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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

$12.4 Million Contract Awarded to Intermap Technologies for Digital Map and Image Data

Intermap Technologies today announced that it received a USD $12.4 million contract to provide 3D digital elevation models and orthorectified radar images as part of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) program to update the client’s current 1:50,000-scale base map. The geospatial data will be used for topographic map production to manage sustainable forestry projects

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

OnAsset Intelligence and CDC Software Partner to Bring Real-Time Freight Intelligence to the Cloud

CDC Software Corporation announced today that they have entered into an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnership where OnAsset is expected to utilize CDC Supply Chain technology to more easily mash-up real-time wireless monitoring and sensor data with data from enterprise systems to create greater visibility, security and business intelligence during the movement and transportation of

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Commissioner Oettinger Speaks of a New Generation ‘Smart Cities’ Initiative

European Commissioner for Energy, Mr. Günther Oettinger, congratulated all currently engaged CONCERTO cities for their efforts, and spoke of the central role they will play in the “new generation ‘Smarts Cities’ initiative”, at the CONCERTO forum in Brussels, Belgium. 

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Mapping and Targeting Educational Hotspots via EduGIS

The Ingenieurbüro für Geoinformatik (GisEO) and the geoinformation service provider DELPHI IMM GmbH recently won the contract for the development and realization of a geo portal and web services to supply a comprehensive survey of educational information based on spatial data. The emerging web technology is planned to support education representatives, parents, students as well

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Indra to Implement a GNSS Monitoring System to Back up Air Traffic in Germany

Indra will implement a station network to measure Global Navigations Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals in order to supervise that data used by aircrafts in the German territory are accurate and reliable. The German air navigation services provider, the DFS (Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH), commissioned AC-B (Air Traffic Control & Business Systems), as Indra subsidiary in Germany, with

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Garmin G1000 Equipped King Air 200/B200 Deliveries Begin in Europe, Garmin awarded EASA Approval

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. announced that it has received the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) validation of the U.S. STC (supplemental type certificate) for the installation of the G1000 avionics suite in the King Air 200 and B200.

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Solibri Partnering with + Arkitektar in Iceland

Solibri, Inc., a leading provider of Model Checking, Building Information Model (BIM) analysis and Building Code Checking solutions in the construction field, today announced a Partner Agreement permitting + Arkitektar to sell and market Solibri’s products in Iceland. Read More

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Will Indonesia’s Big REDD Rainforest Deal Work?

Flying in a plane over the Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea, rainforest stretches like a sea of green, broken only by rugged mountain ranges and winding rivers. The broccoli-like canopy shows little sign of human influence. But as you near Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, the tree cover becomes patchier—a sign

Monday, December 27th, 2010

TerraSAR-X – Ice flow like molten metal

From over 500 kilometres up, as TerraSAR-X looks down on its icy surface, the Antarctic’s Nimrod Glacier looks like molten metal. During its flight over the Antarctic, the German Aerospace Centre’s (DLR) radar satellite is one of the few that can direct its view over this glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains. Researchers can use these

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Scotland’s Elgin Flood Scheme

The go-ahead has been given for Moray Council’s proposed Elgin Flood Protection Scheme which will help protect homes and businesses in the town from the risk of flooding from the River Lossie. Roseanna Cunningham, Minister for Environment and Climate Change, announced today that the scheme has been confirmed with modifications as recommended in the report of