Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of software solutions for the generation of geospatial data, is pleased to announce the acquisition of four (4) of its Correlator3D™ products by Japanese firms Nakano-Ai and Osysmap. SimActive’s entire software suite will be used to improve environmental conditions in urban areas.
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Google added ocean views to its Google Earth for Android application, a move that should have greater import when tablet computers based on Android arrive en masse to tantalize folks looking to surf the Web with a larger palette. Google Earth for Android 1.1 will let users check out the aquatic landscape and terrain in Monterery
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Basemap data is a hot commodity, and right now you can get authoritative PLSS and Texas Survey data when you purchase the TractBuilder Tools for ArcGIS. The software can be purchased or rented from http://www.tractbuilder.com/storefront/. “Our Tools help people create new polygons from legal descriptions, descriptions that reference data found in these and other datasets. People need
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
The program will describe a practical approach for simulating effects of soil, weather, management, and pest factors on crop production. Instructors will explain how crop growth and development, water use, uptake of water and nutrients and carbon dynamics are simulated. It will cover procedures for collecting and managing crop, weather and soil datafor adapting models for applications. Participants will
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Optech Incorporated, the leading provider of advanced lidar survey instruments, announced today that Photo Science, based in Lexington, Kentucky, has purchased Optech’s next-generation Lynx Mobile Mapper. “We are pleased to have Photo Science augment their Optech lidar equipment,” said Brent Gelhar, Optech’s Vice President, Sales and Strategy. “Given their depth of experience with airborne data collection and
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Joining quikmaps and ScribbleMaps, DRAWaMAP lets you draw features in a Google Maps interface, and save them. Supported features include : Lines Markers Polygons Time polygons – you set a time and speed, and DRAWaMAP draws a polygon encompassing the walking distance around that point based on Google Maps data. Map Density Quadtree. Read More
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Geosparc, the company commercially supporting the open source GIS application framework Geomajas, today announced that it will be present at Foss4G, the international conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, in Barcelona (Spain) from 6 till 9 September 2010 at Booth 12. At Foss4G the Company will demonstrate numerous applications built with Geomajas and officially
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Europe’s coastal zones are under increasing pressure from erosion, pollution, climate change, urbanisation and tourism. Such pressures threaten entire ecosystems — vital not only for wildlife but also for the economy and human well-being. The European Environment Agency (EEA) takes a closer look at the state of coastal ecosystems and policy responses to the pressures
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber section has now made available forest products data for 2009. Data have now been released:
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Untitled Document Shipping emits considerable amounts of air pollutants which affect the climate, the natural environment and human health. In collaboration with the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA), SMHI has developed a new system for calculating emissions from shipping. Knowledge of these has previously been very limited. Shipping is undoubtedly the most significant source of sulphur emissions,
