Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Global architectural design firm HOK has joined a delegation of other pioneering green technology firms traveling to Shanghai, China, to commemorate “San Francisco Week” at World Expo 2010 Shanghai. The June 17-25 event recognizes the historic sister city relationship established in 1980. San Francisco is the only U.S. city exhibiting at the World Expo, and
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Through the work of our procurement officers located in Africa we have acquired the new 1:50,000 scale topographic map series of Botswana. This map series is published by the Department of Surveys and Mapping (DSM). This map series has a new grid index compared to the previous series and is about two-thirds complete of full
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
EVC is proud to announce that we can supply LiDAR data covering Bogota, Colombia. The data is made available through our business relationship with a private geospatial firm based in Bogota. The area of coverage is 550km2 with a 23cm vertical accuracy. This type of data set is extremely detailed and would be very useful for those looking
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The ILMF team are delighted to announce the dates for ILMF 2011. It will be held from February 7 – 9, 2011 at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, Louisiana. The eleventh in the series that has long established itself as the premier LiDAR event attracting professionals from around the world with one focused
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Reference systems and frames are of primary importance for many Earth science applications, satellite navigation as well as for practical applications in geo-information. A precisely defined reference frame is needed for the quantification of, e.g. Earth rotation and its gravity field, global and regional sea level variation, tectonic motion and deformation, post-glacial rebound, geocenter motion,
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Organised jointly by the European Commission, the Spanish Ministry of Marine Affairs, the Principality of Asturias, and the City Council of Gijón, EUROMARES 2010 brought together hundreds of scientists, industry representatives, policy makers and maritime authorities to discuss ‘Marine and maritime research and innovation as a keystone for the integrated assessment and sustainable use of
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
EU-funded researchers have helped develop an early warning system that will protect vulnerable communities from tsunamis and avoid future terrible losses of life such as that suffered in Indonesia and Sri Lanka in December 2004, when an estimated 230 000 people were killed. EU support for the research came from the DEWS (‘Distant early warning
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Do you want to know what people are think about that new town plan, do you want to ask peoples views on a new product, perhaps you are carrying out a straw poll or do you want to collect data to input into a scientific model? If the questions can be asked or surveyed, all
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
A slideshow presentation from the British Cartographic Society’s Annual Conference 2010, held in Nottingham. Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
IBM has upgraded their augmented reality application for the 2010 Wimbledon games. Named Seer, this application produces augmented reality views of geo-specific information, showing everything from the length of queues for Champagne or strawberries and cream to the location of the nearest cash machine. Read More
