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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

53rd Photogrammetric Week in Stuttgart

As you might know, the 53rd Photogrammetric Week will take place again in Stuttgart from September 5 – 9, 2011. The Photogrammetric Week enjoys international recognition as an upgrading seminar for the disciplines Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics – this regular event was already initiated in 1909 by Carl Pulfrich. The 53rd Photogrammetric Week will be headlined

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Ninth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF9)

The Ninth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 24 January to 4 February 2011. The meeting will focus on anoverall theme of “Forests for people, livelihoods and poverty eradications”; and the launch ofthe International Year of Forests (IYF 2011). Pursuant to the Economic

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Satellites Tracking Mt Merapi Volcanic Ash Clouds

ESA – Since its latest series of deadly eruptions, Java’s Mt Merapi has been spewing volcanic ash clouds into the air. Satellite data are crucial for assessing the eruption’s danger to air traffic and public safety. Read More

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Hyundai Engineering Implements Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise Solutions for UAE

Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd. (HEC) has implemented Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise for its work on the Integrated Gas Development (IGD) project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The nearly US $9 billion project will significantly boost the Emirate’s offshore gas production to one billion cubic feet per day and is currently midway through its estimated 2013 completion. For its

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Energy 2020

On 10 November 2010, the European Commission has adopted the Communication “Energy 2020 – A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy” Read More

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

IDFGlobal Sponsors Perth Zoo Animation

IDF Global is about to complete an animation of the new Sustainability Education Precinct of Perth Zoo, where we were also the part sponsors of the marketing video. The full 2-minute-presentation consists of an animation and a video with both exterior and interior, showing the focus of the new precinct which is all about hands

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

OGC Meeting Sydney, Australia

We would like to invite senior managers, policy makers, sales and marketing staff to attend a session of the Business Value Committee (BVC) entitled “Deriving Business Value from Geospatial Standards”.  This event is dedicated to those who want to learn more, or share perspectives on the business value of geospatial technology and standards and how

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Esri Geoportal Server Helps Organizations Collaborate and Share Data

Esri Geoportal Server is a free, open source product that helps organizations manage and publish metadata for their geospatial resources that others can then discover and use. Geoportal Server can act as the nexus for an international framework of spatial data resources for enhanced collaboration and data sharing among various government and private agencies. Learn

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Low Carbon Economy Strategy

A plan to create new green jobs and capture the opportunities of the low carbon economy is published today. It is estimated around 60,000 new Scottish green jobs could be created by 2020 and the Low Carbon Economic Strategy crystallises the Scottish Government’s approach to utilise Scotland’s vast natural resources and competitive advantages to grow the

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Edge-Pro for Information Systems now Official ERDAS APOLLO Distributor in Egypt

ERDAS Inc. announces that Edge-Pro for Information Systems is now the official distributor for the ERDAS APOLLO suite of products in Egypt.  Beginning September 1, 2010, Edge-Pro became ERDAS’ only provider of sales and technical support, product training and customization, and consulting for ERDAS APOLLO in that territory. Learn More