Monday, September 8th, 2008
PR – Leica Geosystems announces major releases of its flagship point cloud software applications: Cyclone 6.0; CloudWorx 4.0; and TruView 2.0. All applications now include intuitive, panoramic viewing of point clouds plus intuitive navigation of point clouds using “key plans” and scanner location icons. The release also features other productivity and ease-of-use advances.
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
PR– GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a premier provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, announced today the successful launch and deployment of GeoEye-1, the world’s highest resolution, commercial Earth-imaging satellite.
Friday, September 5th, 2008
PR — GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), announced today that the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Calif. has approved a Sept. 6 launch for GeoEye-1. Hurricane Hanna has changed course away from Florida, so the Company’s launch provider, United Launch Alliance (ULA), has mobilized personnel from the East Coast to the West
Friday, September 5th, 2008
PR – Vaisala is strengthening its office network by establishing a liaison office in New Delhi, India. The office is located in the Regus Business Center, and is the first Vaisala office in India. Vaisala’s business in India is headed by Mr. Sami Haga, Regional Manager. The New Delhi office will initially represent Vaisala’s weather
Friday, September 5th, 2008
PR – BCC Research, the veteran market research firm, has published “Wind Turbines: The US Market”, written by Hillpoint Energy’s Ben Spitz. The 228-page report takes a detailed look at the US wind turbine market and projects market conditions to 2013 on a statewide basis, for both complete wind turbine systems as well as components.
Friday, September 5th, 2008
PR – Blast Energy Services, Inc. has successfully demonstrated its new remote sensing product that it believes will dramatically improve the energy industry’s ability to remotely monitor and control their worldwide assets on a real-time basis. Blast has demonstrated the Intelligent Petro-Services Module (“IPSM”) to several potential customers, including representatives from energy services companies and
Friday, September 5th, 2008
PR – Storm Exchange, Inc., today released its Fall 2008 Weather Risk Outlook, a 90-day projection of the impacts of the weather on businesses in the agriculture, retail and energy industries. Based on a combination of atmospheric climate trends, advanced computer-driven seasonal prediction models and analog forecasts, the Storm Exchange Fall 2008 Weather Risk Outlook provides
Friday, September 5th, 2008
PR – CCIM Institute, the largest commercial investment brokerage real estate network in the world, will implement an innovative geographic information system (GIS) solution developed by ESRI at the heart of its new commercial property listing and data exchange service platform.
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
PR — Hurricane Gustav, thankfully, passed over the Gulf Coast region without as much damage as had been forecasted. There were a few power outages and very little damage to downtown New Orleans and the French Quarter (where the URISA Annual Conference will be held, October 7-10, 2008). The Sheraton New Orleans confirmed that the
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
PR – Seamless digital surface geology of South Australia at 1:1 million scale is now available from Geoscience Australia. The dataset was primarily compiled from 1:250 000 scale digital geology maps covering the state and recent mapping by the Department of Primary Industries and Resources, South Australia. It is edge-matched to previously released datasets of
