Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Sparx Systems, a global vendor of UML modeling tools based on open standards will sponsor the Interoperability Workshop at the next ISO/TC 211 meeting being held from 24-28 May 2010. The global geospatial community increasingly uses Enterprise Architect, the flagship UML modeling platform from Sparx Systems for the development of industry reference models and to
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
The EU ETS is one of the main and most prominent measures introduced by the EU to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and reach its target under the Kyoto Protocol. The main source of information on the scheme at EU level is the Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL), run by the European Commission. The EU
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Monitoring the green roof’s success in reducing runoff is critical to the project, according to Darla Cravotta, the special projects coordinator with Allegheny County. “We can’t talk about the benefits of a green roof without monitoring it,” said Cravotta. “But when we have data, we can encourage other people to build green roofs,” she said.
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
ESA’s SMOS satellite completed its six-month commissioning this week and formally began operational life. This milestone means the mission is now set to provide much-needed global images of soil moisture and ocean salinity to improve our understanding of the water cycle. Read More
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
While technological advances produce cleaner vehicles, more and more passengers and goods are travelling further distances, thereby offsetting efficiency gains. Based on analysis of long-term trends, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report calls for a clear vision defining Europe’s transport system by 2050 and consistent policies to achieve it. Read More
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Germany has started its financial cooperation and assistance to Pakistan in power generation sector through renewable energy to meet the present severe energy crisis here.“Pakistan and Germany have signed two agreements recently for producing power through solar and wind and work will be started before the end of the year on these projects,” Dr. Michael
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Intergraph 2010, the international conference for users of the industry’s leading engineering and geospatial software, will be held Aug. 30-Sept. 2 at the new, spectacular ARIA Resort at CityCenterTM in Las Vegas. The conference will feature nearly 200 focused sessions led by industry authorities and customers from around the world who convene to share experiences
Friday, May 21st, 2010
The Photogrammetric Award (Fairchild) was awarded to Qassim Abdullah, PhD at the 2010 Annual ASPRS Conference in San Diego in April. This award, the essence of which is practicability, is designed to stimulate the development of the art of aerial photogrammetry in the United States. The selection committee makes its choice based on an outstanding
Friday, May 21st, 2010
ESRI announces that, for the first time, customers have the option to purchase a cloud-based subscription to ArcGIS Server, ESRI’s server-based geographic information system (GIS) software. With this option, users can purchase an annual subscription, which bundles a preconfigured ArcGIS Server instance on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) infrastructure with 12 months of ESRI technical support
Friday, May 21st, 2010
LizardTech announced the integration of its MrSID® Generation 4 Decode SDK (MG4 DSDK) into Overwatch’s LIDAR Analyst® software application. LIDAR Analyst is produced by Overwatch, an operating unit of Textron Systems, and leading provider of imagery and geospatial solutions to the Department of Defense and Intelligence Communities. LIDAR Analyst is a plug-in for ArcGIS and
