Friday, October 8th, 2010
OpenGeo today announced that OpenGeo’s Paul Ramsey will be keynoting the Minnesota GIS/LIS conference at the Duluth Convention Center next week. Ramsey’s keynote, titled “Be Not Afraid: A Managers Field Guide to Life in an Open Source World” will be presented 8:30 on Thursday, October 14. In addition, Mr. Ramsey will be presenting two workshops
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Esri Press has updated its popular GIS Tutorial 1 and GIS Tutorial 2 workbooks for compatibility with ArcGIS 10. The new GIS Tutorial 3 completes this comprehensive series. GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook by Wilpen L. Gorr and Kristen S. Kurland provides an introduction to geographic information system (GIS) concepts that is easy to understand. The
Friday, October 8th, 2010
VisionMap Ltd announced today the availability of its newest product, the A3 CIR large format digital camera. A3 CIR (color-IR) provides near-infrared imagery (NIR) in combination with high resolution color imagery. The new product leverages A3’s well known superior collection efficiency as well as the complimentary fully automated workflow provided by the A3 Processing System. In
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Trimble introduced its next generation Trimble® GPS Pathfinder® ProXRT receiver, a versatile decimeter receiver combining dual-frequency GPS with Trimble H-Star™ technology, along with optional OmniSTAR and GLONASS support. In addition, the GPS Patinder ProXRT receiver is now capable of tracking Galileo test satellites for signal evaluation and test purposes. The announcement was made today at INTERGEO
Friday, October 8th, 2010
The European Green Capital Conference, which will be held on 20-22 October, will gather decision makers from ambitious European cities and interested cities from around the world who wish to discuss the challenges facing urban sustainability in both a European and global context. The Conference is being held in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Stockholm
Friday, October 8th, 2010
e-on software, the leader in Digital Nature solutions today announced the immediate availability of a free Open Beta of Carbon Scatter, the company’s instancing plugin for the mental ray™ and V-Ray™ renderers for 3DS Max. Carbon Scatter is the most simple and straightforward solution for creating complex and detailed populations using the native instancing technologies of
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Highly detailed space imagery is actively applied for monitoring of construction activities of the sites related to the Sochi Olympic Games. Analysis of multi-temporal satellite data enables to assess the dynamics of erection of the Olympic buildings in different parts of the Sochi town. In all, there will be over 200 new installations constructed by
Friday, October 8th, 2010
The criteria for assessing contaminated land are going to be extended and made more comprehensive from next year. If you own or manage contaminated land, you need to read this article. Site assessments of confirmed and suspected contaminated land in NSW must follow the National Environment Protection Council (New South Wales) Act 1995 (the NEPC Act). This
Friday, October 8th, 2010
SARAL is a satellite that can be used to monitor the level of sea water. It is jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French National Space Agency (CNES). The satellite will carry a Ka-band radar altimeter, AltiKa, and a data collection system, ARGOS. ISRO is responsible for building as well
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Esri will host a free DevGeo event Thursday afternoon, November 4, 2010, in Santa Clara, California, at the Network Meeting Center. DevGeo Silicon Valley is for developers who want to add dynamic mapping capabilities to their Web and mobile applications.Sessions ar e designed to help software developers who work with JavaScript, Flex, Silverlight, iOS, or Windows
