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Saturday, September 11th, 2010

SRK Signs Global ELA with Esri

SRK Consulting, an international consulting company that provides focused advice and solutions for earth and water resource industries, recently signed a global enterprise license agreement ELA with Esri. The agreement includes 36 SRK affiliates in 10 countries and gives SRK unlimited use of Esri desktop and server software. “The enterprise license agreement will provide SRK

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Call for Papers: final reminder – 25th International Cartographic Conference

A wide range of conferences, from state of the art lectures to practical conferences, and various exhibitions will gather researchers, teachers, students,decision-makers, engineers, technicians and map lovers in Paris from 3rd to 8th July 2011. Read More

Friday, September 10th, 2010

ArchiCAD 14 Norwegian Version Released

The Norwegian version is the fourteenth of 26 local versions in ArchiCAD 14’s globalrelease schedule, and follows the release of the International, German, Austrian, NewZealand, US, Italian, Australian, French, Polish, Hungarian, Dutch, Swedish, and Finnishversions. All local versions are planned to reach the market by the end of Q3 2010.For more information about the Norwegian

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Two Eyes on Asia – Living with Too Much and Too Little Water in the Himalayan region

People’s current local responses to the challenges of dealing with too much water, and too little water, in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region were discussed at a side event organised by ICIMOD and IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) at the World Water Week in Stockholm on Thursday 9th September. Participants stressed the importance of supporting adaptation

Friday, September 10th, 2010

eSpatial: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining; Only “GIS as a Service” Has Potential to Meet Growing Demand for Geospatial Technology

There is a growing consensus that the future of software is tied to cloud computing and software as a service. Someday, all software will run online and clunky desktop applications will be a distant memory. In a recent article for Directions Magazine I explored “How Will GIS Companies Weather the Gathering Cloud Computing Storm?”and concluded

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Halcrow helps Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water Make Informed Decisions about Pipe Repair Using @RISK from Palisade

BWHW commissioned Halcrow to develop a risk-based model to consider and improve the capital efficiency of its water distribution pipe network replacement programme. The @RISK model combines the probability of pipe failures across the region with the consequential benefits of pipes not failing in the future.  As a result, BWHW is able to make more informed decisions

Friday, September 10th, 2010

2010 BAE Systems GXP Regional User Conference – Europe, Middle East, and Africa

Enjoy keynote speeches from senior military and commercial dignitaries as well as user presentations. This event presents a unique opportunity to meet product experts and network with fellow customers and GXP personnel. Read More

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Orkney and Mapconcierge to Partner with OpenGeo for Geospatial Solutions in Japan

OpenGeo, the leader in open source geospatial web services today announced that is has signed agreements with Orkney, an open source business solution provider located in Yokohama Japan, and Mapconcierge, a business solutions and GPS/UAV provider located in Tokyo, Japan, to provide support and translation services for the OpenGeo Suite in Japan.  “It is great

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Utilities Executives to Discuss Smart Grid Solutions and Industry Trends at Oracle OpenWorld 2010

Utility executives will gather at the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld conference, September 19 – 23, 2010 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, to share new ways to leverage Oracle applications, technology and systems that enable smart grid and other industry strategies. In more than 30 sessions, demonstrations and networking events focused on utilities trends and applications,

Friday, September 10th, 2010

HOK to Design New State Department Office Annex in Moscow, Russia

he U.S. Department of State announced today that HOK (Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) has been selected for the planning and design of the New Office Annex (NOX) in Moscow, Russia. The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) reviewed the submissions of 27 architectural firms competing to plan and design the NOX. OBO determined that HOK provided