Thursday, October 14th, 2010
The District is looking to the future by revising its Official Community Plan. “We are entering into this process not only as a requirement under the community charter, but also to give council fresh direction from the community on moving ahead and setting achievable goals and objectives,” said Mayor Bev Parnham. Read More
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
A set of five foundational technical standards for Smart Grid interoperability and security have undergone a cybersecurity review by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and have been submitted to federal regulators for adoption. Four of the standards, produced by the International Electrotechnical Commission, deal with communications protocols for the exchange of information on the intelligent power
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
SymetriGEO Services, part of Astrium Services’ GEO-Information division, is supporting the Geospatial and Situational Awareness Demonstration, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) sponsored Common Geospatial Tool Set (CGTS) research project. The objective of CGTS, which is being delivered by the Lockheed Martin (UK) led Team SPARTA, is to de-risk future geospatial
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Australian scientists are preparing to use the data from a new $22m array of high-tech equipment to help them probe deeper into the nation’s surrounding oceans. The new technology is part of a vastly improved set of tools provided by the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) to study the open ocean. Read More
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
The county’s two command support vehicles will have the data available on their systems, enabling the Leicestershire FRS team to have up-to-date and reliable imagery at their fingertips in emergency situations. OS MasterMap Imagery Layer is the market leader for currency and coverage of Great Britain. To date, 95% of the layer is five years
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
A new world record will be created on 15th October, when the miners working on the Gotthard Base Tunnel shake hands after the breakthrough between the Sedrun and Faido access points. For then the 57 km Gotthard Base Tunnel will be the longest rail tunnel in the world. The 15th October will also be a
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, will be featuring impressive industry solutions at the American Trucking Association ManagementConference (ATA). ATA, being held from October 16-19, 2010 in Phoenix, AZ, is the largest trucking event in the transportation, fleet and truck
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
ESA PR 2010-23 In 2000, the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’; was set up on the initiative of ESA (European Space Agency) and CNES (France’s Centre national études spatiales). Its purpose is to make it easier for emergency services to access satellite data in the event of natural or man-made disasters. Read More
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Korfez Engineering & Surveying Co. has contracted with Vexcel Imaging GmbH, a Microsoft® company, to purchase an UltraCamX large-format digital aerial camera system. The deal was brokered by Atay Engineering Co., Vexcel Imaging’s partner in Turkey.The UltraCamX camera will be used to provide Korfez’s public-and private-sector customers in Turkey, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Azerbaijan a
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
The US Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Steering Committee has officially endorsed a group of OGC standards along with other standards developed externally to FGDC. These standards play an important role in enabling interoperability as part of the Geospatial Platform for GeoOneStop, place-based initiatives, and other potential future programs of the FGDC. The Steering Committee
