Sunday, January 13th, 2008
PR – HP announced the appointment of Neal Woods as senior vice president of worldwide operations for the company’s Imaging and Printing Group (IPG), effective Jan. 22. Woods, 51, will be based in San Diego and have responsibility for driving IPG’s global manufacturing, supply chain operations, worldwide planning and quality functions. He also will lead
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
In January 2006, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission organised a workshop to review best practice in the assessment of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs), compare methodologies and findings, and see also what lessons could be learned from similar large scale infrastructures. Among the key findings of that workshop were the need to give
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
From 1 January 2008 the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research has changed its name to DTU Aqua, National Institute of Aquatic Resources. The new name is part of a general change of the structure of institute names at The Technical University of Denmark. Managing Director Fritz Köster explains about the new name: Our new name
Friday, January 11th, 2008
PR – Mayor C. Ray Nagin today announced that the City of New Orleans has signed an agreement with MWH, a global engineering firm with a local presence since 1979, to manage and expedite the repair and reconstruction of police and fire stations, streets, recreation centers, court buildings, museums, libraries, parks and other projects. “As
Friday, January 11th, 2008
PR – With its new location in Singapore, Oerlikon Solar is boosting its presence and proximity to customers in Asia, while continuing to expand production, development and support for their leading thin-film silicon solar energy solutions. The facility will initially employ approximately 100 people and is planned to be completed within a year. “Asia is
Friday, January 11th, 2008
PR – Johnson Controls, a Fortune 70 company that creates smart environments for vehicles, homes and workplaces, today announced the release of the company’s 2007 Business and Sustainability report. The report outlines the company’s new vision for "a more comfortable, safe and sustainable world," highlights its global commitment to the environment, and provides updated financials.
Friday, January 11th, 2008
PR – Featuring hundreds of improvements to help speed and ease the work of land surveyors, CG-Survey 9 and CG-Survey 18 are now available from Carlson Software. CG, which was founded in 1978, has been a division of Carlson Software since 2001. Developed by land surveyors for land surveyors, CG software solutions are known for
Friday, January 11th, 2008
PR – Merrick & Company, a world leader in LiDAR, digital ortho imaging, photogrammetry, and geospatial solutions was awarded a $569,000 contract with the City of Chihuahua to deliver aerial photography, 3-meter LiDAR data, 20-centimeter pixel resolution digital orthophotos, a DTM to support 0.5 meter contour extrapolation, planimetric data, and delivery of Merrick’s MARS(r) software.
Friday, January 11th, 2008
PR – A new station will join ESA’s tracking network on 17 January 2008. Located on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria in the Azores, the station will track launches from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, as they pass overhead at 28 000 km per hour. The Santa Maria station will be one
Friday, January 11th, 2008
PR – Rolta India Ltd, which offers engineering design and geospatial services, plans to acquire a U.S. firm to expand into business software, a top official said on Thursday. The acquisition will be finalised by end of January and the company hopes to start services within the current quarter, Kamal K. Singh, chairman and CEO
