Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Bentley Institute Press, the SmartGeometry Group, and the International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC) are extending their invitation to submit summaries of original articles for a new peer-reviewed publication about parametric design methods until 28 July 2010. The highly illustrated SmartGeometry: The Evolution of Computational Design and Practice will highlight innovative parametric design approaches that are at the intersection
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
URISA – The Association for GIS Professionals – is pleased to announce the Third URISA GIS in Public Health Conference, taking place June 27-30, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference program is developed through a Call for Presentations which will be issued shortly. URISA is pleased to present this specialty conference, to explore the many
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
ESRI Canada today emphasized the value of leveraging geographic information systems (GIS) in enabling enterprise sharing of data to support collaborative and informed decision making that is essential to the successful management of large-scale events. ESRI GIS played a key role in supporting public safety and emergency management operations during the 21st Olympic and Paralympic
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
ESRI Canada today launched the ESRI Canada Community Maps Program, which facilitates the sharing of geographic information among governments and the public. The program provides free public access to online national and community basemaps, promoting the development of geographic information system (GIS) applications and fostering innovation. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada contributed
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
AGI is extremely pleased to see an important GI figure in both commercial and academic spheres being honoured with an MBE ‘for services to geographic information’. Professor Peter Peter Woodsford has been one of the major figures in the Geographic Information (GI) industry for more than 35 years. At the birth of the industry, he
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
SSTL’s satellite imaging subsidiary DMCii has used itsUK-DMC2 satellite to monitor the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.Satellite imagery is being supplied to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), and the US Geological Survey (USGS) following an activation of the International Charter : Space and Major Disasters. Read More
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Fugro-BKS (formerly BKS Surveys) has signed up as a content provider to Bluesky’s online collection of historically important aerial photographs. Visitors to www.oldaerialphotos.com will now be able to search through thousands of additional unique aerial images from the 1950’s onwards including many complete UK county surveys.
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Earl Dudley, Inc., established in 1938, is well known for supplying the construction and surveying industries with surveying equipment and supplies, GPS systems, machine control, laser scanners and software. Now, landfill operations in four southern states can look to Earl Dudley for state-of-the-art software, the Carlson Landfill Grade GPS Management System. Designed for use with
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The European Commission’s Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Applications Action Plan adopted today aims to place European industry in pole position to take full advantage of the global downstream market worth about €100 billion in particular by using its own satellite navigation programmes, Galileo and EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System). EGNOS, the European satellite-based
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
This report documents leading technologies and existing standards relating to Data Model Transformation and Network Services that are considered relevant to the provision of Technical Guidance to the requirements of the INSPIRE Transformation Network Service (TNS). Read More
