Friday, June 18th, 2010
The City of Brampton in Ontario, Canada, created a public facing interactive map with Visual Fusion by IDV Solutions and Microsoft SharePoint. It pulls together dozens of data sources into a single view, all artfully styled for maximum communication to the site users. Roadworks, zoning, wards, transit systems, and emergency services are just a few
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Trimble announced today improvements to its Trimble® FX 3D Laser Scanner for applications requiring high accuracy and high quality data in industrial plant applications. The improvements extend the range of the Trimble FX to capture high resolution position information up to 80 meters. The increased range allows more data to be captured from each setup,
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced the immediate availability of the V8i (SELECTseries 1) versions of Bentley MXROAD and MXROAD Suite – both of which provide advanced string-based modeling that enables the rapid and accurate design of all road types.
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The Council of the European Space Agency today announced that Jean-Jacques Dordain will continue as the Director General of ESA for a further period of four years. Mr Dordain has served as Director General of ESA since 2003. This third mandate extends his term to June 2015. Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Exprodat Consulting, specialists in implementing GIS technology within the oil and gas industry, has entered into a partnership with Malaysian-based Alliance Geotechnical Services (AGS) to support this expanding and developing industry. AGS will work with Exprodat Consulting to promote, market and sell their innovative and established suite of GIS-based exploration and production (E&P) Team-GIS™ software,
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Aerial survey specialist Bluesky is developing what is thought to be the UK’s first maps of solar energy potential. Created using a variety of high accuracy height data the 3D maps will identify homes and other buildings with roofs that may be suitable for mounting solar panels to generate renewable energy. Bluesky already has access
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Legislation to establish a statewide geospatial coordination council, in Pennsylvania, was introduced June 8 by Rep. Russ Fairchild (R-85). The bill, HB 2300, was introduced with 59 cosponsors and referred to the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness committee. Pennsylvania is one of only three states that do not have a geospatial coordination council. Such a
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
At the INTERGEO preview, the world’s largest conference trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management, which will be held at the Koelnmesse exhibition centre from 5 to 7 October 2010, Greve called for a special lobby for driving forward environmental policies – namely, the informed citizen. It was a matter, he argued, of pooling
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Forces affecting the private geospatial profession such as government insourcing, sensor fusion, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), IVHS, consumer “apps”, ethics, and cloud computing will be discussed during the MAPPS Summer Conference July 29 – August 2 in Lake Tahoe, NV. Learn More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Past President Roger Crystal was recently named ASPRS Membership Development Leader. This adjunct staff position was approved at the April 30, 2010 ASPRS Board Meeting in San Diego, California after the ASPRS Membership Committee determined that the ASPRS Regions could use additional help with their grassroots membership recruitment and retention efforts. Read More
