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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

SIS Releases Accuracy Analyst Version 3

Spatial Information Solutions, Inc. (SIS) announces the release of version 3.0 of its flagship software product, Accuracy Analyst™.  SIS has received invaluable feedback from many of its supportive customers and has used that advice to add more features that will allow users to complete projects faster and more efficiently than in the past.  Dr. Charles

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Leica DISTO D8 Receives Award for Product Innovation at BAU 2011

At this year’s BAU 2011 trade fair, which took place from 17th to 22nd January in Munich, the Leica DISTO™ D8 won an award for product innovation presented by Bundesarbeitskreis für Altbauerneuerung e.V. (BAKA), Bauverlag and Messe München. This regular award is made with the aim of promoting the development of forward-looking product ideas and designs

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Project – Changing Hydro-meteorological Risks

The EU – Marie Curie Initial Training Network “CHANGES” started on January 14th 2011 with a kick-off meeting at the ITC, Enschede – the Netherlands. The project will last until December 2014. A series of 12 PhD positions, are available with the partners. More information you will find on the site www.itc.nl/changes. Please distribute this announcement within your

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Hydro Power Development: Key Issues for River Ecology and Management

The rapid development of hydro power schemes across the UK is a major area of business development and energy generation. It does however raise many issues involving the way we manage and protect our rivers. Many of these issues are long standing and involve the conservation status of rivers, endangered species and the implementation of the Water Framework

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Super Unitary Selects Aligned Assets For Gazetteer Management

Cheshire East Council, one of the nine ‘Super Unitaries’ created in 2009, are set to develop an award winning land and property gazetteer using software from Aligned Assets. After a long assessment period, they selected the gazetteer management system from Aligned Assets, called Symphony iManage, to manage their new central Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG).

Monday, February 21st, 2011

MLC CAD Systems Wins SolidWorks Top Reseller Performance Award at SolidWorks World 2011

MLC CAD Systems, one of the largest SolidWorks resellers in North America, was recognized by SolidWorks Corporation as the company’s Top Reseller in Overall Performance in North America in 2010. The award was announced at SolidWorks World 2011 International User Conference & Exposition in San Antonio, TX. 

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Visualant Licensee, Javelin LLC Announces Initial Focus Environmental Applications to Identify Oil in Water

Visualant, Inc. a pioneer provider of industry-leading color based identification and diagnostic solutions, announced today that its licensee for environmental applications, Javelin LLC, is focusing its initial development efforts on utilizing the Visualant Spectral Pattern Matching (“SPM”) technology to determine the presence of oil in water and the presence of adulterates in oil.

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Better Mapping of Human Settlements to Support Crisis Management Operations

When a major disaster strikes in remote parts of the world, knowing if the area is populated, and how densely, is crucial for the effective organisation of humanitarian operations. The Global Human Settlements Layer (GHSL), developed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), will soon provide this detailed information for the first time on

Monday, February 21st, 2011

ProconGPS Partners with Bertram Capital to Pursue Expansion Plans

ProconGPS, Inc. announced today that it has partnered with Bertram Capital, a private equity firm based in San Mateo, CA with more than $850 million of capital under management, to complete a recapitalization of the company and to fund continued growth.  ProconGPS’s existing leadership team will remain completely in place and continue to direct the Company’s strategy and manage

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Efficient Workflow for Comprehensive Bathymetric Data Management

Throughout history, understanding the ocean depths has been of significant interest. Being able to navigate the ocean waters has led to the rise and fall of empires; the discovery of new countries; and, recently, the use of their natural resources to sustain those who reside on land. The technology used today to chart the ocean floor is much