Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Hemisphere GPS and CLAAS Agrosystems launched eDriveX in Europe under the CLAAS brand, GPS Pilot. CLAAS Agrosystems, a company belonging to the global CLAAS Group agricultural equipment manufacturer, is offering GPS Pilot as a part of their precision automated steering solution that also includes the Outback S3™ guidance terminal and BaseLineX™ GPS base station. The new system,
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Trimble introduced Trimble® ConstructJob, an updated version of the Accubid Web-based project management solution for the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) trades. In addition to supporting Accubid mechanical and electrical estimating applications, the new Trimble ConstructJob now supports integration with the QuickPen AutoBid® Mechanical estimating application.
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Veripos has extended hardware support options for its range of services providing metre to decimetre-level accuracies with introduction of a new integrated mobile unit utilising proprietary algorithms, the LD5. The ruggedised unit is available in a variety of configurations, from a basic L-band demodulator to a fully integrated mobile positioning sensor with demodulator and multi-frequency GNSS receiver. It
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Mio Technology, a division under the Mitac Group, introduced its first driving recorders with global positioning system (GPS) and shock sensor functionalities built in and priced at NT$6,888 (US$226). Mio is the first of the portable navigation device (PND) “big three” – which also includes Garmin and TomTom – to launch such a product. Read More
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Autodesk’s Project Galileo promises an easy-to-use planning tool for creating 3D city models from civil, geospatial and building data, and 3D models. This new offering will start its life in Autodesk Labs, and will allow users to sketch conceptual infrastructure ideas within the 3D city model. Read More
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
The first deployment of Ushahidi in Russia – the “Help Map” project (Russian-fires.ru) that worked as a mutual aid coordination platform during unprecedented wildfires last summer – received the most prestigious award of the Russian Internet. The “Runet Award 2010” (Premia Runeta) was granted to “Help Map” as the best project in a category “State
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) has recently begun a three-year project that will integrate Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) technology into its digital airport management system. The project will combine GIS and airport management to enhance many aspects of the airport’s operations, such as data, asset, and workflow management. It will also benefit the airport significantly
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
The Report of the 2010 Caribbean Marine Atlas (CMA) Review and Planning Workshop as well as Saint Lucia Coastal Atlas Stakeholders Event is now available as IOC Workshop Report No. 235. During the 2010 CMA Review and Planning Workshop participants assessed progress of the CMA project at the national as well as regional level. In particular they
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
The Java Reconstruction Fund (JRF) pooled contributions from seven donor countries totaling US$94.1 million. A community-driven approach, fueled by the spirit of “gotong royong” – a Javanese expression to illustrate communal cooperation to achieve a shared objective – led to the building of 15,153 permanent earthquake resistant houses and completion of 1,892 infrastructure projects such
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
On December 4 and 5, in over twenty locations around the world, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, NASA and The World Bank will host the third Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK), their progressive initiative that brings together volunteer software developers and experts in disaster risk management for a weekend-long “hackathon” to create software solutions that can help mitigate or respond to disasters
