Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
3D Laser Mapping, the international developer of laser mapping solutions, has appointed Francois Stroh to the position of Global Mining Product Manager. Stroh, an engineering surveyor with more than ten years experience of laser scanning sales, installation, training and support, will have responsibility for 3D Laser Mapping’s global mining division. Stroh will be based in
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
RapidEye announced today that Geoserve BV has signed a contractual agreement with RapidEye to be its sole data distributor in the Netherlands. Currently, RapidEye is working on completing its worldwide network of distributors in order to facilitate easy access to RapidEye products in their customers’ own language and region. Learn More
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Foundation recently appointed Roger Crystal, the former Foundation Vice President, to assume the role of Foundation President in response to Thomas Lillesand’s desire to rotate out of that position after six years of service. Dr. Lillesand will continue serving the Foundation as a Trustee. Dr. Cliff
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Asian countries should focus on connecting with one another through pan-Asian infrastructure systems to create more benefits for their populations, the Asian Development Bank and ADB Institute has suggested. The inadequacies of Asia’s infrastructure networks are a bottleneck to growth, a threat to competitiveness and an obstacle to poverty reduction, said an ADB-funded study entitled
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
The contract is for the supply and installation of a 110/13.8 kV Gas-insulated Substation (GIS) at Knowledge Economic City in Madinah, western Saudi Arabia, which will power a newly developed luxury residential area. The order is scheduled for completion in 2012.Knowledge Economic City is intended to usher in a significant transformation of the regional economic
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
After five years of testing, the U.S. Navy is finally entering the digital age for navigation. Five years ago, the first all digital navigation system was installed, in the USS Cape St. George (a cruiser). Called the Voyage Management System (VMS), this version used 29 CDs containing the 12,000 paper nautical charts that were stored in
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
The Scheme sets out our new vision of a sustainable Wales and the priority we attach to sustainable development. This is a response to the economic and environmental challenges we face and is the only approach that will secure a long term sustainable future for future generations. We have a legal duty relating to sustainable
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Experts from Europe and Canada are a step closer to establishing an international network focusing on geospatial quality issues after meeting recently in Brussels. Discussions between specialists from EuroGeographics’ Quality Knowledge Exchange Network and Canada’s GEOIDE Network’s researchers, who are working on legal, ethical and data quality issues related to geospatial data, revealed many common
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Please join us for the Annual AGI Lecture, to be held at University College London on Monday 7th June, 2010. Once again this annual event is being held in partnership with UCL. Jack Dangermond is one of the most significant figures in GIS. A landscape architect by training, Jack Dangermond founded Environmental Systems Research Institute
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Ireland’s designated continental shelf area superimposed on a shaded relief image of bathymetric data collected under INSS, PAD and GEBCO. Read More
