Thursday, August 25th, 2016
New Real-Time Maps Transform Forecast Data into Vivid Pictures of U.S. River Flows REDLANDS, Calif.—August 25, 2016—Smart-mapping leader Esri today released a beautiful, robust new collection of Web maps that forecast NOAA stream-flow data throughout the continental U.S. Esri’s multiscale visualization of the National Water Model enables forecast water flows in real time at high
Monday, April 18th, 2016
GENEVA, April 12, 2016—An international business group working to reduce the impact of natural and man-made hazards has pledged to ensure that the private sector plays its part in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies, or ARISE, today held a meeting to hammer out
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
In Norfolk, Virginia, an East Coast city that’s home to the world’s largest naval station and important seaports, catastrophic flooding could damage more than homes and roads. A new study from Sandia National Laboratories assesses how much the city, its region and the nation would suffer in damages to national assets and lost economic activity if it does nothing to address rising sea levels.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016
The geospatial technology industry rests on a number of different leading application areas that ebb and flow in terms of their level of investment. Some of the market surges in the past were driven by technological breakthroughs, others were due to federal spending, the emergence of a large market need or a combination of the
Friday, October 2nd, 2015
October 2, 2015 — How to detect and monitor landslides and instability risks over urban areas, large infrastructures and the territory around it, in order to prevent disasters? Planetek Italia has set up Preciso® landslide, a new monitoring product, based on satellite data, to periodically provide information about infrastructures stability and landslides that could affect
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
DUBLIN, June 08, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/343zqs/heat_map_of) has announced the addition of the “Heat Map of Europe’s Real-Time Cities – Progress towards Commercialisation” report to their offering.
Friday, June 29th, 2012
An environmental group said Thursday that the agreement reached by lawmakers on a $120 billion surface transportation bill made “unacceptable changes to landmark environmental protections and wastes taxpayer dollars by ignoring environmental impacts that could be avoided.” In a deal painstakingly negotiated over two months, the House and Senate agreed on a transportation bill that
Monday, March 19th, 2012
The Prime Minister will reveal later that the Government is to look into the possibility of using private companies to invest in England’s road network. David Cameron will announce he has asked the Department for Transport and the Treasury to carry out a feasibility study of new financing models. Read More
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad plans to invest $3.9 billion in upgrades to its network this year. The railroad said Wednesday that its capital spending plan is $400 million bigger than its 2011 budget of $3.5 billion. Overall, the nation’s major freight railroads, which include BNSF, plan to spend about $13 billion this year, up
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it has acquired U.K.-based Pointools Ltd, the leading hardware-neutral provider of point cloud software technology, in order to integrate point cloud processing in innovative ways throughout its product portfolio. Point cloud inclusion supports Bentley’s commitment to advance information mobility with integrity across design and operational workflows. Point cloud scanning devices are fast
