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Friday, June 11th, 2010

Bosnia Benefits from Ashtech ProMark 3 RTK GPS Receivers

As Bosnia develops into a mature, representative democracy, the role of local governments and municipalities grows in importance. The Governance Accountability Project (GAP) for Bosnia and Herzegovina, supported by US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Swedish International Development Cooperative Agency (SIDA) and the Embassy of the Netherlands, is helping to build the capacity of

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Trimble Acquires Definiens’ Earth Sciences Business

Trimble and Definiens, a Germany-based company specializing in image analysis solutions, today announced Trimble’s acquisition of Definiens’ Earth Sciences business assets and licensing of its software technology platform in an all-cash transaction. Financial terms were not disclosed.   Definiens’ Earth Sciences business includes eCognition® software, an advanced image analysis software suite for geospatial applications that facilitates

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Peru LNG Plant to Spur Gas Exploration, Investment

Hunt Oil Co.’s $3.8 billion Peru LNG plant may spur natural-gas exploration and attract investment to the Andean country, company Chairman Ray L. Hunt said today. Peru is one of 18 countries worldwide to build a liquefied natural gas facility and has the largest such plant in South America, Hunt said. He spoke in Pampa

Friday, June 11th, 2010

SAR Processing with ENVI

Please join us for this informational web seminar to learn more about processing SAR (radar) data with the SARscape Basic module in ENVI. The SARscape modules are easy to use SAR-based processing modules that combine ENVI’s best tools for visualization and analysis with robust SAR processing support. You will learn how to use SARscape for common processing and analysis

Friday, June 11th, 2010

ESRI Application Lets Anyone Build and Share Economic Impact Maps of the Gulf Oil Spill

A new ESRI-powered mapping application allows anyone to freely create and share dynamicoil spill economic impact maps. The application allows individuals to visualize and understand the spill’s economic effects related to fishing, boating, tourism, and employment in the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico. They can quickly create a precise economic impact map of the

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

TanDEM-X Observing the Earth in 3D

The project to “map the Earth in 3D” is now entering its final preparation stage as the German Earth observation satellite TanDEM-X is readied for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On 21 June, at approximately 04:14:02 CEST, the satellite is due to be launched in to orbit at an altitude of 514 kilometres

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Bureau of Reclamation Takes a Laser Look at Hoover Dam’s Monument Plaza

In a first of its kind effort, the Bureau of Reclamation Land Surveying and Geomatics Engineering Services Office built a detailed, highly accurate, as-built conditions model of Hoover Dam’s 75-year old Monument Plaza using a Leica ScanStation 2 high-definition laser scanner from Leica Geosystems. Monument Plaza includes the Winged Figures of the Republic, two 30-foot

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Australia – The National Plan for Environmental Information

On 11 May 2010 the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts announced a new initiative to address the environmental information needs of the nation.  The National Plan for Environmental Information is the first step on a long-term commitment to reform Australia’s environmental information base and build this critical infrastructure for the future.

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Mapping for Change invites you to Mapping for Change Launch Event

You are invited to the following event: Mapping for Change Launch Event 

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Infotech Latest Version License Statistics 3.5 Released

Infotech Enterprises GmbH has announced that the next version of License Statistics from X-Formation, v3.5, is now available. The new version of License Statistics includes more than 500 changes. License Statistics can help companies optimize their license usage and realize enormous cost savings in license costs.  Read More