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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Geospatial Veteran Kenneth Bossung Joins OpenGeo

OpenGeo today announced that Kenneth Bossung has been appointed senior vice president of sales. With deep experience in geospatial web services, IT and systems integration professional services, Bossung brings a strong combination of sales expertise and entrepreneurial leadership to the web-based geospatial technology provider. A former founder and partner at IONIC Enterprise, Bossung defined and

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Intergraph Agrees to be Acquired

Intergraph Corp., a leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hexagon AB, a leading global measurement technology company, in a transaction valued at approximately $2.125 billion.

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Telogis Launches Enhanced Fleet Management Alerts for its Fleet Telematics Platform

Telogis, Inc. the platform for location intelligence, launches Fleet Management Alerts for its Telogis Fleet platform, providing critical maintenance and utilization information on a fleet’s vehicles. The alerts are generated based on a variety of sensor data including odometer, engine hours, and battery voltage. The module enables fleet maintenance managers to receive configurable automated alert

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Electricity Grid Progressively More Intelligent

The replacement value of electricity distribution networks in Finland is about EUR 15 billion and annual investment in them is some EUR 550 million. Current investment is already oriented towards future needs, such as real-time data and grid flexibility. Read More

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

CLEEN Oy Launches an Ambitious Research Programme on Environmental Monitoring

The Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation for Energy and Environment, CLEEN Oy, launches an ambitious 50 M€ research programme for five years on environmental monitoring and services. Read More

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Foster + Partners – World’s Tallest Tensile Structure

The Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center was officially opened last night in the presence of President Nazarbayev and heads of state in a grand ceremony, with a performance by the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, timed to coincide with the President’s birthday and Astana Day. The Center represents a major new civic, cultural and social venue for

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

ArchiCAD 14 US Version Released

The US version is the fifth of 26 local versions in ArchiCAD 14’s global release schedule, and follows the release of the International, German, Austrian, and New Zealand versions. All local versions are planned to reach the market by the end of Q3 2010. For more information about the US version, please visit http://www.graphisoftus.com/.

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Denali Begins U.S. and Canadian Open Seasons

The Alaska Gas Pipeline started its open seasons today for the U.S. and Canadian portions of the Denali Project. Both open seasons will last 90 days, ending on October 4th, 2010. “The start of these open seasons marks the culmination of a tremendous work effort” said Bud Fackrell, Denali President. “We are pleased to have

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Additional Lidar Data for Florida, Oregon, Mississippi, and New Jersey Now Available

The NOAA Coastal Services Center has recently added about two Terabytes of lidar data to the Digital Coast from The Florida Division of Emergency Management, The Saint Johns River Water Management District, The USGS Coastal Program, The Oregon Lidar Consortium, and a joint USGS/New Jersey DEP effort. The Florida data includes the counties of Indian

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

FARO and Autodesk – Add Support for Point Cloud Data to AutoCAD 2011

Autodesk, Inc.and FARO announced their collaboration to add direct integration of point cloud data to AutoCAD 2011 software. FARO and Autodesk have also entered into an agreement for FARO to promote AutoCAD Plant 3D software as its preferred 3D modelling application for the process plant industry. In addition, Autodesk announced the FARO Laser Scanner Photon as its preferred