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Monday, July 26th, 2010

ESRI Muscat Announces Global Scan Technologies as Official ITT VIS Resellers for UAE

ESRI Muscat the official ESRI distributors in Oman and official distributors of ITT Visual Information Solution’s ENVI range of software products in the Middle East (excluding Saudi Arabia and Jordan) has partnered with Global Scan Technologies (GST) of Dubai to market ENVI products in the UAE. ENVI is a world leading satellite image processing software

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Ordnance Survey Publishes Annual Report

Ordnance Survey is Great Britain’s national mapping agency, providing the most accurate and up-to-date geographic data, relied on by government, business and individuals. National mapping agency publishes Annual Report and Accounts for 2009-10. Read More

Monday, July 26th, 2010

SwRI’s Underwater Cave-Mapping Sensor Wins Technology Award

Sensor technology developed to remotely characterize the path, dimensions and morphology of caves and other underground conduits and cavities has received a 2010 R&D 100 Award. R&D Magazine selected Southwest Research Institute’s remote neutrally buoyant sensors as one of the 100 most significant technological achievements of the past year. Read More

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

More Investments in Renewables in China Than in US and Europe Combined

China attracted more asset financing in clean-energy technology in the second quarter than Europe and the U.S. combined, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. A clever piece of legislation created the renewable energy bonanza. Read More

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Remote Sensing for Newbies: Using Lidar

This week we learned how to import a .txt file of raw LiDAR point data into ArcMap, convert the data into a raster image in ArcMap and transfer that image back into ERDAS. This wasn’t so hard; the difficult parts for me in the challenge part of the lab were – Read More

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Sustainable City Modeling: Autodesk Announces New Release of LandXplorer

Autodesk has announcedthe release of LandXplorer Studio Professional 2011 and LandXplorer Server 2011.  The focus of the release is the integration of data from geospatial, engineering including BIM, and 3D visualization applications such as Civil 3D, Map 3D, Topobase, Revit,  and 3ds Max to create city-scale infrastructure models. Read More

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

€6.4 billion EU Fund has Opportunities for Irish Marine Sector

The European Union has opened its latest round of financial support for collaborative research and innovation announcing nearly €6.4 billion in new investment under its 7th Framework Research Programme (2007-2013) and there are opportunities relevant to the Irish marine sector. This new call offers a range of competitive opportunities to support collaborative pan-European research across a

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Bionatics Introduces LandSIM3D V2 in Scandinavia

Bionatics, the technology leader in 3D territory modelingsoftware, announces the introduction in Scandinavia of the latest release of LandSIM3D, its 3Dsimulation and visualization software dedicated to city and territory planning as well as landscapepreservation. The introduction will be managed by Mr Enrico RAUE, Area Sales Manager, and a nativeSwedish speaking employee at Bionatics. The version

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Esri Map Book Encapsulates 25 Years of GIS Development

Esri has published volume 25 of its popular Map Book series. This commemorative edition includes a “then and now” section that compares similar maps from the 25-year period, making it of particular interest to cartographers, geographic information system (GIS) professionals, and geography students. “This year’s map book marks a milestone,” says Jack Dangermond, Esri president. “For

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

INTERGEO- Cooling off: Towns and Cities Need a Break from the Heat

By the middle of the month it was already looking like July 2010 was set to be Germany’s hottest July since records began. In towns and cities in particular, it has stopped cooling down overnight, with tropical temperatures of over 25 degrees Celsius virtually ruling out a good night’s sleep. The extra strain such conditions