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Friday, July 9th, 2010

COWI Develops Chinese Eco City

Zhangjiagang is a small city of one million inhabitants, which is not much by Chinese standards. But this particular city, 80 kilometres northwest of Shanghai, may prove essential for COWI’s future activities in China. COWI China has just signed a three-month contract with the Mayor of Zhangjiagang to develop a concept that focuses on sustainability

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

2011 Call for Projects – Be part of imagina!

Submit a presentation about your experience in 3D for the following themes: 1) your 3D experience to plan, manage and promote your city or your territory. 2) your adoption of « Geo-referenced » 3D model in the context of your project studies. 3) your experience of 3D applied to the preservation of landscape and natural areas). Over the last few years,

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

gvSIG Desktop and gvSIG Mobile Workshop Education DVD

The gvSIG workshop that was held at OSGIS 2010 (Nottingham – United Kingdom) in June, is available in the gvSIG website. It contains a course about gvSIG Desktop , and another one about gvSIG Mobile . The gvSIG Desktop course was made on a Live-DVD, that is also available to download. We would like to

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

City of Toronto Develops Online Road Restrictions Map Using ESRI Technology

ESRI Canada today announced that the City of Toronto has created an online Road Restrictions map application using ESRI’s geographic information systems (GIS) technology.  The application provides an accessible and easy-to-use tool for communicating road restrictions to the public and helps them find the best routes around the city and avoid disruptions.  This is expected

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Siemens Launches Web Server for Synco Building Automation System

The Synco building automation system has been upgraded to include the OZW772 web server. This compact device allows remote operation and control of HVAC systems via internet and, in addition to simple set-up, offers excellent performance at an attractive price. Read More

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Intergraph, Frost & Sullivan to Present Webinar Exploring Full Motion Video Intelligence Management

Intergraph® and industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan will present a webinar examining the role of full motion video (FMV) in today’s intelligence environment at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 14.  The webinar will feature expert perspectives on how FMV can be leveraged to provide defense and military analysts with unprecedented situational awareness and

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

1Spatial’s ‘Sensor Web Enablement’ Capability Enters Live Field Trials

The SWIMA project (‘Sensor Web for Infrastructure Management’) is using live field trials in the River Tamar catchment to demonstrate how the use of the Open Geospatial Consortium’s (OGC) international ‘Sensor Web Enablement’ (SWE) standards can improve environmental monitoring capabilities. Supported by the Technology Strategy Board, the two-year £900,000 project involves a QinetiQ-led consortium which

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

ESA Interface to TerraSAR-X Ground Segment is Operational

 Earth observation data experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) and its user community can now rely upon a very efficient access to TerraSAR-X radar satellite data. Infoterra GmbH, the EADS Astrium subsidiary responsible for the commercial marketing of this satellite, has tailored the TerraSAR-X data deliveries to ESA and its GMES users to the

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Tasmania Forest Practices Plans Now Online

FORESTRY TASMANIA –  People who want to find out details of planned forestry activities now have the convenience of purchasing copies of Forest Practices Plans (FPPs) online. The plans can be purchased for $20 each from the FPP online shop which can be accessed at the top right hand corner of the Forestry Tasmania website

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Smarter, Faster GeoSamba Ssuite from iintegrate

GeoSamba Universal version 2.6 represents a significant step forward in delivering a smarter and faster framework for sharing location based intelligence across business processes and enterprise systems. The mapping and geographic analysis system has undergone further development in support of iintegrate Systems’ continued commitment to providing the fastest to deploy, easiest-to-use business integration tool available