Thursday, September 16th, 2010
IBM today announced innovative new chip-making technology for power-management semiconductors – the company’s first foray into a segment seen as critical to the development of alternative energy sources, smart buildings and new consumer devices. IBM’s process integrates wireless communications into a single power-management chip, a first that can cut production costs (about 20%) to allow
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Itron Inc. announced today that one of the UK’s leading water and waste water providers, Severn Trent Water, is implementing an automated meter reading (AMR) solution developed by Itron. Itron is providing residential water meters pre-equipped with its EverBlu™ AMR module, handheld units and MV-RS® meter reading software to collect manual, encoded and radio reads
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Grid Net a global leading provider of real-time, all-IP Smart Grid and Smart Home software platforms for any device and any broadband technology, today announced it is collaborating with Sprint to deliver a Smart Grid solution that leverages Grid Net’s software platforms to connect smart meters and smart grid routers via the Sprint 4G network.
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Worldwide Coverage with Google Maps PLUS Topo Maps of USA/Canada, Germany, or Sweden. Fugawi iMap brings topo maps and Google™ maps to your iPhone or iPad. It is great for hikers, boaters, anglers, vacationers, educators, or anyone going off-road and into the back country. Read More
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of cloud-based spatial technology solutions, today announced an extensive update of the parcel boundary data available through ParcelStream™ and the company’s commitment to expanding its parcel boundary data coverage. Further, Digital Map Products sees demand for parcel boundary data continuing to grow as more applications incorporate interactive mapping
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Model-based working is becoming an increasingly popular trend in the German construction industry. There is a growing demand among Germany’s leading construction companies for end-to-end process-oriented solutions that support a model-based work method. Digital engineering and construction is gaining more and more relevance, particularly on the international market. Recognising this trend, Bilfinger Berger Nigeria has
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Trimble and the Hilti Group announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement to form Intelligent Construction Tools, LLC. The joint venture, 50 percent owned by Trimble and 50 percent owned by Hilti, will focus on leveraging technologies from both companies to develop measuring solutions for the building construction trades. Partnering since 2002, the Hilti
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Trimble announced today it has acquired privately-held Cengea Solutions Inc., based in British Columbia. Cengea is a leading provider of spatially-enabled business operations and supply chain management software for the forestry, agriculture and natural resource industries. The acquisition is part of Trimble’s strategic initiative to bring productivity solutions to the forestry and other industries. Financial
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Join leaders from the Microsoft photogrammetry team—Vexcel Imaging, GmbH—in this 40 minute webinar for an opportunity to see the newest release of its photogrammetric workflow software, UltraMap 2.1. Recently announced, UltraMap 2.1 continues to provide a flexible and scalable distributed system for managing and processing vast amounts of UltraCam data and now includes a set
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
The geodata.gov.gr website constitutes the first governmental attempt to make the geospatial data of the wider public administration sector available online and free-of-charge for all citizens. The website has been piloted since 21 July 2010 and has been regularly updated. As stated on the homepage of the website, the public administration data has been produced and/or
