Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
We remind you that we are now expecting communication proposals for the 6th gvSIG Conference (Valencia, 1st-3rd December 2010) . The deadline is September 21st. You just have to send an abstract, following the template provided on the Reports section of the Conference web page to [email protected] and the scientific committee will evaluate it to be
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
New research by Ordnance Survey among Directors and Managers of Operational Risk in the financial sector reveals that a lack of resources is, and will continue to be a problem as operational risk continues to increase in importance. Despite operational risk moving up the organisational agenda over the last year according to over 84% of respondents,
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) established the GIS Hall of Fame in 2005 to recognize and honor the most esteemed leaders of the geospatial community. To be considered for the GIS Hall of Fame, an individual’s or an organization’s record of contribution to the advancement of the industry demonstrates creative thinking and
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Aerial survey specialist Bluesky has launched a new cost effective way to obtain irrefutable evidence for use in boundary disputes and other land based disputes or studies. Priced at just £175 the OldAerialPhotos Photopack contains two digital image files; one archive aerial photograph of a location in the past and a corresponding image from the
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
The latest version of the 3D Landscape API for Android contains some major improvements. Apart from bug fixes and general tweaking there are two new features: First off is the support for adding map pins to the 3D map. Map pins can show for example places of interest or point out addresses. The map pins
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
A recent assessment carried out by Geoscience Australia has provided new insights into the geological evolution and petroleum prospectivity of the Capel and Faust basins. These remote deepwater basins, located about 800 kilometres off the east coast of Australia in water depths of 1300 to 2500 metres, have previously seen little scientific or petroleum exploration
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
GE is working with electricity distributor Central Networks on a project proposal to put the city of Milton Keynes at the forefront of the United Kingdom’s transition to smart grid technology and low carbon urban living. The proposal has been submitted to U.K. energy regulator Ofgem in an effort to secure a slice of its
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
IFEN GmbH today announces that its GNSS RF navigation constellation simulator NavX®-NCS now supports also the emulation of various vehicle motion sensors for testing of today’s multi-sensor vehicle navigation systems. Read More
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
John Deere has launched several new precision ag technologies including a new telematics system, JDLink, GreenStar 3 family of displays, the StarFire 3000 GNSS Receiver, iGrade, that helps producers better manage surface water movement, and iSteer, that improves implement guidance in a grower’s field. “The GreenStar 3 and the new GreenStar 3 2630 display is the
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
At the FOSS4G Conference in Barcelona, Spain, today, Esri announced the release of the GeoServices REST Specification. This open specification provides a standard way for Web clients to communicate with geographic information system (GIS) servers through Representational State Transfer (REST) technology. The specification has been opened such that developers can expose the GeoServices API request structure
