Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
This year as part of the ESRI User Conference in San Diego we are holding a GeoDesign Track, a day long program of presentations encompassing the world of GeoDesign and GIS. The track is composed of four sessions. All sessions will happen in the Marriot Marina, room Salon F, with the exception of the lunch
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
The International Conference on GeoInformatics for Spatial-Infrastructure Development in Earth & Allied Sciences (GIS-IDEAS) is scheduled to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, 9-11 December 2010. GIS-IDEAS 2010 is being organized by JVGC and Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG). GIS-IDEAS 2010 is the fifth in the series of very successful Conferences, with first and second been held
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
British Gas today unveiled version 2 of its iPhone meter reading application, which makes it even easier for customers to keep track of their energy bills, monitor their energy use over time and submit meter readings to avoid estimated bills. Almost 100,000 customers have downloaded the App since November when British Gas became the first
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
In 2010 IDTechEx find that the value of the entire RFID market will be $5.63 billion, up from $5.03 billion in 2009. This includes tags, readers and software/services for RFID cards, labels, fobs and all other form factors. In total, 2.31 billion tags will be sold this year, up from 1.98 billion in 2009. Most
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Trimble introduced today a new version of its Trimble® Field Inspector solution for utility infrastructure and smart grid asset maintenance and inspection. The solution is comprised of the Trimble Field Inspector software for handheld computers and Trimble Field Inspector Desktop software. Scalable and easy to deploy, the solution leverages Trimble Global Positioning System (GPS) and
Monday, July 12th, 2010
Esri and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) announce the formation of a strategic alliance to strengthen national geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) capabilities. The agreement was signed in June by U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett, NGA director, and Jack Dangermond, Esri president. The alliance will provide a framework to advance the strategic goals and objectives
Monday, July 12th, 2010
3-GIS, a GIS product development and services company, has announced the creation of a BlackBerry smartphoneapplication that allows users to collect and modify data in a disconnected environment. 3-GIS will preview and demonstrate this new product, a hybrid of the 3-GIS Buzz application, at the ESRI International User Conference inSan Diego, California from July 12-16,
Monday, July 12th, 2010
You have seen all those cool mapping applications, both on the desktop and on the web, and want to make some of your own nifty mapping applications. This workshop will give you all the tools you need to build a complete GIS and web mapping stack using a selection of free and open source tools.
Monday, July 12th, 2010
In 1999, an earthquake along the North Anatolian fault killed some 30,000 people in western Turkey. There is some evidence that another segment closer to the densely populated city of Istanbul could be next to rupture, which could create worse devastation. A team of Turkish, American and French scientists are on a Turkish research ship
Monday, July 12th, 2010
FARO, the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging systems, is proud to announce that Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and FARO have signed an agreement for FARO to be the measurement system provider for the F1 racing team. Thanks to the new agreement FARO is now an ‘Official Supplier’ for measuring systems and became a
