Friday, October 1st, 2010
The facility is opposite its headquarters building in Guildford and will enable SSTL to work on a broader range of satellites and provide the capacity to integrate and test more satellites in parallel. Housing about 40 permanent staff, it will incorporate cleanrooms, laboratories and testing facilities for state of the art space engineering. The building
Friday, October 1st, 2010
Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced the availability of Subscription Advantage Packs for Autodesk 2011 software releases. Subscription Advantage Packs provide exclusive and early access to product enhancements to Autodesk Subscription customers at no additional cost. Learn More
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Strengthening its support for Canadian technology businesses, ESRI Canada announced that the company has become a gold sponsor of the York Technology Alliance (YTA). John Kitchen, Vice President and General Manager of ESRI Canada, has also been appointed the alliance’s Vice Chair. Established in 1983, the YTA is an economic development cluster that fosters a
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
OpenGeo today announced that the Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM) has selected OpenGeo to support its development of open source earthquake modeling tools. OpenGeo will be developing enhancements for GeoServer and GeoTools to expand the capabilities for collaboration on hazard, risk and socio-economic impact models within the global earthquake risk assessment community. OpenGeo will provide
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Differential thermal imaging, quantum cascade lasers and hyperspectral imaging should all be used to monitor natural gas pipelines, in a bid to prevent more incidents like the explosion and fire that devastated San Bruno earlier this month. That’s according to Mundus Group, a company that specializes in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that it says could carry the
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Tasmanian climate change scientists have developed a tiny remote-controlled helicopter to help them map fragile coastal moss beds in Antarctica. The “OktoKopter” uses remote sensing techniques to monitor the impact of changes in temperature, wind speed and UV radiation. The Project leader Arko Lucieer says the delicate moss is a good indicator of climate change
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Geospatial Holdings Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Geospatial Mapping Systems Inc. (Geospatial), has entered into a technology license agreement with George F. Young Inc. to use Geospatial’s Smart Probe Pipeline Mapping Technologies for the practice of mapping pipelines and rendering 3D as-built drawings, throughout the Southeast region. Under the terms of the three-year
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
International communications and information technology company Harris Corporation and leading Middle East telecommunication systems and security provider Atlas Telecom, have today announced the launch of a new joint venture. The company, to be known as Harris Atlas, will deliver innovative intelligence solutions such as enhanced video management and geospatial 3D visualization specifically designed for the
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems is pleased to announce the appointment of Geo-Alliance as Master Distributor of PCI’s solution technologies and Geomatica family of products for the Russian Federation, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, and the Ukraine. Geo-Alliance has been a valued PCI reseller for over four
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Optech Incorporated is pleased to announce the relese of the new long-range ILRIS-LR 3D laser imaging system. The ILRIS-LR (Intelligent Laser Ranging and Imaging System-Long Range) has greater range and higher point density capability than any other tripod-based terrestrial scanner currrently on the market. The design of the ILRIS-LR now enables surveyors to scan ice,
