users. It allows them to embed mapping and geographic information system (GIS) capabilities in mashup applications. The map widget can be used within IBM products such as the IBM Mashup Center and IBM WebSphere Portal Server. Developers can
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don’t have to be a data expert to navigate between different views, make your own comparisons, and share your findings. Read More
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Trimble announced today that it has been selected as a preferred distributor for the new Tekla BIMSight 3D Modeling Solution. Trimble will offer a free download of the 3D modeling solution on BIMtoField.com, a Trimble Website dedicated to helping building owners, contractors, and engineers better understand the potential of solutions that allow the transfer of
