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
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar andimaging 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 amore robust and flexible design.The DiMAC ULTRALiGHT+ is a high-resolution mapping camera with fully-embedded Forward Motion
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Leica Geosystems, a leader in airborne sensor manufacturing, announces the Leica RCD30, the world’s first 60MP medium-format airborne camera to acquire co-registered multispectral RGBN imagery. The new Leica RCD30 Series offers exciting new features, including Forward Motion Compensation, to ensure highest accuracy with “best-in-class” image quality. Read More
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Leica Geosystems is pleased to introduce a new member of its successful Viva GNSS family – the Leica Viva GS12 GNSS receiver. The Leica Viva GS12 is a lightweight receiver that ergonomically combines GNSS and TPS for a Viva SmartPole setup, an integrated ‘All-on-the Pole’ system for productive one-person surveying. The new Leica Viva CS10
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce new members of the Leica Zeno GIS series – the new Zeno 10 3.5G and Zeno 15 3.5G new dual-constellation, network-enabled handheld GNSS receivers and the newest Zeno Field v1.2 software. Designed for GIS data collection and mapping applications, the Zeno 10 3.5G and Zeno 15 3.5G integrate built-in
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Esri, has been named to receive the Global Citizen Award of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association. The award will be presented on the opening day of the GSDI 12 World Conference, to be held in Singapore October 19–22, 2010. Dangermond, as the recipient, will give the lead Keynote
Monday, October 4th, 2010
Alstom has signed a contract with Guris Construction and Engineering through Guris’s subsidiary, Eolos Wind Energy Generation, for the construction of a new 24MW wind farm in Turkey. The 24MW Senkoy wind farm, to be built near the city of Hatay, in the southern part of Turkey, will comprise eight Alstom ECO 100 wind turbines of
Monday, October 4th, 2010
Even if the experts for geodesy, geoinformation and land management have decided to leave “Avatar” to the film makers and also exercise restraint in joining the virtual worlds and cities of the gaming community, the third dimension is still very much part of their world. This will once again be made evident at the 16th
Monday, October 4th, 2010
On September 22, in Toulouse, France at the OGC’s 12th annual Kenneth D. Gardels Award Ceremony, OGC director Philippe Delclaux of EADS/Astrium presented the Gardels Award to Ingo Simonis. The Gardels Award, a gold medallion, is awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to advance OGC’s vision of geographic information fully integrated into
Monday, October 4th, 2010
IBM today announced that Autodesk, Inc. has joined the Green Sigma™ Coalition, a consortium of industry leaders in metering, monitoring, automation, data communications and software. Autodesk’s expertise in 3D design and engineering software for buildings and construction will complement the coalition’s focus on helping organizations deploy smart solutions for energy, water, waste and greenhouse gas
