Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Computer scientist Adolfy Hoisie has joined the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to lead PNNL’s high performance computing activities. In one such activity, Hoisie will direct a group of scientists designing supercomputers and their software applications simultaneously — so all the components of a supercomputer can be optimized and focused on one kind
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
SuperGIS Desktop 3, the powerful desktop GIS software developed by SuperGeo Technologies, contains complete GIS tools and provides users with an ideal GIS environment to add, edit, manage, analyze, and process GIS tasks. Since the demand for spatial databases has been increased in recent years, SuperGIS Desktop 3 also significantly improves the support for
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
An ancient river crossing is still waiting to be fixed, despite being out of action for nearly a year. Rothbury’s iconic stepping stones over the River Coquet were damaged during floods in July 2009.Northumberland County Council last year agreed to repair and replace them but nothing was done.Now Rothbury Parish Council is again asking for
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Images of about 10,000 properties will taken as part of a pilot scheme run by both the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and the Scottish Government. The scan results will help the association to prioritise work on energy efficiency measures such as loft, cavity wall and water tank insulation in around 2000 properties. Read More
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Exprodat Consulting has a great story to tell. The company not only successfully provides tailored Exploration & Production (E&P) GIS training courses and consulting to the world’s Oil & Gas companies but it also creates and supplies the innovative ‘Team-GIS’ software. Jules Cullen, Sales & Marketing Director of Exprodat Consulting knows that it is
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
ESRI announces the launch of ArcGIS.com, a Web site for finding and sharing geographic information system (GIS) content, organizing geographic information into groups, and building communities. A new browser-based version of ArcGIS Explorer, ArcGIS Explorer Online, also launches with the site and provides direct access to ArcGIS.com content.
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
The EU ETS is one of the main and most prominent measures introduced by the EU to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and reach its target under the Kyoto Protocol. The main source of information on the scheme at EU level is the Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL), run by the European Commission. The EU
Friday, May 21st, 2010
LizardTech announced the integration of its MrSID® Generation 4 Decode SDK (MG4 DSDK) into Overwatch’s LIDAR Analyst® software application. LIDAR Analyst is produced by Overwatch, an operating unit of Textron Systems, and leading provider of imagery and geospatial solutions to the Department of Defense and Intelligence Communities. LIDAR Analyst is a plug-in for ArcGIS and
Friday, May 21st, 2010
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in other states may adopt a methodology developed by the pioneer project “Geographical Names of Parana, which will update the identification of rivers, mountains, roads and villages in Paraná maps. Concern was expressed during a meeting held in Curitiba between representatives of the IBGE of Florianopolis and
Friday, May 21st, 2010
The Environment Ministry said on Tuesday May 11 will launch an online platform web services, through which you can access geospatial data (maps) and environmental updates and exchanges online. This web service platform, called geoservers, facilitate the exchange of information between institutions, monitoring of the territory, and decision making at all three levels of government.
