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WebEx Presentation: Guide to Best Practices for Sharing Sensitive Environmental Geospatial Data

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:22:52 +0000

GeoConnections is pleased to announce the availability of a guide to Best Practices for Sharing Sensitive Environmental Geospatial Data. This publication supports programs, services, businesses and/or applications related to the environment and sustainable development. It was developed in consultation with organizations from across Canada, including practitioners from government, NGOs, industry and academia who provided invaluable input and feedback. ENGLISH : Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 1:00 to 2:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time GMT -04:00) FRENCH : Friday, March 26, 2010 - 1:00 to 2:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time GMT -04:00) Read More

North Country Surveyors Warm-up to RTK

Vector1Media — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:22:25 +0000

Along the border between extreme northern Maine and western New Brunswick, Canada, two surveyors, one Canadian and one American, have found a better way to survey in the region’s challenging conditions: they’ve discovered RTK. Faced with the same problems – fewer control monuments, many lying beneath a cover of snow much of the year, limited cell-phone coverage; rugged terrain and UHF transmission limitations – the two men were led to the same Ashtech Professional ProMark 500 RTK solution. Michael Cyr, owner of Northern Maine Surveyors in Madawaska, Me., works across the St. John River border from Gaetan Soucy, proprietor of Arpentages Gaetan Soucy. Read More

Autodesk Introduces Interactive Curriculum for Game Development

Vector1Media — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:06:13 +0000

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), has introduced its “Vehicle for Games” curriculum for post-secondary students. The 16-week curriculum provides hands-on training for the entire game development pipeline, from concept art to creating an engine-ready asset. This free* web-based curriculum is designed to be used with Autodesk Maya modeling, animation, rendering and visual effects software, and Autodesk Mudbox digital sculpting and texture painting software. A six-month student trial version of Maya* and a 30-day student trial version of Mudbox* can be downloaded for use with the curriculum. Read More

New Release of ESRI ArcGIS Explorer

Matt Ball — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:32:32 +0000

ESRI has just released a new version of the free ArcGIS Explorer, a downloadable globe viewer with geographic information system (GIS) functionality. The new release builds on an intuitive design, improving access to geoprocessing services and expanding available maps in the Basemap Gallery. The release also features an Analysis Gallery that allows users to directly connect to and use geoprocessing services. Read More

Extensive New GeoEye-1 Satellite Image Coverage over New Zealand

Vector1Media — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:15:26 +0000

The magnificent image clarity and pleasing colour balance of the 50cm GeoEye-1 satellite imagery over New Zealand now provides an option for agencies to cost effectively update portions of their aerial photography coverage. “The availability of GeoEye-1 archive data makes adoption of GeoEye high resolution imagery feasible for many government agencies. The DIY archive search tool makes it easy to confirm the availability of new data,” says Dr Gail Kelly, Business Development Manager of AAM. A powerful combination is now available comprising subset resolution imagery from GeoEye and 5m resolution imagery being captured this month by the RapidEye constellation of satellites. Read More

Timmons Group Launches Stormwater Run-off Solutions

Vector1Media — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:09:32 +0000

Timmons Group recently launched a new website with the James River Association (JRA) to provide stormwater run-off solutions and increase public knowledge regarding pollution in the James River. The interactive website assists landowners in the estimation of rainfall run-off quality and quantity. Visit the Site

Alias Sketch for AutoCAD

Jeff Thurston — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:51:08 +0000

Take advantage of Alias® and SketchBook technology directly in AutoCAD® software. Autodesk® Alias® Sketch for AutoCAD® Technology Preview adds fully integrated painting, illustration and image manipulation capabilities to enhance the AutoCAD design workflow, making AutoCAD a much broader creative tool. With Alias Sketch for AutoCAD users will be able to: Read More

Autodesk 3D/2D ShareNow

Vector1Media — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:48:14 +0000

The 3D/2D ShareNow add-in enables you to quickly and easily publish DWF™ files of your designs from AutoCAD®, Autodesk® Inventor®, the Autodesk® Revit® family of products, and Autodesk® Design Review software to the Project Freewheel® server. Simply clicking the ShareNow icon brings you all the benefits of Project Freewheel, with no additional software to install. With Project Freewheel, your team can collaborate on just about any operating system or device with an Internet connection. Read More

License Optimization with the New License Saver v2.0

Vector1Media — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:39:11 +0000

Infotech Enterprises GmbH today announced that it can now offer a solution to optimize the use of existing licenses: License Saver v2.0. License Saver from X-Formation detects, when users are away from their machines and automatically pauses their applications, freeing up idle licenses and making them available for others to check out. Read More

Infoterra SGSA Acquires Enifosa

Jeff Thurston — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:58:05 +0000

Infoterra SGSA, part of Spot Infoterra, the Earth observation division of Astrium Service, has acquired 100% of Enifosa’s (Enginyeria i Fotogrametria S.A.) shares, a leading Spanish firm in 3D urban atlas production and updating. This purchase, which supports Spot Infoterra’s strategy of strengthening its position as a key player in the Earth observation market, is the first phase of a merging process that will culminate during the second quarter of the 2010, and make Infoterra SGSA one of the most important supplier and producer of geographical information in Spain.
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Merrick & Company Releases Version 6.1 of MARS® Software Suite

Vector1Media — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:53:31 +0000

Merrick & Company, a world leader in light detection and ranging (LiDAR), digital orthophotography, photogrammetry, hyperspectral mapping, and geographic information systems (GIS) mapping, is pleased to announce the release of Version 6.1 of the Merrick Advanced Remote Sensing (MARS) software suite. The new release features a completely new breakline compilation tool suite among other improvements. Read More

New Ashtech MobileMapper Software

Vector1Media — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:09:38 +0000

Ashtech is releasing today the MobileMapper Field and MobileMapper Office, a new GIS and mapping software suite with advanced data collection and processing features. The new suite will first be introduced on the MobileMapper 6 professional GPS/GIS handheld receiver but over time it will be rolled out to the entire line of Ashtech MobileMapper GPS/GIS receivers. The new software suite replaces the previously available Mobile Mapping and MobileMapper 6 Office applications. Read More

SADC Africa Atlas

Vector1Media — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:36:31 +0000

Atlas showing administrative and cadastral data for the SADC region. Layers include: Gridded Population of the World and Global Rural-Urban mapping project data, Administrative Units, Population, Cities, Major Rivers and Lakes. Read More

LizardTech Releases LiDAR Compressor 1.1 at ILMF

Vector1Media — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:54:01 +0000

LizardTech announced the newest release of LiDAR Compressor, which enables users to turn giant point cloud data sets into efficient MrSID files, at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) this week in Denver, Colo. This latest release, version 1.1, offers improved lossless compression performance, better data quality for lossy compression and many other user interface improvements. Read More

Topcon Releases New GLS-1500 Laser Scanner to Speed Point Cloud Collection

Vector1Media — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:34:24 +0000

Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) announced a new laser scanner, the GLS-1500, that speeds up point cloud collection – 30,000 points per second – in an ‘all-in-one’ design to reduce the amount of equipment needed in the field. Read More