Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
ERDAS strengthens its commitment to open standards through LPS eATE’s support of the ASPRS LASer (LAS) Format using the libLAS library. LPS is a versatile software product for digital photogrammetric workstations, providing accurate production-oriented photogrammetric tools for triangulation, generating terrain models, producing orthomosaics and extracting 3D features. LPS eATE is an add‑on module for LPS
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
The annual Esri Education User Conference (EdUC) provides the opportunity to not only exchange information and ideas among educators but also honor individuals and organizations for their exceptional work in implementing geographic information system (GIS) solutions. At this year’s conference, Dr. Michael Gould, Esri director of education for industry solutions, presented the Making a Difference in
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
TerraGo Technologies®, a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions, continued its success in key business areas in the first half of 2010, including achieving a 24 percent increase in total year-over-year revenue and adding $3 million in funding from investors. TerraGo also added new customers in and beyond its core U.S. government business, bolstered
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, today announced availability of the NAVTEQ Mobile Marketing Platform to U.S. TV and radio broadcasters. The easy-to-use, self-serve Mobile Marketing Platform enables broadcasters to cross-market program and advertising content to mobile phone users and
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the development and use of geospatial standards. Under the agreement the two organizations will work cooperatively to raise the awareness, acceptance, and implementation of open standards and to promote educational programs
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
This Forest Trends/Katoomba Group report presents an analysis of the legal and policy framework for tree and forest carbon in Ghana – key elements for REDD+. It shows how the current legal and regulatory structure for forestry and lands in Ghana provides indications and precedents for how carbon rights and benefits might be managed and
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Telogis, Inc., the platform for location intelligence, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in ISV/Software Solutions. This recognizes Telogis’ expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, Telogis has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
What did you have to eat today? Where was your food grown? Where was the cotton in your shirt cultivated? An increasing number of books and research initiatives are aimed at helping students to reconnect with the importance of agriculture. A new resource on the ArcLessons library (http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons/lesson.cfm?id=416) invites investigation of four different crops—soybeans (shown
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
The problem statement in the lesson reads as follows: After reading about development and deforestation in Brazil, with your new-found GIS skills, you decide to use GIS to investigate the situation on a deeper level and on a spatial level. Your goal is to make an assessment about the pattern and reasons for development in
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) are drainage solutions that provide an alternative to the direct channelling of surface water through networks of pipes and sewers to nearby watercourses. By mimicking natural drainage regimes, SuDS aim to reduce surface water flooding, improve water quality and enhance the amenity and biodiversity value of the environment. SuDS achieve this by
