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Thursday, November 18th, 2010

National Hurricane Center Debuts Storm Surge Website

Storm surge is the deadliest hazard associated with hurricanes. Yet, for most people, it is an unfamiliar term. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center in Miami wants to change that, and it has created a new website to help. The new site, a one-stop shop for storm surge data, was designed to arm people with potentially life-saving

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

3G (German GeoConsultants Group) and Lorienne to Develop a Partnership

During the GeoTunis conference (Nov29 – Dec3, 2010) Lorienne, leading developer of cartographic production software and committed to cartographic excellence is pleased to announce a new partnership to leverage and extend the German GeoConsultants Group (3G) offering on its territory. The 3G local presence in North-Africa countries will provide a recognized expertise in the Geo Spatial

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

GRAPHISOFT’s Online BIM Collaboration Coming to a Computer Near You

Building Information Modeling brings unique challenges tothe design team: when implementing BIM on a larger scale, architects often run intobottlenecks in model accessibility and workflow management. On November 23, 2011 colleagues around the world from GRAPHISOFT, Tekla Structures, DDS-CAD, and Arktec will demonstrate the power of Open Collaboration without borders. Based in Birmingham, Boston, Budapest,

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Estonia – RMK Earns EEK 1.3 Billion in Sales Revenue in 9 Months

Sales revenue of the State Forest Management Centre (RMK) in the first 9 months of 2010 reached EEK 1.3 billion. During the same period last year, RMK earned EEK 890 million in sales revenue, with growth reaching 46%. RMK’s net profit in the first 9 months of this year was EEK 296 million. That is six times higher compared

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Operating Contract for Galileo Control Oberpfaffenhofen

The European Galileo project is gaining momentum – on 12 November 2010, the DLR Society for Space Applications (GfR) from the Spaceopal GmbH in Munich, the contract for the operation of the Galileo Control Centre received Oberpfaffenhofen. Earlier, the German-Italian joint venture Spaceopal with the European Space Agency ESA in Brussels had concluded a contract for the

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

New Laser Scanner – Z+F IMAGER 5010

The Z+F IMAGER 5010 sets new standards in the field of 3D laser scanning. The tried and tested, extremely fast phase comparison procedure was developed further and installed in a device with the latest technology. The IMAGER 5010 has won admiration for its incredible speed and simple operation, enabling people to work efficiently and quickly. The

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Update German ATKIS BasicDLM, October 2010

For the base-DLM (old data model), updated data of the federal states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Brandenburg, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia were included in the distribution. For Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt, this is the last time data update in the old data model. In future, only updated data from these countries in the new AAA

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Telvent and Microsoft Announce Smart Grid Focus

We’ve been working hard over the last few years behind the scenes with our partner Telvent, a global IT solutions and business information services provider, to strengthen various next generation smart grid solutions available to utilities. Today we made it official with a press release outlining our collaboration effort. Read More

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

GI_Forum 2011 – Call for Papers

Geographics Forum Salzburg (GI_Forum) will take place on July 5- 8, 2011 at the University of Salzburg. GI_Forum 2011 solicits contributions in GIScience and Technology, and especially welcomes submissions on topics related to Learning with Geoinformation, Climate Change and Spatial Vulnerability Assessment, and Monitoring and Modeling of Global and Climate Change. Read More

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

MecSoft Europe Signs Distribution Partnership with Tri-D Technologies

MecSoft Europe GmbH, distributor of CAD/CAM software in Europe, announced a new distribution partnership with Tri-D Technologies. Tri-D Technologies, located in Ontario, Canada, is the manufacturer of the software solution TerraFlat for Rhino 3D. TerraFlat allows the user to effortlessly create 2D patterns from very complex 3D shapes. MecSoft Europe the distributor of CAD/CAM solutions such