Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
c Southampton City Council had previously been using Confirm as an on-premise application to manage its highways maintenance programme. Through integration with PBBI’s MapInfo Professional location intelligence GIS software, the Council was able to pinpoint defects in the road network and associated assets and expedite the necessary repairs. On taking up the highways contract,
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
In 2010 the German company GTA produced with inhouse developed the software tridiconTM 3D more than 180 3D European city models in level of detail 2 (LOD 2) with a total area of more than 5.000 square kilometres. tridiconTM 3D delivers high quality models from stereo aerial imagery. Other suitable data sources are LiDAR data (airborne
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Worldwatch Institute today released its report State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet, which spotlights successful agricultural innovations and unearths major successes in preventing food waste, building resilience to climate change, and strengthening farming in cities. The report provides a roadmap for increased agricultural investment and more-efficient ways to alleviate global hunger and
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
1Spatial (AIM: SPA) today announces that it has been awarded a contract to provide software and services to support the delivery of Ordnance Survey’s Multi Resolution Data Programme (MRDP). The ground-breaking Framework Agreement between Ordnance Survey and 1Spatial represents a partnership in which both parties are committed to driving automated generalisation forward within an orchestrated
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Europe’s flora and fauna are now better protected than at any time in the history of the European Union. Natura 2000, Europe’s network of protected natural areas, has been expanded by nearly 27 000 square kilometres. This includes a major addition of marine areas covering more than 17 500 square kilometres which will increase protection
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
DigitalGlobe is supporting this year’s IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest which aims to explore multi-angular acquisitions over the same target area.
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
CSDi is pleased to present a compilation of Community Based Adaptation Field Activities—complete with links to source materials and technical information—compiled from case studies & from projects developed by CSDi field partners & online students. We encourage you to submit activities:
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) in partnership with the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) is implementing the regional project Sustainable Land Management for Mitigating Land Degradation and Reducing Poverty in the South Caucasus Region. The project is being implemented with the financial support of the European Union and covers the Khrami-Debeda
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Full-scale operations of Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) are expected to start sometime in January–June, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Director Anatoly Perminov said, ITAR-TASS reported Tuesday. In early December 2010, Perminov said GLONASS was expected to reach global coverage in March 2011. At present, GLONASS has 21 operational satellites among a total of 26 satellites of
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
SMAP Technologies Inc. is an electronic map supplier, providing navigation system, LBS, Internet Map, and GIS projects for applications in various fields. Besides Taiwan, SMAP digital map database also includes Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, etc. Moreover, SMAP is eagerly planning to establish the map data of the countries in southeast Asia and looks forward to
