Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI) announces Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional® v10.5, the latest version of the company’s flagship application for business and mapping analysis. MapInfo Professional enables organizations to capitalize on location-based data, gaining deeper insights into their customers, resources and overall operations to make better informed decisions. MapInfo Professional v10.5 provides organizations with new
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Though many areas in northwest Pakistan were bracing for heavy rain and additional flash flooding on August 4, 2010, the city of Kheshgi, in northwest Pakistan, had clear skies. This image, taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite reveals a city awash in flood water. Read More
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Public sector organisations in England and Wales will have access to Ordnance Survey mapping data under a single agreement for the first time from April 2011. Local and central government organisations, as well as NHS organisations, will now benefit from being part of a single agreement for Ordnance Survey data. This new agreement, known as
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Microsoft has launched an update to the Bing Maps interface today aimed at improving readability and aesthetics. The new interface uses cool colors, which Bing says creates a more visually appealing backdrop, helping content “pop” on the map, and provides clear differentiation for pushpins, labels, and traffic overlays. Read More
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
EDINA has formed a partnership with the Scottish Government to develop a pilot discovery metadata service as a key component of a Scottish Spatial Data Infrastructure. This pilot addresses the initial fulfilment of obligations under the INSPIRE regulations. The discovery service will be built using Geonetwork opensource software, enabling the creation and discovery of GEMINI2
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
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
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) can provide reliable positioning information under optimum conditions, where at least four satellites can be accessed with sufficient quality. In critical situations, for example, urban canyons or indoor, due to blocking of satellites by buildings and severe multipath effects, the GNSS performance can be decreased substantially. To overcome this limitation,
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
PHYSORG – The U.S. was one of the fastest-growing wind power markets in the world in 2009, second only to China, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Read More
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Esri’s ArcGIS 10 technology provides new capabilities to quickly access, visualize, process, analyze, and exploit all forms of imagery. To familiarize users with these tools, Esri will host the free online seminar, Visualizing and Analyzing Imagery in ArcGIS 10, later this month. The seminar will air live at www.esri.com/lts on Thursday, August 12, at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.,
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
This agreement represents a major step towards the grant of the first license ever issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) for a commercial-scale wave power project in the US. The SA supports the responsible, phased development by OPT of a 10-PowerBuoy(R), 1.5 megawatt capacity wave energy station in a manner that protects ocean
