Thursday, June 17th, 2010
EU-funded researchers have helped develop an early warning system that will protect vulnerable communities from tsunamis and avoid future terrible losses of life such as that suffered in Indonesia and Sri Lanka in December 2004, when an estimated 230 000 people were killed. EU support for the research came from the DEWS (‘Distant early warning
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Do you want to know what people are think about that new town plan, do you want to ask peoples views on a new product, perhaps you are carrying out a straw poll or do you want to collect data to input into a scientific model? If the questions can be asked or surveyed, all
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
A slideshow presentation from the British Cartographic Society’s Annual Conference 2010, held in Nottingham. Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
IBM has upgraded their augmented reality application for the 2010 Wimbledon games. Named Seer, this application produces augmented reality views of geo-specific information, showing everything from the length of queues for Champagne or strawberries and cream to the location of the nearest cash machine. Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Professor Ian Dowman retired from UCL as a full time Professor of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in 2009. To mark 40 years of teaching and research at UCL the department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering will host a seminar with international speakers on Monday 28th June, followed by a reception. The topic of the
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Solar energy is coming to the Valley in a whole new way for homeowners looking to save money on their electricity bills. Today, getting a solar power system for the home is just about as easy as purchasing a book on Amazon, and is more affordable than ever before. Sungevity, the Oakland-based company that’s behind
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced that VxWorks has been chosen to run Logica’s Integrity Processing Facility (IPF) check set for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). The IPF, developed and delivered by Logica, is the crucial element that validates the information broadcast by the satellites to safety
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Onset announced the availability of the company’s new Energy and Environmental Monitoring Product Catalog. The 75-page catalog provides product descriptions, technical specifications, and pricing for the company’s full line of HOBO® data logging solutions used in energy management, field research, and water resources management. This includes stand-alone data loggers, web-based data logging systems, and wireless
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
In Winter, 2010, Leica’s Viva GNSS receivers and integrated surveying system played key roles in a boundary survey that added a lengthy section to Tennessee’s nearly-finished Cumberland Trail. Working in extremely harsh winter conditions-during the 11 weeks of the survey, average daytime temperatures were below freezing, and surveyors endured more than 60 inches of snow
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
ERDAS Inc. is pleased to announce that Martin Ehrhardt recently joined the management team as Vice President, EMEA, where he will lead the sales staff and overall business operation of ERDAS in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Ehrhardt comes to ERDAS from Definiens in Munich where he has served in executive roles since January
