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Friday, August 13th, 2010

GSD Calculator Version 4.6

New version of the GSD Calculator is available for download. Now ICAROS camera included. Download the free GSD Calculator.

Friday, August 13th, 2010

ArchiCAD 14 Finnish Version Released

The Finnish version is the twelfth of 26 local versions in ArchiCAD 14’s global release schedule, and follows the release of the International, German, Austrian, New Zealand, US, Italian, Australian, French, Polish, Hungarian, and Dutch versions.  All local versions are planned to reach the market by the end of Q3 2010. For more information about

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Leica Geosystems Introduces GNSS Spider v4.0

Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce Leica GNSS Spider v4.0 as part of the new reference station software update that also includes Leica SpiderWeb v4.0 and Leica SpiderQC v4.0.  Leica GNSS Spider v4.0 features an all-new Business Center web portal for all GNSS Services.  Additionally advanced support for the new GR10 “plug’n’play” reference station receiver,

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Canada – National Wildland Fire Situation Report

The total number of fires to date this season is 6093, about 15% greater than the 10-year average of 5231. The area burned to date is currently estimated at 2,626,577 hectares, nearly twice the 10-year average of 1,352,867 hectares. In the last week, 410,791 hectares burned, most due to fires in BC, Alberta, northern Saskatchewan,

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Environment: Policy Review Shows Need to Address the Challenge of Resource Efficiency

Today the 2009 Environment Policy Review was published. It reports on EU policy developments from last year and looks in detail at EU and Member States’ environmental trends and policy performance. Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: “The 2009 Environment Policy Review shows that Member States adopted and implemented a variety of environmental policy measures. It

Friday, August 13th, 2010

AGL-Meridian Venture to Build Wind Farm

AGL Energy Ltd. said Thursday that its joint venture with Meridian Energy Ltd. of New Zealand plans to build a one billion Australian dollar (US$898.8 million) wind farm in Victoria state by early 2013, as Australian policy measures designed to stimulate renewable-energy investment start to bear fruit. Read More

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Working with QGIS in a Spatial Data Infrastructure of Jalisco in Mexico

The Instituto de Información Territorial del Estado de Jalisco is a government organization which was founded in 1998 to share geographical information between the government agencies of Jalisco in México. Within the years, the institution has gathered loads of information in several formats such as SHP, DWG, DXF, GeoTIFF and ECW, among others. So, what we

Friday, August 13th, 2010

GE Awarded $6.3 Million DARPA Grant to Develop New Bio-inspired Sensors

Three years ago, GE scientists discovered that nanostructures from wing scales of butterflies exhibited acute chemical sensing properties. Since then, GE scientists have been developing a dynamic, new sensing platform that replicates these unique properties. Recognizing the potential of GE’s sensing technologies for improving homeland protection, DARPA is supporting further research. Radislav Potyrailo, a principal scientist

Friday, August 13th, 2010

CSIRO Celebrates National Science Week

To celebrate National Science Week 2010 (14-22 August), CSIRO is stagingevents across the nation designed to both showcase its accomplishments andinspire members of the public to begin their own journeys of scientificdiscovery. Read More

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Autodesk Reports 14 Percent Year over Year Revenue Growth

“Our focus on growing our revenue base while controlling costs resulted in better than expected revenue and profitability in the second quarter,” said Carl Bass, Autodesk president and CEO. “Although the pace of the global recovery is varied by country, we are pleased that we achieved revenue growth in all of our major geographies. We experienced