Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Brazil is the world leader in climate policy. It has the most ambitious goals for reducing emissions and has already achieved a 67% reduction in its deforestation rate since 2005. This event will present the most current developments on REDD+ and low emissions development in Brazil, from the national to the local levels, and from
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Geoscience Australia’s former National Mapping Information Group has undertaken a significant strategic review of its operations over the last year. The review covered many areas of operations with the focus on:
Monday, December 6th, 2010
The recent signing of a comprehensive geographic information system (GIS) site license agreement with Esri allows the New York City Department of Education (DOE) to expand its use of ArcGIS software to a number of mission-critical applications. With 135,000 employees and more than 1,600 facilities, a system that collects and analyzes data efficiently is invaluable to
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Rolta has entered into partnership with Augusta Systems Inc., a provider of technologies that power the intelligent convergence of devices, systems and networks, which will enable it to incorporate Augusta EdgeFrontier middleware for use in security, defense and other geospatial applications where sensor integration and fusion are essential elements in providing situational awareness. EdgeFrontier is
Monday, December 6th, 2010
The purpose of this report is to provide a detailed assessment and investigation into the performance of the Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) network Nordic Construction Company (NCC) established, as part of its aim to better leverage technology within its business, to ensure the high quality and efficiency its clients have come to expect of NCC. Within
Monday, December 6th, 2010
The three-semester Masters program targets holders of Bachelor degrees in application areas of Geographic Information (GI), e.g., environmental planning, regional planning, geography, logistics, transportation, marketing, energy provision, computer science. GI is a rapidly growing market, lacking qualified GI personnel and offering excellent career chances. Therefore, the Masters Program targets life-long learning for graduates and professionals
Monday, December 6th, 2010
The Lockheed Martin team designing GeoEye’s next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, successfully completed the program’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR) three weeks ahead of the planned schedule. The successful PDR completion validated the spacecraft’s design maturity, meeting or exceeding all GeoEye standards and program requirements. Read More
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Trimble introduced today eCognition version 8.64, an advanced image analysis software suite available for geospatial applications. With the software release, Trimble sets a new standard for native 64-bit object based image analysis—an important technical milestone for the processing of very large image datasets. Today’s production workflows can benefit tremendously from the additional random access memory
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced that Todd Oseth has joined the Company, effective December 6, 2010, as its president and chief executive officer. Mr. Oseth has been appointed to drive the monetization of Intermap’s valuable NEXTMap database and its associated products and services offerings, advancing Intermap’s transition
Monday, December 6th, 2010
OpenLayers is an open source Java Script library for displaying map data in web browsers. It provides an API for building rich web-based mapping applications. This one day course will introduce attendees to OpenLayers. Delegates will learn how to create a map using style declarations and map initialization code. The course will enable delegates to understand
