Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership has voted to approve the OGC Observations and Measurements (O&M) – XML Encoding Standard as an official OGC standard. This standard specifies an XML implementation for the OGC and ISO Observations and Measurements (O&M) conceptual model (OGC Observations and Measurements v2.0, which is also published as ISO/DIS 19156), including
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
A report released today identifies 13 of the richest and most vulnerable places in the Arctic Ocean that should be considered for protection as summer sea ice melts and industrial activity expands into newly accessible areas. The Bering Strait, Chukchi Beaufort Coast, Barents Sea Coast and Great Siberian Polynya are among the hotspots, according to
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Recognizing the importance of clean water and healthy watersheds to our economy, environment and communities, the Obama administration released a national clean water framework today that showcases its comprehensive commitment to protecting the health of America’s waters. The framework emphasizes the importance of partnerships and coordination with states, local communities, stakeholders and the public to
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
OHL Industrial, the engineering division of one of the largest Spanish construction companies, has chosen SmartPlant® Enterprise solutions, including SmartPlant 3D, for the development of oil and gas and power generation plants. The product suite integrating SmartPlant 3D, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant Review and SmartPlant Materials will enable OHL Industrial to optimize the engineering
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Okino Computer Graphics today released its newest v5.6.1 set of JT PLM/MCAD bidirectional import and export converter modules. The ‘JT’ converter modules allow geometry, hierarchy, materials and texture mapping data (assembly data) to be imported and exported to native JT disk-based MCAD files (otherwise called “DirectModel” files). At no additional cost, the JT importer module also
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Okino Computer Graphics, a leading provider and pioneer of data translation solutions to the DCC/Animation and professional production markets, announced today that its long standing 3D DCC/Animation/Skinning and CAD/MCAD/Architectural conversion software PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max (for 3ds Max 2012 & 3ds Max Design 2012), and PolyTrans-for-Maya (for Maya 2012), are now fully qualified and shipping to customers. This
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Shin Kurushima Dockyard Company Limited has standardized on Intergraph SmartMarine 3D as its 3D design and modeling solution of choice for its ship projects. Japan-based SKDY sought to implement leading-edge technology to increase its leading productivity numbers, as well as to drive improved quality and performance.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that its protest of the California Department of General Services’ (DGS) procurement process for roadway design software (RDS) has been denied. The software was being solicited on behalf of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and the protest
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The early-bird deadline for Hexagon 2011, which includes the major Geosystems @ Hexagon 2011 track, is fast approaching: it ends May 2. Attendees who register by the May 2nd deadline can save up to 60% off the regular rates. Starting May 3rd, registration fees for Leica Geosystems users increase by $100 until June 5th, when
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership has voted to adopt the OGC GeoAPI 3.0 Interface Standard as an official OGC standard. The GeoAPI standard provides a set of Java® language interfaces based on the ISO 19100 series of geospatial abstract models for metadata and feature geometry as well as two OGC Abstract Specifications for metadata
