Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
A handful of fans visited Northamptonshire to mark the 75th anniversary of the Ordnance Survey’s first trig pillar, the triangular post used by surveyors, near Cold Ashby. More than 11,000 were built across the country and by measuring angles and using trigonometry, surveyors could calculate distances between the pillars. It resulted in maps accurate to just a
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
GeoSam Oy, a newly-formed Finnish distributor of global positioning and surveying equipment, has been selected to represent Ashtech® machine control, GIS, GNSS and GPS products. GeoSam Oy has teamed with Ashtech “because the Ashtech brand and its heritage, Magellan® and Thales®, are well-known and respected in Finland,” said Jukka Lindstrom, GeoSam Oy Manager and Director.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
To make this possible Nokia has partnered with C3, the leading provider of 3D mapping solutions, offering photo-realistic models of the world. C3 uses modern camera equipment to capture as many as one image per second of the same object from up to 100 different angles. The images are then used to automatically reproduce the shape
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Following an intensive international search and selection process, CSIRO has appointed one of its own, Jonathan Law, as the new Director of the organisation’s Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship. Mr Law brings with him a strong network of government, industry and research contacts gained through working across the value chain in the resource industry in an operational and research
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Utility companies in the Middle East and Africa now have a local source for sharing ideas, success stories, and information about Esri technology. The first Middle East and Africa Utility User Group held its inaugural meeting March 15–16, 2011, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The event was hosted by Esri along with Esri partners GISTEC
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) $75 million to develop a revolutionary launch escape system that will enable the company’s Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts. The Congressionally mandated award is part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) initiative that started in 2009 to help private companies mature concepts and technologies for human spaceflight.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
ArcPad 10.0.2, the latest version of Esri’s feature-rich mobile GIS software application, now makes field mapping and data collection even easier. The new release extends customization options and annotation capabilities, simplifying tasks and increasing access to key geographic data. ArcPad includes advanced GIS and GPS capabilities for capturing, editing, and displaying geographic information quickly and
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Ashtech S.A.S., headquartered in Carquefou, France, and its affiliates. The acquisition is expected to expand Trimble’s Spectra Precision® portfolio of survey solutions and allow the company to better address emerging markets worldwide. Closing of the transaction, anticipated in the second
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar, aerial digital camera and survey instruments, is pleased to announce that a special workshop on aerial digital cameras will be held at the ASPRS User Group Session on Monday, May 2, 2011 in Milwaukee. This workshop will explore Optech’s mission to provide aerial digital camera systems
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
RapidEye announced today that Geoconsult International will be one of its distributors in Africa. The agreement between RapidEye and Lebanon-based Geoconsult allows the distribution of RapidEye products throughout the entire continent of Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara. Learn More
