Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Laser beams shone down from the sky are revealing archaeological and other treasures hidden in Britain’s forests – by “seeing through” the trees. Scientists, archaeologists and foresters are using pulses of laser energy beamed down from aircraft flying about 1000 metres (3300 feet) up to reveal forests’ hidden secrets. These can include sites of ancient
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Hemisphere GPS introduced Outback S-Lite(TM) from the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois. As the entry-level product of its popular Outback brand, S-Lite is a low-cost, portable, entry-level GPS guidance solution for non-precision spraying, spreading, and broad-acre tillage and seeding. Offering many of the same features as its popular Outback S(TM) series products, Outback S-Lite
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
John Deere is demonstrating how a fully mechanized harvesting system can economically remove merchantable trees and biomass while adhering to environmentally sound harvesting practices. Read More
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
ICENEWS – On September 11th the President of Iceland will be in Leeds, UK, in order to open Innovate Logistic’s newest office building. A spokesperson from Innovate says that the building received the highest environmental score from the Building Research Establishment (BRE) of any building in the UK. The opening will be attended by both
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Oracle has agreed to acquire Netsure Telecom Limited, a leading provider of network intelligence, analytics and network data integrity software. Netsure provides communications service providers critical network intelligence and analytics software, which is vital to ensuring efficient operation and utilization of existing and next-generation networks and services. Read More
Friday, September 7th, 2007
Magellan, a leader in GPS navigation and positioning, today introduced the MobileMapper CX, a handheld GPS receiver for GIS users that offers Magellan’s exclusive Mobile Mapping application software, a phone-like keypad for convenient data entry, and outstanding communications. This sub-meter real-time receiver enables unprecedented productivity at a cost significantly lower than competitive receivers. The MobileMapper CX
Friday, September 7th, 2007
The company will expand the possibilities for modelling and simulation by delivering an easier to use and integrated suite of COTS software. Presagis boasts a solid portfolio of technologies including S-Mission, STAGE Scenario, and AI.implant, its comprehensive Artificial Intelligence solution; powerful visualization tools such as Vega Prime and Lyra; Terra Vista and Creator, the world’s
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
Digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software developer Cadcorp has announced that SSi Solutions Ltd. has selected Cadcorp SIS – Spatial Information System as the digital mapping/GIS core of the new SSi Fire Hydrant Management System (FHMS). This fourth generation of SSi’s hydrant management system is a powerful, digital map-based management tool that is
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
BETWEEN THE POLES BLOG: Worldwide Challenges Facing the Construction Industry There are some very serious challenges facing the construction industry that are motivating new approaches to how we design, build, operate, and maintain buildings and infrastructure. While these new technologies are designed to address challenges in the construction industry, I think that they are going
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software developer Cadcorp has announced that its business partner in the Netherlands, Vicrea Solutions BV, has recently won contracts from several Dutch municipalities to supply and implement Vicrea’s Geo Vastgoed Registraties (GVR) application, which has been developed using Cadcorp SIS – Spatial Information System. Read More
