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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

SuperGeo Announces Geoportal LLC A Reseller in Belarus

SuperGeo Technologies is excited to announce its new reseller in Belarus, where Geoportal LLC is authorized to distribute SuperGIS series software. Located in Minsk, Belarus, Geoportal LLC provides field survey PDA, Total Stations, GPS controllers, etc. for local users. Since the customers have strong requirements for full function mobile GIS software at a reasonable price, Geoportal

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Record Reduction in Swedish Emissions

Swedish greenhouse gas emissions are declining substantially. In 2009, emissions fell by over 3.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents,  the largest reduction in any single year to date* . This means that Sweden s total emissions have now dropped by a total of around 17 per cent since 1990, and levels have never been

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Great Yarmouth Coastal System: New Report Available From The Crown Estate

As a direct result of a Crown Estate–Caird Fellowship at the National Maritime Museum, Hannah Evans of the British Geological Survey has produced this report on historic changes in the Great Yarmouth spit and the related coastal system.

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Local Authorities Confirm Beneficial Role of Planning Performance Agreements

New research is published outlining use and benefits of Planning Performance Agreements; and new practice note and case studies made available. Over 95 per cent of English local authorities that responded to a national survey support the idea of Planning Performance Agreements. The findings are published today in an evaluation report commissioned by the Department for

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

CompassData Archive Surpasses 15,000 Ground Control Points

The Control Freaks at CompassData recently passed an important milestone. We added our 15,000th GCP to our Online Archive. It is the largest online archive of photo-identifiable Ground Control Points. When you order any of our GCPs, you also receive supporting metadata including site photos, data precision reports and point sketches. There is no other archive like

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Exprodat Steals the Show at PETEX

The recent PETEX 2010 conference saw the oil and gas exploration and production community come together for a week in Earl’s Court. The conference was supported by an extremely well attended exhibition that allowed product and services companies to present their offerings to a combination of oil & gas professionals and recent graduates.

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Vertice and Autodesk: an Interactive Real-time 3D Collaboration

Vertice is now a member of the Autodesk Architecture Preferred Industry Partner Program and the only company outside the USA to have been selected in this program for Architecture. The collaboration between Autodesk and Vertice helps to provide a stronger, more accurate foundation for creating designs more efficiently. “Together, Autodesk and Vertice provide an easy and

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

FOREST EUROPE Experts Meet in Geneva to Fine-tune Plans for Ministerial Conference in Oslo 2011

Representatives from FOREST EUROPE’s signatory countries are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on 14-15 December 2010 to discuss issues that will be raised at the FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe scheduled for 14-16 June 2011 in Oslo, Norway.  The ministers responsible for forests in Europe will take political decisions on

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

BroadMap Data to Power Key Online Maps

BroadMap, a leading Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data, services and solutions provider, and TrueVector Technologies, a first-generation interactive mapping company, today announced an agreement that combines BroadMap’s premium geospatial data and GIS services with TrueVector’s interactive online maps. TrueVector Technologies solves diverse challenges for clients by using online mapping tools that visually display data and provide

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Industrial Survey – Deformation Analysis, Precision Measurement

AAM Industrial Surveyors are tasked with a variety of projects that involve supplying accurate 3D as-built information about a structure; deformation monitoring of surfaces subject to wear, and mapping objects in motion. This case study describes a package of works, dubbed ‘Measure, Monitor, Map’, undertaken at BlueScope Steel’s Number 5 blast furnace at Port Kembla during