Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Intergraph has launched a new solution for distribution integrity management programs (DIMP) to help gas distribution companies maintain safe, secure infrastructure and meet new U.S. government requirements. Gas distribution companies must develop and implement formal DIMP plans by August 2011 as required by the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Certification provides small and community landowners with a means to access higher value markets; for customers to reward the achievement of social and environmental outcomes and; for project sponsors to ensure outcomes are consistent with social and environmental expectations.The application of certification remains problematic because of costs associated with implementation and ongoing compliance. Internationally attempts
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
In the past year, events like the Haiti earthquake, the BP oil spill and the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina have reminded us that we are all vulnerable to disasters. This September, National Preparedness Month reminds us that we all have a role to play in making our communities, neighborhoods, businesses and families prepared for those
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, today signed the collaboration agreement with Taiwan GIS Center (TGIC) for a long-term partnership in promoting the development of geospatial technologies and applications. TGIC is a significant staff sector under the Council for Economic Planning and Development, the Executive Yuan. In charge of
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets are pleased to announce that both their upcoming BS7666 training courses and November’s Gazetteer Best Practice Day, ‘One Wales – One Voice’ have been accredited by the AGI (Association for Geographic Information). Attendance at either event will see the awarding of four AGI CPD points, which help those aiming to become
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Heads of state, private sector leaders and agricultural experts are arriving in Ghana for the inaugural African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF). Meetings between more than 800 senior government and corporate leaders, members of the international donor community and farming groups will pave the way for new investment and policy initiatives. Kofi Annan, Chair of the AGRF will
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Autodesk, Inc. announced that Athie | Wohnrath has received an Autodesk BIM Experience Award for the use of a Building Information Modeling (BIM) process on more than 200 projects to date, including interior design, building design, retrofit and new construction. The award further recognizes the firm’s commitment to BIM through its employee training, implementation strategy and the
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) is hosting this geospatial metadata workshop at the University of Cardiff. EDINA, a JISC based data centre based at the University of Edinburgh, is offering this workshop to introduce geospatial metadata, online Go-Geo! resources, and the open and closed versions of ShareGeo, a spatial data
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Sparx Systems today announced that it will provide support to the Joint Research Centre(JRC) by making licenses of Enterprise Architect, the award winning UML modeling tool, available to the Spatial Data Infrastructure(SDI) unit. The mission of the JRC is to provide scientific and technical support for the development, and monitoring of EU policies. The SDI Unit
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
An upcoming live training seminar will demonstrate how Esri’s ArcGIS Network Analyst technology can answer logistics and other questions such as: What is the quickest and most cost-effective way for a fleet of trucks to deliver 300 packages in one day? Where should a fire station be opened to ensure fast response time to a
