Saturday, September 15th, 2007
A high tech $350,000 Canadian “bird” is flying above the Richmond Ranges looking deep into the hills for gold this week. The large torpedo shaped sensor is suspended beneath a helicopter that has been surveying parts of the ranges to the north-west of Blenheim. It’s known colloquially as a bird. Read More
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
DigitalGlobe, provider of the world’s highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, announced that the launch of the new WorldView-1 satellite will be broadcast live over the Internet. The launch will take place on Tuesday, September 18 at approximately 11:20 AM PDT. The launch is scheduled for 11:35 AM PDT. Read More
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
43% of Scottish Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have an environmental policy in place, the highest rate in the UK, according to an SME-nvironment independent survey. The survey, produced for the environmental guidance website NetRegs, also reveals that 49% of Scottish SMEs have already taken practical environmental measures, an increase of 17% since 2005. Read
Friday, September 14th, 2007
“The GMR 24 is the ultimate in versatility when it comes to marine radar,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. “The unit features four thousand watts of transmit power, dual rotation speed for faster near-target updates, and plug-and-play reliability on the Garmin Marine Network — with a footprint that works on almost
Friday, September 14th, 2007
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has licensed the Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ platform on which to develop its mission-critical geospatial and mapping applications. The commitment to Virtual Earth will improve data sharing, analysis and insight for partner agencies, citizens and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) on topics ranging from superfund sites and oil spills to waterways and
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
The FloodServer, a novel platform designed to provide extensive flood risk information for the whole of Europe quickly, reliably and easily accessible for everybody is now available online at www.floodrisk.eu. The geo-information service providers Infoterra GmbH and geomer GmbH present detailed maps and information about past and potential future flood events at the rivers Rhine,
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Topcon Europe Positioning announced it has signed a binding agreement to acquire one of the company’s top construction distributors, IBS of Hamburg, Germany. The IBS company has been founded in 1978 by Hermann Ibs. Starting with construction laser sales, the company steadily grew to include the broad range of construction positioning products. Nowadays the 11
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
A significant update to Bentley AutoPIPE XM Edition – leading software for calculating piping code stresses, loads, and deflections under both static and dynamic loading conditions – provides improved productivity and increased interoperability with other computer-aided design (CAD) and analysis products. Bentley AutoPIPE XM analyzes systems of any complexity, with special features for buried pipeline
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
“This device is basically a radio, and on top of it is a sensor board which contains GPS,” said U.C. Berkeley Professor Nicholas Sitar. Now imagine thousands of these sensors raining down from a helicopter or plane, landing in front of an oncoming wildfire. “Often times in rugged terrain or with lots of smoke it’s
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
In time for one of the most important GIS events – the INTERGEO 2007 – GEOMAGIC will present the newest GIS solutions for pipeline operators: GeoCP and Global Transmission Office 4.1 (GTO). GeoCP is another important component for the Smallworld-GIS based Pipeline Integrity Management System (PIMS). GTO 4.1 has been a topic for quite a
