Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
The reduction of emissions forms a key objective for the European Commission and the Europe 2020 Strategy confirms the 20-20-20 targets aiming at a reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions. The maps of this month show European regions that are affected by excessive emissions in different transport policy scenarios. The flags on the map warn
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
“In the Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall System, Planar has applied its pioneering knowledge of video walls and architected a highly-unique solution to meet the demanding requirements of large, megapixel video walls in public venues and control rooms,” said Jennifer Davis, vice president of marketing for Planar Systems. “Visitors to our booth at InfoComm this
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Spatial Energy and Intermap Technologies announced at the 2010 Global Petroleum Show in Calgary the integration of NEXTMap high-resolution countrywide elevation data into Spatial on Demand – the world’s largest energy-specific online database. Spatial on Demand is an enterprise geospatial data hosting application used to store, access, query, and retrieve a company’s corporate geospatial data,
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Russia initiated accommodation of the differential correction and monitoring stations in foreign countries. The stations are to increase accuracy of GLONASS positioning, Head of Russian Space System company Yury Urlichich told news media. “The first station out of Russia already accommodated in Antarctica maintains continuous global monitoring for the GLONASS spacecraft. We are in position to
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
e-on software today announced the fifth edition of the “Vue 3D Environment Competition”, designed to showcase the capabilities of 3D technology for CG environments. Any version of Vue – including the Pioneer and the Personal Learning Edition (PLE) which are available at no charge- can be used to enter the competition (standalone or in combination
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
The Austrian civil-engineers are celebrating the 150th anniversary of managing natural resourcesVienna,17.-18. Juni 2010 The section natural resources will highlight amongst other topics, that precise planning of natural resources is essential and in a country like Austria with its diverse and difficult topology, indispensable to life. Errors may lead to hazards, like avalanches, mudflows, torrents etc. The main
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Safe Software today announced the successful completion of a prototype spatial data transformation solution that supports the requirements of the European Union’s INSPIRE Directive. In conjunction with Metria AO Cadastre of Sweden, the FME®-based INSPIRE prototype will be unveiled at the INSPIRE Conference 2010 from June 22nd to 25th, 2010 in Krakow, Poland. Now INSPIRE
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
The states of Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, and South Carolina are now providing easy-to-use maps that show in detail each state’s broadband coverage. The interactive online maps are made possible by BroadbandStat, an application based on ESRI geographic information system (GIS) technology, and will help the states plan and improve high-speed Internet access for their residents and
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Climate change is hitting coastal areas hard: rises in sea levels, ocean acidification, extreme events, bleaching and death of coral are all climate impacts that will require adjustments socially and economically. A new IUCN report, published today, provides practical guidance for coastal communities and industries to adapt to climate change. Download the Report
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
1. Download and save Google Earth Images as rectified images with world file format .jgw 2. Save the output layout images as rectified Images. 3. Open and Convert NASA (ASTER & SRTM) DEM to Tin shape file The Last version is available for free at http://download.cnet.com/Elshayal-Smart-GIS-Map-Editor/3000-18496_4-10922171.html Elshayal Smart GIS Map Editor Features have been updated.