Saturday, September 11th, 2010
The one-stop Earth shop does indeed contain a raft of tutorials, info on the mobile version(for Nexus One, Droid, etc, iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad), and showcases some of the best content, although the latter is inexplicably lacking a tour of the world’s black helicopter hotspots. Read More
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Envisat captures sand and dust from the Sahara Desert blowing west across Mauritania (top), Senegal (middle) and Guinea Bissau (bottom) and over the North Atlantic Ocean before turning in a northerly direction just above the Cape Verde islands. Read More
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Esri expands the power of geoportals with the release of the ArcGIS Server 10 Geoportal extension. The extension allows organizations to quickly set up Web sites, called geoportals that help them manage and share their geospatial information externally with the public or internally with employees. Geoportals manage resources by registering (storing and cataloging) the resources’ metadata. At
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
SRK Consulting, an international consulting company that provides focused advice and solutions for earth and water resource industries, recently signed a global enterprise license agreement ELA with Esri. The agreement includes 36 SRK affiliates in 10 countries and gives SRK unlimited use of Esri desktop and server software. “The enterprise license agreement will provide SRK
Friday, September 10th, 2010
A wide range of conferences, from state of the art lectures to practical conferences, and various exhibitions will gather researchers, teachers, students,decision-makers, engineers, technicians and map lovers in Paris from 3rd to 8th July 2011. Read More
Friday, September 10th, 2010
The Norwegian version is the fourteenth of 26 local versions in ArchiCAD 14’s globalrelease schedule, and follows the release of the International, German, Austrian, NewZealand, US, Italian, Australian, French, Polish, Hungarian, Dutch, Swedish, and Finnishversions. All local versions are planned to reach the market by the end of Q3 2010.For more information about the Norwegian
Friday, September 10th, 2010
People’s current local responses to the challenges of dealing with too much water, and too little water, in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region were discussed at a side event organised by ICIMOD and IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) at the World Water Week in Stockholm on Thursday 9th September. Participants stressed the importance of supporting adaptation
Friday, September 10th, 2010
There is a growing consensus that the future of software is tied to cloud computing and software as a service. Someday, all software will run online and clunky desktop applications will be a distant memory. In a recent article for Directions Magazine I explored “How Will GIS Companies Weather the Gathering Cloud Computing Storm?”and concluded
Friday, September 10th, 2010
BWHW commissioned Halcrow to develop a risk-based model to consider and improve the capital efficiency of its water distribution pipe network replacement programme. The @RISK model combines the probability of pipe failures across the region with the consequential benefits of pipes not failing in the future. As a result, BWHW is able to make more informed decisions
Friday, September 10th, 2010
Enjoy keynote speeches from senior military and commercial dignitaries as well as user presentations. This event presents a unique opportunity to meet product experts and network with fellow customers and GXP personnel. Read More
