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Monday, December 20th, 2010

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Selects Bentley’s WaterGEMS and SewerGEMS

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), one of the largest water and wastewater utilities in the United States, has selected Bentley’s WaterGEMS and SewerGEMS software. WaterGEMS enhances water distribution and modeling capabilities while SewerGEMS improves the

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Nisga’a Nation of Canada Selects ILS to Implement Land Registry System

International Land Systems (ILS), Inc., has entered into a contract to develop a new cadastral and registry information system for the Nisga’a Nation in Canada’s British Columbia province. The project will be administered by the Land Title Office of the Nisga’a Lisims Government. 

Monday, December 20th, 2010

5 Days of Gifts from MicroSurvey

We’ve lined up a few last-minute surprises. Over the next five days, we’ve got five presents lined up for you. So, each morning, check your email at this time! Read More

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Optech Acquires Second Photogrammetric Camera Company

Optech Incorporated announced today that it has acquired the operations and assets of Geospatial Systems, Inc. (GSI), a United States camera and imaging company. “Photogrammetric imagery and lidar data collection technologies continue to merge into a single mainstream technology,” said Don Carswell, Optech’s President. “We are very impressed by GSI’s capabilities in the design, engineering and

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Digital Terrain Model of the Lower Rhine

Terrain model with high accuracy in a short time to create digital one – this “was the aim of the pilot project” DGM-S Lower Rhine. This was 229 km long river section between Bonn and Emmerich by multibeam survey of the measuring vessel. With this technique, the sole high point density absorbed completely.The result is a nationwide

Monday, December 20th, 2010

200 Years of Hydrology in Germany

200 years ago – on 13 February 1810 – introduced the “level-Instruction in Prussia. This date marks the beginning of the systematic quantitative hydrology in Germany. The condition for a targeted use of the waters of the state and its management was created. 200 years of Hydrology in Germany: this anniversary, the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Tasmania to Lead the World in Forest Carbon Research

Tasmania is set to become a world leader in forest carbon research, according to the Minister for Energy and Resources Bryan Green. Mr Green said a number of projects were either underway or ready to start under a carbon research program established by Forestry Tasmania last year. “Climate change is a major issue and FT’s carbon research

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

3D Systems and EmberSurge Join Forces

3D Systems announced that it added EmberSurge, a recognized, successful Silicon Valley Reseller and service provider, to its growing network of 3D printers and solutions providers. With a qualified team of experienced engineers and service professionals, EmberSurge delivers comprehensive sales and support for 3D printers along with part printing services in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

MapQuest Extends OpenStreetMap Partnership With Launch of Open.MapQuest.com in U.S.

MapQuest announced the launch of its first U.S. site built on OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, an information source encouraging consumer contributions. Open.MapQuest.com, like the 10 open sites launched by MapQuest in Europe and Asia over the last four months, hosts OSM data along with the new MapQuest brand and interface. “While the launch of our U.S.

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

ASHRAE GreenGuide Features Guidance on Sustainable Planning, Carbon, Water Efficiency and Existing Buildings

The newly published third edition of the ASHRAE GreenGuide: The Design, Construction and Operation of Sustainable Buildings is an updated version of this easy-to-use reference that covers the need-to-know information on what to do, where to turn, what to suggest and how to interact with other members of the design team in a productive way. The book