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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Procedural Inc. Partnering with ESRI and NVIDIA on 3D Cities in the Cloud Procedural Inc. Joins ESRI’s Business Partner Program.

Procedural Inc., the developer of the 3D city modeling software CityEngine, announces that it has joined the ESRI Business Partner Program as a Complementary Technology Provider. Participation in the program will create new opportunities for the two organizations to better serve customers with smart 3D city solutions based on GIS data and procedural modeling techniques.The

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

High-Resolution Elevation Map Data for the United States Now Commercially Available from Intermap Technologies

Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced at the ESRI International User Conference the full commercial availability of its NEXTMap USA countrywide digital mapping program. Uniformly accurate digital elevation models and images for the contiguous U.S. and Hawaii (approximately 8 million square kilometers) are now available via the company’s

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Modernizing a Campus Icon with Help from Leica Geosystems HDS™ Technology

The iconic Founders Hall at the University of Texas at Dallas is undergoing a speedy HVAC renovation and upgrade thanks in part to Midwestern Consulting, an engineering and surveying consulting firm, and its use high definition laser scanning technology. Founders Hall was the first permanent structure built at the University soon after it was established

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

NAVTEQ Selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) for the Advancement of Technology in the Transportation System

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, announces that the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) has selected NAVTEQ® map data to support geospatial information and services for the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS). Read

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

NAVTEQ Features Innovative Solutions and New Data Collection Tools at the 2010 ESRI International User Conference

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, will feature a variety of customer demonstrations at the 2010 ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, CA (booth #1501), July 12-16, 2010.  NAVTEQ customers will demonstrate how their enterprise applications, powered by NAVTEQ

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Environmental Business Cluster and Autodesk Partner to Support Clean Technology

EBC is an award-winning clean tech incubator in Silicon Valley that provides commercialization support and facilities for emerging clean energy and environmental technology companies. The Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program provides Digital Prototyping software to clean technology companies to enable them to digitally design, visualize and simulate the real-world performance of products before they are built.

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Ashtech MobileMapper 100 and MobileMapper 6 Support ArcPad 10

Ashtech today announced that its new MobileMapper® 100 handheld GNSS receiver and its MobileMapper 6 handheld GPS receiver support ArcPad® 10, ESRI®’s newest mobile software. As an Authorized ESRI Business Partner, Ashtech is offering an exclusive MobileMapper and ArcPad 10 bundle in the U.S. market. The combined power of the new ArcPad 10 software and

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre Receives Making a Difference Award from Esri

In Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), e-government is flourishing as a way to conduct business, with many online government services available via the Abu Dhabi Government portal. Government agencies also share data related to the emirate’s governmental and commercial projects and enterprises. Geospatial data and geographic information system (GIS) technology play an important

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

GE Unveils Nucleus — The Future of Home Energy Management

GE today unveiled Nucleus™, an affordable, innovative communication and data storage device that provides consumers with secure information about their household electricity use and costs so they can make more informed choices about how and when to use power. GE’s Nucleus brings the promise of the smart grid into consumers’ homes. As utilities deploy smart

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Partnership Helps Nunavut Communities Adapt to Climate Change

To help communities adapt to these changes, Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan’s) Climate Change Geoscience program — in partnership with the Government of Nunavut, the Canadian Institute of Planners and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada — is working to build climate change planning capacity at local, regional and territorial levels through the Nunavut Climate Change Partnership. The partnership is currently