Thursday, October 21st, 2010
“The addition of three new languages is exciting for our users in South America, Czech Republic and CIS regions who will now have access to Geomagic’s patented processes for rapidly creating 3D polygon data directly from scan data,” said Tom Kurke, COO, Geomagic. “Resellers and partners are already being recruited to
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
NASA is working to publish more of its data sets online and create more opportunities to engage with the public using digital tools. This was a major part of the discussion during the monthly Open Government Community Summit at NASA Headquarters in Washington last week. NASA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and Office of
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
DigitalGlobe, a leading global content provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced a WorldView-2 joint research initiative with India’s TERI University. As part of the initiative, DigitalGlobe will contribute ideas, expertise and high-resolution 8-Band multi-spectral satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite to TERI University’s current research projects. The initiative’s aim is to help researchers
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Under the new constitutional dispensation, the Lands ministry is also moving urgently to speed up other land reforms that will promote transparency, accountability and enhance efficiency in land transactions. The ministry has already fully embraced information technology and is at an advanced stage in the implementation of the Land Information Management System. Read More
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
The most comprehensive report ever on the state of Canada’s biodiversity calls for action to ”maintain functioning ecosystems” from B.C.’s forests to the Prairies grasslands to the St. Lawrence River. Read More
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Procedural Inc., the developer of the 3D city modeling software CityEngine, announces that it has partnered up with Escape Studios, Europe’s No.1 vendor of 3D technology, for the exclusive distribution of CityEngine in UK. “We are thrilled to collaborate with Escape Studios in UK who is one of the leading forces of 3D technology in Europe”
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES – The global ocean energy sector is witnessing a sharp turnaround with more than 45 wave and tidal prototypes being ocean tested in 2010 and 2011, after only a dozen were installed in 2009. According to a new IHS Emerging Energy Research market study, more than 1.8 GW of ocean projects in 16 countries
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
BBC – Coralina’s Seaflower Marine Protected Area was judged to have protected a “vast territory” of ocean, while helping fishermen make a better living. Projects in Ghana, Japan, the US and several European countries were also lauded in the Countdown 2010 awards. Prizes will be given at the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting here. Read
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of software and systems for geo-imaging solutions, plans to undertake a business development mission to Africa and the Middle East to meet, train, and interact with local partners and customers and to participate in a key industry event. PCI Geomatics will begin its mission at the 8th International Conference African
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Interdisciplinary Research Consultants (IdRC) and ESRI Canada today announced that the companies have been selected to provide consulting services on the design of a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) for the Kingdom of Jordan. This will help Jordan develop a national strategic plan that will enable broad sharing of geographic information to monitor and support the
