Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
The Region of Veneto in Italy has completed the first phase of its spatial infrastructure built on Intergraph® spatial data infrastructure (SDI) technology and will now implement phase two of the project. The SDI project will improve access to spatial data across the region for streamlined operations and enhanced collaboration.The first phase focused on the
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
SSTL has commenced building a small satellite for the Republic of Kazakhstan that will provide medium resolution multi-spectral earth observation capability to complement the high resolution satellite that is being provided by EADS Astrium as part of the contract awarded to the company in October 2009. The Republic of Kazakhstan is utilising the latest
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
We are getting closer to the conference dates, Sept. 6th – 9th, and we are pleased that the interest is still very high.More than 500 people have already subscribed and we are confident to reach 1000 in time for the event. In the Latin cultures we are famous to be late subscribers.A list of the
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
A breakthrough mapping portal is set to transform the way UK local and central government organisations share spatial data with contractors. Contractor Link enables local authorities and government agencies to give their contractors secure access to essential project data at no cost to the public purse. The solution, available at www.emapsite.com/mapshop/services, is the first of its
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
We’re excited to announce today the launch of Telogis Layers, a brand new technology from Telogis that provides simple GIS overlay data for organizations such as utilities and telecommunications who often need to navigate to specific points within an organization’s infrastructure rather than a specific address. Data layers are customizable and allow users to
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
GeoRover software products are delivered as extensions or “plug-ins” to the popular ESRI® ArcGIS® Desktop application. The new GeoRover Digital Data Tracker extension includes powerful tools to leverage commercial global positioning system (GPS) receiver data and digital files (pictures, video clips) collected in the field from a variety of devices, automatically georeferencing this information over maps
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
The UN Forum on Forests Secretariat is pleased to launch the logo for theInternational Year of Forests 2011 that has been developed in collaborationwith the UN Department of Public Information. The International Year ofForests 2011 logo is primarily intended for three kinds of promotional use:information, fund-raising and use by a commercial entity.The International Year of
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
GeoVation, the geography innovation awards programme now in its second year, has announced a prize fund of £25,000 to support the development of winning ideas. This year the Ordnance Survey-backed initiative is asking entrepreneurs, developers and community groups to focus their efforts on using geography to address three distinct challenges. The first is around the
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Quarterly Wind Performance Map showing that the intensity of the wind in the secondquarter of 2010 has increased significantly in large portions of the United States. This upswing in wind is in marked contrast to the depressed average wind speeds experienced during the last quarter of 2009 and extending into the first quarter of 2010.
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
As the nation and world develop strategies to respond to precipitation changes and potential worsening and increased frequency of heat waves and drought forecast as a result of climate change, the environmental information derived from space-based satellites has become increasingly important. The view of Earth from space enabled by Alliant Techsystems (ATK) — the newest
