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Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Autodesk Leads $6M Funding Round for Construction Software Startup

Burlington, Mass.-based Vela Systems raised the funds from Autodesk and series A investors Commonwealth Capital Ventures, GrandBanks Capital and private individuals. Vela launched in 2005 to create software building information modeling, or BIM, to the job site. A year ago Autodesk announced a collaboration with Vela last year to integrate the software with Autodesk’s Navisworks

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Health and Disease Spatial Analysis

The analysis of spatial patterns of health and disease has been greatly enhanced by recent advances in geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS), global positioning systems (GPS) and spatial statistics. The Department has an active research programme that uses GIS and spatial analysis in epidemiological research. Departmental staff also coordinate the Schools GIS facilities

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

MAPPS Announces Geospatial Excellence Awards Judges

A panel of five independent judges will evaluate projects submitted in the MAPPS 2010 Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards competition. The MAPPS awards competition recognizes the professionalism, value, integrity and achievement that member firms have demonstrated in their projects and technology developments over the previous year. Learn More

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

EPA Announces Six International Priorities

The Environmental Protection Agency has a long history of international collaboration on a wide range of global environmental issues. In recent years, EPA’s bilateral and multilateral partnerships have taken on new significance in the face of shared environmental and governance challenges, such as global climate change and improving children’s environmental health outcomes. Learn More

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Earth Observation Aids Disaster Relief in Pakistan

Pakistan’s floods are arguably the worst in living memory, leaving many hundreds dead and millions homeless or marooned as villages and infrastructure have washed away. Data from a range of Earth observation satellites are being used, both through the International Charter Space and Major Disasters and the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative,

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Areas of Outstanding Urban Beauty

There are 35 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England. But 90% of us live in towns and cities and most people rarely get out and visit them. So CABE is supporting a photo competition to find ‘Areas of Outstanding Urban Beauty’.  The idea is to focus attention on the quality of urban areas and

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Activities Related to gvSIG at FOSS4G 2010

More than 700 people will attend FOSS4G 2010 from 6th to 10th September in Barcelona (Spain). Besides taking part in the official scheduled activities, the gvSIG Association will be present with a stand where a series of demos/technical presentations will be carried out. For those who have the opportunity to attend FOSS4G, this is the

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

2011 Call for Projects – imagina

 Architecture – Your use of, and vision for, BIM in architecture and in construction engineering. Habitat, in its broadest sense, is the biggest challenge of the twenty-first century. How will our living areas and buildings, all too often considered simple, inanimate, objects, change, survive and be integrated into their surroundings and energy management schemes?Digital mock-ups

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Burnt-out Areas in Russia: Public Monitoring of Fires Consequences

A reduction in number of “hot spots” – possible fire blazes – was registered by satellites for the second day in a row. MODIS sensors of Terra and Aqua satellites have detected 188 “hot spots” on August 17, with 218 on August 16 and over 300-350 blazes detected daily over the first two weeks of the

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Intergraph Icon Awards Recognize Visionary Industry and Government Leaders

Intergraph® today presented the Icon Award, the company’s highest customer honor, to seven industry and government leaders for their visionary use of Intergraph’s enterprise engineering and geospatial software. The Icon Award winners were named during the opening keynote presentations at Intergraph 2010, Intergraph’s international users’ conference. The 2010 Icon Award winners are: the Bundeswehr Geographic Information