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Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

New Software from Leica Geosystems Speeds Processing Point Clouds into Intelligent Plant Models

Leica Geosystems announces the exclusive distribution of RealityLINx® Model 5.4 – powered by Leica point cloud Engine (pcE) technology. RealityLINx Model 5.4 speeds and simplifies the processing of as-built laser scans into intelligent models that feed into popular 3D plant design software and into INOVx plant asset management software.Leica pcE makes RealityLINx Model more powerful

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

US Census Bureau Utilizes ERDAS

For the 2010 census, the US Census Bureau used ERDAS’ server-based technologies for timely updating of their integrated national mapping and address system. In 2007, the Census Bureau began implementing ERDAS ADE to provide a real-time, interactive web editing solution based on the Oracle Spatial 10g/11g topology model. The project, named Geographic ADE-based Topological Real-time

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

GeoEye to Acquire SPADAC Inc.

GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY), a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today that it has agreed to purchase 100 percent of the stock of SPADAC Inc., a geospatial predictive analytics company, for $46 million in cash and stock. Upon the completion of the acquisition, SPADAC will become a wholly

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

CADmeleon Announce the Appointment of Frederick J. Siegele as CEO

Scotland based information consultancy CADmeleon announced this week that they had appointed Frederick J. Siegele as Chief Executive Officer. Fred joins from his law firm Siegele Law Group where he provided legal and strategic counseling to developing technology-based businesses. Fred is a licensed attorney but has experience managing and advising emerging technology-based companies on both business

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

TotalCAD Solution Centre to Become GRAPHISOFT SA

GRAPHISOFT has announced that TotalCAD Solution Centre (TCSC), its long time partner in South Africa, will distribute GRAPHISOFT’s award-winning suite of 3D architectural design products as an exclusive distributor partner in the region. “We are very proud and excited about the appointment of TCSC as exclusive distributor partner in South Africa effective January 1, 2011,”

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Blom Receives Order for First Solar Potential Study

Early in 2010 it became clear that the impending introduction of Government backed payments, or Feed-in-Tariffs (FIT’s) for electricity generated using solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, would lead to a massive increase in demand for installations of the technology.  The 25 year scheme is designed to encourage the uptake of solar PV panels by homeowners and

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Spirit of Localism Highly Commended

Bath & North East Somerset Council received a highly commended citation in the 2010 Association of Geographic Information Awards held on the 25th of November in London. The award, in the Local Public Services category, recognises the Council’s achievement in providing an affordable web based mapping application, ‘Parish Online’, to Parish Councils throughout Bath &

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Locus Introduces New ePortal Software for Efficient Environmental Management

Locus Technologies (Locus), manufacturer of web-based environmental compliance and information management software, introduces new and expanded features of its ePortal, a software platform for environmental and energy information management. This fifth generation version of the platform introduces a new Rich Internet Application (RIA)-based user interface that provides enhanced usability, improved work flows, and Augmented Reality (AR). Read

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

The Internet of Things 2010 Conference in Tokyo Explored the Interactions of Humans with their Built Environment

I magine you live in a house that communicates with you through an interface resembling the futuristic info-graphics in the science-fiction movie “Minority Report” — where actor Tom Cruise interacted with icons on an holographic touch screen. For example, a kitchen appliance, such as your fridge, displays a neat pie chart showing you’re running low

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

NI Measurement Studio 2010 Introduces New Support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

National Instruments today announced Measurement Studio 2010 with new support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 .NET. The new version of the software fully integrates into Visual Studio 2010/2008/2005 and provides tools designed specifically for data acquisition, signal processing, analysis and visualization. Microsoft Visual Studio developers using Measurement Studio 2010 can create Windows Forms and Web