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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Greece: Free Geospatial Data Available Online

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

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

25% Discount on IDRISI Taiga

Although IDRISI is our flagship product, we also offer additional resources that complement its use and help you maximize the full potential of the software.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

ERDAS and Infoterra GmbH Bring TerraSAR-X Data and Solutions to Geospatial Community

ERDAS announces that it will collaborate with Infoterra GmbH, a leading provider of radar satellite data and services and exclusive holder of commercial exploitation rights to TerraSAR-X data.  Together, they will develop operational applications for TerraSAR-X radar satellite imagery and strengthen the knowledge of SAR data analysis within the user community. In recent years, the use

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Virtual City Ltd Receives USD 1 million in Nokia’s Growth Economy Venture Challenge

Today at the Nokia Developer Summit, Nokia was proud to announce Virtual City Ltd, a home-grown Kenyan company, as the winner of the Growth Economy Venture Challenge. A panel of experts judged their submission – Mobile Distributor Solution, which supports small and micro enterprises in emerging markets – to be the worthy winner. John Waibochi

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Optech and DiMAC Exhibit Jointly at INTERGEO 2010

Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar survey instruments, is pleased to announce that it will share a booth at INTERGEO 2010 with DiMAC sprl. Optech recently acquired theoperations and assets of this innovative digital aerial camera company, inventor of the patented DiMAC True Forward MotionCompensation technology. The clear technology direction in airborne remote sensing

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Project Trident: A Scientific Workflow Workbench

With Project Trident, you can author workflows visually by using a catalog of existing activities and complete workflows. The workflow workbench provides a tiered library that hides the complexity of different workflow activities and services for ease of use. Version 1.2 Now Available .Project Trident is available under the Apache 2.0 open source license. Read More

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Atlantic Rainforest Sensor Net Research

Rainforests are a precious commodity worldwide. Scientists are working hard to understand these complex systems and their impact on climate change. In November 2009, Microsoft Research, in collaboration with researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of São Paulo, deployed a network of sensors to study the Serra do Mar rainforest in Brazil. Only

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

VeniceTable: Interactive Traffic Simulation Table

The VeniceTable project was sponsored by the European Union’s CIVITAS Project. The CIVITAS Initiative helps cities to achieve a more sustainable, clean and energy efficient urban transport system by implementing and evaluating an ambitious, integrated set of technology and policy based measures. The VeniceTable was delivered as part of the MOBILIS project in Venice led

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Style Mapping Table for GIS and CAD Data Conversion

Data in different GIS or CAD software have specified line styles, fonts, symbols, and fill styles which might not be kept as usual after being imported into AvisMap format. In order to keep original style settings to the full extent, we present the conception of Style Mapping Table which can be generated by user self

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

RWE Innogy Inaugurates New Energy Centre in Berlin

The new Energy Centre of BTB GmbH, a subsidiary of RWE Innogy, will be inaugurated in Berlin today. The four combined heat & power units of the plant will in the future supply the prestigious Adlerhof Science Park with heat and electricity. The heat supply has been designed to be especially efficient through operation of