Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
FARO Technologies, Inc.er of portable me introduces the new FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D. Focus3D is a revolutionary, high-performance 3D laser scanner for detailed measurement and documentation with intuitive touch screen control that makes it as easy to operate as a digital camera. It is four times lighter and five times smaller than its predecessor and is
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Ashtech® today announced at Intergeo the immediate availability of Web Mission Planning, the first self-contained, completely automatic web-accessible GNSS survey planning tool. Anyone, anywhere can log in at www.ashtech.com and use the survey-planning tool free of charge to determine satellite visibilities. The new tool developed by Ashtech uses Google Earth mapping and is inter-active and completely
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
For the last eight years, NASA Ames Earth Science Division has been participating in a student internship program called DEVELOP. Funding comes through the Applied Sciences Program in the Earth Science Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Head Quarters. It is a training and development program that provides an opportunity for talented science
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Esri today announced a partnership with Ushahidi that will improve the collection and use of crowd-sourced information during large-scale emergencies. Ushahidi is a nonprofit organization that allows local observers to submit reports to the Ushahidi Web platform using their mobile phones or the Internet during a crisis. Esri is providing software, services, and training to
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Ms. Bauojuan Zheng is the Grand Prize Winner of the ASPRS Membership Nomination Campaign in a drawing held October 1. Zheng a student at Virginia Tech, was selected at random from all ASPRS members who recently nominated colleagues for a six-month complimentary membership in ASPRS. The prize is a complimentary conference registration, free roundtrip (domestic)
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and imaging survey instruments, announced today a tighter technical integration with the DiMAC ULTRALiGHT+ product line. New packaging, specifically conceived for lidar mapping solutions, takes advantage of recent technology advances for a more robust and flexible design. Learn More
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
TerraGo Technologies®, a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions, and Procalculo Prosis, Colombia’s leading company for GIS and related technologies, have signed a distribution agreement to sell and service TerraGo’s full suite of software solutions in Colombia. The agreement reinforces TerraGo’s plans for expanding the global distribution of its software, which uniquely generates highly
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development have expanded their successful collaboration with international partners to launch an innovative, web-based environmental management system for the Himalaya region. The partners inaugurated this state-of-the-art regional monitoring system, known as SERVIR-Himalaya, at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu, Nepal on Oct. 5. NASA Administrator
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Trimble announced today the release of its next generation of Trimble® TerraSync™ software, a market-leading data collection and asset management application. TerraSync software is deployed in utilities, public sector, natural resources, and many other organizations throughout the world as a key component of enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) data collection and asset management projects. The
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
ArcGIS for AutoCAD offers significant performance improvements in its latest release including faster access and enhanced image quality of map services. AutoCAD professionals can use the free, downloadable tool to find and use geographic information system (GIS) data and imagery either from ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Server. Build 250 of ArcGIS for AutoCAD has also been
