Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
The GIS Centre of Excellence within the Office of Agriculture and Geoinformation (ALG) in Switzerland has recently purchased GeoExpress 8 through German reseller, GAF AG. The Centre is an agency of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and employs around forty people to manage the agriculture and environmental resources of the region. This work
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that registration for this year’s Be Together: The Bentley User Conference is now open to all architects, engineers, constructors, geospatial professionals, and CAD managers. The conference takes place May 23-26, 2011, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia,
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing three facilities with the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) award for simultaneously producing electricity and useful thermal energy from a single energy source, such as natural gas, biomass, coal, or waste heat. This technology leads to energy savings and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
The first version of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) iPhone App is now available via the iTunes store. This free App gives users access to a wealth of information wherever they go. The DLR App is a dynamic online news aggregator that compiles all relevant information on DLR research areas of space, aviation, energy and
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Farallon Geographics, a San Francisco GIS services firm and OpenGeo, a global leader in open source geospatial solutions, announced that Farallon Geographics has added the OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition to its product offerings and now provides support to local OpenGeo Suite users.
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
See the projects in the running to be nominated for project of the year! This Friday, CG/LA releases it’s list of top “50 Infrastructure Projects in Latin America” along with it’s list of “Top 25 Brazilian Infrastructure Projects.” Each year, CG/LA selects the most strategic and influential projects from across the region to be highlighted and
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Fugro-BKS Limited, a leading supplier of geographic information products and services, has acquired an UltraCamXp digital aerial camera system from Vexcel Imaging (a Microsoft Company). This new purchase will further enhance the digital photography capability of Fugro in Europe and ensure that the company continues to operate at the forefront of technology. The large format camera will complement the company’s existing
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Getmapping has delivered 2010 aerial imagery to Mid Devon District Council providing an up-to-date and highly detailed backdrop to the Council’s mapping systems. The Council makes extensive use of its imagery across a wide range of departments including, address management, development control and planning enforcement, environmental health, land charges and estates management.
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Esri now offers the first and only service that facilitates the creation and sharing of redistricting plans on a web-based platform. Esri Redistricting enables state and local governments, advocacy groups, and citizens to complete official, regulation-compliant plans and share them directly with specific stakeholders or the public. The State of Alabama was among the first
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Leica GeoMoS Web is a web-based service for visualization and analysis of monitoring data via the Internet. Each authorized user, including customers and partners, can access their monitoring project anywhere, anytime – just by using a webbrowser, PDA, or mobile phone. A new automatic reporting tool, many options for analyzing andvisualizing monitoring data, and other
