Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
NAVTEQ has announced that Garmin Distribution Africa has chosen NAVTEQ® maps for South Africa and enhanced content for its new nüvi devices. Garmin has access to NAVTEQ map data worldwide (currently available in 84 countries and territories), through a long-term global contract between the two companies, and is further extending its reach with the implementation of
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
An unparalleled collection of high-resolution satellite imagery covering sub-Saharan Africa in a single season is now available in the DMCii image archive, providing an invaluable snapshot of more than 40 countries, including Cameroon, Congo, and Ethiopia for assessing phenomena such as deforestation, urbanisation and desertification. Sub-Saharan Africa is a vast and diverse landscape with climatic
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Prism Digital Cinema Package Encoder is the newest and the most efficient Digital Cinema Package (DCP) creation tool. You can easily create Interop and SMPTE compliant DCPs. Preparing your 2k or 4k, 2d or stereoscopic (3D) material for the digital cinema projection has never been easier! Without investing in new hardware or expensive software you can make
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Solar has been awarded a major contract to install a 44 megawatt solar thermal augmentation project at a 750 megawatt coal-fired power station in Queensland, Australia, representing the largest solar project in the Southern Hemisphere and the world’s largest solar/coal-fired power augmentation project. AREVA Solar’s Australian-pioneered Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology will be installed at CS
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Esri and the nonprofit organization Development Gateway signed a memorandum of understanding that defines continued joint efforts to leverage geospatial technology to support international aid projects. “Working with Esri, we intend to make aid information more visual so it’s easier for decision makers and the general public to access and understand,” says Nancy Choi, director of products and
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
With a Memorandum of Understanding signed yesterday, DES is pleased to announce our collaboration with Institute Sultan Iskandar, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia on research, consultancy and technology development for Urban Heat Island. This collaboration will study the effect of Urban Heat Island by developing different urban climate models using Satellite data and building models and combining
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
ESRI Canada today presented the Capital Regional District (CRD) with an Award of Excellence for driving efficient information sharing across their organization using geographic information system (GIS) technology. The District has been using ESRI’s enterprise GIS solution since 2001 and has developed IntraMap 2.0, an internal Web mapping application that provides access to municipal geographic data.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Today there is a diversity of sensors, on board of satellites, airplanes and unmanned vehicles, capturing analogical, digital, laser and radar images. This variety of geospacial products allows countless applications varying from the simplest to the most complex ones. During MundoGEO#Connect, event which will take place from June 14 to June 16 in Sao Paulo,
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Dr. Nirmal H. Rajbhandari, Director General, Department of Department of Hydrology and Meteorology of the Government of Nepal, received hydrological and meteorological equipment worth two crore Nepalese Rupees from Dr Andreas Schild, Director General of ICIMOD, under the agreement between the Government of Nepal and ICIMOD in a handover ceremony held at the premises of the
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
RapidEye announced today it has added Hatfield Consultants of Vancouver, Canada to its growing list of resellers. The recently signed contract between the two companies allows the Hatfield group to market and sell RapidEye products in Canada and the United States. “This cooperation will help us to further strengthen our key position in the geo-environmental
