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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

GIS Development Releases Indian Geospatial Handbook 2008

PR — GIS Development Pvt. Ltd., a Global Geospatial Network Company released the Indian Geospatial Handbook 2008 during the recently held Map India 2008 Conference. This handbook is an outcome of indepth study on geospatial community in India. Being the first of its kind on Indian Geospatial Community, the handbook provides contemporary information on: Geospatial

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Deutsche Bahn Announces Acquisition of Laing Rail

PR – The German rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Laing Rail, owners of Chiltern Railways and joint owners of London Overground Rail Operations Ltd and Wrexham, Shropshire and Marylebone Railway Ltd. This transaction remains subject to approval from the Department for Transport, Transport for London and the

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Alstom Plays a Part in Virgin Trains’ Hat-trick

PR – Virgin Trains has been listed as the “Best Train Operator” in a survey, published in Januray, conducted by the Institute of Customer Service (ICS). The Online survey of 6,000 people, carried out by the ICS asked people to score different aspects of customer service, before giving companies an overall rating out of 100.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Funkwerk & Hima-Sella Team Up to Address UK Rail Market

PR – Systems integration specialist Hima-Sella has teamed up with Funkwerk Information Technologies Karlsfeld GmbH to offer the design, engineering, manufacturing, installation and service of Customer Information (CIS) and Public Address (PA) systems to the UK rail market in 2008.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging Announces Beta Release of ER Viewer 7.2

PR – ER Viewer a free, easy-to-use image viewer featuring interactive roaming and zooming of very large JPEG 2000 and ECW files, as well as the ability to read most other common file types.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

BE Conference 2008 – Now Online

PR – BE Conference 2008 will provide infrastructure professionals with an inclusive and engaging environment to share best practices and learn about Bentley solutions from the leading provider of infrastructure software.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Autodesk Announces Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) is Inventor of the Year 2007

PR – Autodesk, Inc.  today announced that the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), a research facility operated by the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, has been named as the Autodesk Inventor of the Year for 2007.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Autodesk Announces Record Revenue of USD 599 Million for Q4 2008

PR – Autodesk, Inc. today reported record revenue of $599 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, an increase of 20 percent over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Autodesk Donates New Data Access Technology for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to Open Source Community

PR – Advancing its vision for a powerful, flexible, affordable and open geospatial software platform, Autodesk, Inc.  today announced the availability of an open source Feature Data Object (FDO) Provider for Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The latest FDO Provider, developed by Autodesk and donated to the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), will allow customers take

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

StreetMapper Trial Success for Danish Road Directorate

PR – 3D Laser Mapping has successfully completed a rigorous field test of the StreetMapper mobile laser system on behalf of the Danish Road Directorate, which resulted in accuracies of better than 13mm. The survey of a stretch of dual carriageway just outside Copenhagen was undertaken to demonstrate the accuracy and coverage of mobile mapping