Monday, November 26th, 2007
PR – The rugged mountainous highlands of central Greece can be a challenge for even the most skilled surveyor, and as Theodoros Vaxevanos is finding out, choosing the right equipment can make all the difference. A civil engineer and surveyor since 1993 and a survey business owner in the region since 1996, Vaxevanos recently made
Saturday, November 24th, 2007
ESA Business Incubation and its associated network of business incubators are designed to bridge the gap between an idea and an actual business by helping a technology transfer project get off the ground and assisting its development into a viable business. Read More
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
PR – NovAtel Inc. announced today that the German competition authority Bunkdeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office or “FCO”) gave its clearance under the German Act Against Restraints of Competition for the cash tender offer by Hexagon Canada Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Hexagon AB (STO:HEXA B) for all of the issued and outstanding shares
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
GOVT INDIA – Addressing the Consultative Committee Meeting of the Ministry of Water Resources on the subject “The Role and Functions of Central Soil and Material Research Station (CSMRS)” on Wednesday, Prof. Saifuddin Soz, the Union Minister for Water Resources, said that CSMRS plays a vital role in research in the area of Geo-technical Engineering,
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
The European Space Agency (ESA) has published a call for tenders for a study on sustainability and space activities: improving the sustainability of ESA operations. The first step of this activity will be to produce a standard assessment of the current impact of ESA operations on the environment along the lines of the ISO 14000
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
PR – MWH Soft, today announced the worldwide availability of H2OMAP SWMM Executive Suite. The new suite provides the wastewater industry with all the analysis, design, validation, data management, and optimization tools it needs in one complete, easy to use and affordable package. The release is the latest example of MWH Soft’s leadership in bringing even
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
PR – As part of the launch of the new Safe Software’s FME® Certification Program, AED-SICAD software experts have been granted FME Certified Professional designations based on their proven FME expertise. The Safe Software FME Certification Program is a technical skill credentials program that helps identify high quality, knowledgeable FME consultants and trainers. Requirements to
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
PR – Ing. Wolfgang Grumeth, Managing Director of Diamond Airborne Sensing GmbH, personally delivered the first DA42 Multi-Purpose Platform (MPP) in serial production to Dr. Johannes Riegl, CEO of RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH on November 13th, 2007. The company RIEGL plans to use this aircraft as a customer demonstrator for aerial surveying via laser
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
PR – Aerial survey specialist, BlueSky, has acquired a unique collection of over 100,000 oblique aerial photographs tracking Britain’s development throughout the late twentieth century. The historically important photographs dating back to the 1960s include major construction projects such as the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Gatwick Airport and the development of the London Docklands including
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
In order to extend alert times and avoid false alarms, a new seafloor pressure recording system has been designed to detect tsunamis shortly after their development in the open ocean. The project is directed by scientists of the working group ‘Marine Observation Systems’ at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, part of