http://www.gim-international.com/ News from www.gim-international.com. 15 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6413-TatukGIS_Developer_Kernel__Upgrade.html TatukGIS, Poland, has released the latest upgrade to version 10 of its royalty-free GIS Developer Kernel (DK) component for Embarcadero Delphi/C++Builder, Microsoft .NET Framework for WinForms/WPF and Microsoft ActiveX/OCX. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:25:17 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6412-Netcad_Asia_Convention.html The Netcad Asia Convention was successfully held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 7th of February 2012 attended by high-profile delegates and participants. During the opening speeches, Honorable Minister of Land Mr. Rezaul Karim Hira thanked to Netcad, headquartered in Turkey, for their efforts to support Digital Bangladesh vision of the government and said that Netcad should play a key role for the land management project of Ministry of Land People\'s Republic of Bangladesh. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:09:47 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6411-Community_Heritage_Project_Using_GIS_Visualisation.html Carntogher Community Association, Northern Ireland, is working in collaboration with the Friends of Ballynahone Bog to deliver the ‘ENVISION' project. The project will involve the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS) to record heritage assets associated with Ballynahone National Nature Reserve and Drumnaph Woodland. This will include the creation of computerised 3D visualisations of how today's landscapes have evolved throughout Ireland's history. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:31:15 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6410-Teaching_Award_for_Russell_G_Congalton.html Russell G. Congalton, a Professor of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems at the University of New Hampshire, USA, has been named as the recipient of the 2012 SAIC Estes Memorial Teaching Award. Congalton's research focuses on spatial data uncertainty, accuracy analysis and the application of remote sensing methods to natural resource science issues. Congalton has a long history of achievement in educational aspects of remote sensing and other geospatial science areas. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:24:24 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6409-ION_Autonomous_Snowplough_Competition_Winners.html First place in the Second Annual ION Autonomous Snowplough Competition, organised during the Saint Paul Winter Carnival by the Institute of Navigation Satellite Division, USA, was awarded to Ohio University students Samantha Craig, Ryan Kollar, Kuangmin Li and Pengfei Duan, supported by faculty advisors Frank van Graas, Woulter Pelgrum and Maarten Uijt de Haag. The prize included USD3,000 and a golden snow globe trophy. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:18:53 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6408-GeoCore__with_Lidar_API.html GeoCore 2012, the data-conversion developer toolkit for geospatial data from Blue Marble Geographics, USA, includes GeoCalc 6.5, GeoTransform 6.2 and GeoTranslate 5.2. In adding support for some 30 different Geoid models worldwide, GeoCore has become the essential tool for Lidar post-processing workflows. Accuracy measurements have been added to all datum transformations to assist users with selecting the most appropriate datum shift for a specific transformation. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:56:38 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6407-First_Realtime_Seafloor_Earthquake_Observatory.html An interdisciplinary project led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) geologist Jeff McGuire, an expert in global earthquake seismology and geodesy, and John Collins, director of WHOI's Ocean Bottom Seismometer Lab, is to build and install the first seafloor geodesy observatory above the expected rupture zone of the next great Cascadia earthquake. The project is being facilitated by a grant of USD1 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:49:07 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6406-CyberCity_D_Launches_D_Solar_Buildings.html CyberCity 3D, USA, has announced the launch of new, high-resolution, 3D GIS buildings (version 2.0) that now include roof and façade measurements. With these enhancements, solar planners can more effectively evaluate optimal solar panel locations and hasten their workflow, especially in residential areas. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:23:06 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6404-Second_UltraCamX_for_Valley_Air_Photos.html Valley Air Photos, LLC, has signed a contract with Microsoft's UltraCam business unit and subsidiary, Vexcel Imaging GmbH, to purchase its second UltraCamX digital aerial photogrammetric camera. The company purchased its first UltraCamX in April 2010. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6405-Capacitybuilding_to_Develop_Afghan_Mining.html In Kabul, Afghanistan, a training centre and a demonstration mine have been developed to support the training of mine inspectors from the Ministry of Mines in Afghanistan. The inspectors' training is part of the capacity-building and know-how transfer project ongoing since 2008, in which GAF (Germany) is supporting the set-up and implementation of two departments in the Ministry of Mines: the mines inspectorate and the mining cadastre. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:18:12 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6403-Feasibility_Reports_Completed_for_NSDI_in_Uganda_and_Jordan.html Feasibility studies for building a national Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in Uganda and the Kingdom of Jordan have been completed. The results and recommendations from each study have been published by infoDev, as part of a World Bank project on using SDIs to monitor development outcomes. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:53:29 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6402-Fivemetre_Imagery_for_Vegetation_Analysis.html With its five spectral bands, RapidEye's five-metre, medium-resolution satellite imagery can be used for vegetation analysis. The RapidEye constellation of five satellites offers daily revisit time to every location on the planet with a 40km-wide footprint. RapidEye adds a fifth band, the red edge, to the 'traditional' multispectral set of blue, green, red and near-infrared (NIR). The red edge has been found to be particularly useful when studying vegetative health and stress. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:37:55 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6401-UAE_University_to_Receive_Professional_GIS_Training.html The Department of Geography and Urban Planning at UAE University (United Arab Emirates) has selected SuperGIS Desktop and GIS Learning CD for its GIS tutorials. Evolving GeoSystems, SuperGeo's distributor in UAE, will also be providing product training to help improve the knowledge and skills for implementing GIS applications at the university. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:31:59 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6400-Topcon_Great_Britain_Positioning_Business_Manager.html Topcon Great Britain's Stephen (Steve) Cooper has taken on the role of Business Manager for Positioning Instruments Division. His new role will be to oversee all activities relating to Topcon Great Britain positioning business in the United Kingdom. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:22:47 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6399-United_Oilfield_Services_Selects_Sercel_UNITE.html The Secel UNITE cable-free acquisition market share has been increased with the sale of a system to United Oilfield Services (UOS), the 18th client to purchase UNITE so far. United Oilfield Services is an oilfield services company, headquartered in Poland, focused on providing critical hydraulic fracturing, modern drilling and seismic data acquisition services to the European oil and gas industries. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:15:28 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6398-Marsbound_Instrument_Detects_Solar_Bursts_Effects.html The largest solar particle event since 2005 has been detected by the radiation-monitoring instrument aboard the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, on its way from Earth to Mars. RAD Principal Investigator Don Hassler, science programme director in the Space Studies Department at Southwest Research Institute, said that they have only downloaded a few hours of data from the RAD so far, but that the event is clearly visible. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:37:00 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6397-Blom_to_Divest_Danish_Subsidiary.html Blom ASA (Norway) has signed an agreement to divest its Danish subsidiary BlomInfo A/S to the Danish engineering and consulting company NIRAS. The transaction comprises the activities of BlomInfo in Denmark and certain projects for mapping and property registration conducted outside Denmark. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:13:59 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6395-Europeans_Trained_in_Understanding_Space_Weather.html The University of New Brunswick, Canada, has become an official partner of Training Research and Applications Network to Support the Mitigation of Ionospheric Threats (TRANSMIT), a major European programme to train the next generation of scientists and engineers to counter solar threats to satellite positioning and navigation systems. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6396-Indoor_Navigation_Workgroup.html The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is to form an OGC Technical Committee Standards Working Group (SWG) to advance the candidate OGC IndoorGML Standard. The OGC members invite the public to comment on the SWG charter and will consider comments received before 10th February 2012. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6394-First_Stage_of_State_Mapping_Project_Completed.html Topocart has completed the first stage of a project involving more than 35,000 aerial photographs covering an area greater than 250,000 square kilometres in the State of São Paulo (Brazil). In addition to the State area, a 2.5km-wide patch beyond the State boundary was also covered. In order to guarantee the final accuracy, more than 1,500 points on field and more than 500 points of quality checking were traced. For the altitude compensation, an elaborate, specific geoid model was created, including almost 2,000 gravimetric points in the existing State territory. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:25:48 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6393-Leica_ALS_and_RCD_as_First_Digital_Sensors.html ORTHOSHOP Geomatics, Canada, has purchased the Leica ALS70 Lidar and Leica RCD30 imaging camera as its first digital airborne sensors. ORTHOSHOP is to use the sensors in their integrated and stand-alone configurations to serve its existing clients more effectively and expand its business into new markets. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:01:31 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6392-Klaas_Dijkstra_Joins_Avineon.html Avineon Europe, Belgium, has appointed of Klaas Dijkstra as Project Manager, Geospatial Data Management. He will manage geospatial data management projects for utility, telecom, and government customers. He will also serve as the FME subject matter expert for data migration and conflation projects throughout Europe. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:54:22 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6391-Monitoring_the_Shipwrecked_Concordia.html TRE and the Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy, in collaboration with the Department of Earth Sciences (University of Florence) have been monitoring the movement of the partially sunk cruise ship Costa Concordia since 20th January 2012 off the coast of Giglio Island. High-resolution images from the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation of satellites are being used to provide information on the position and movement of the ship, for integration with ground warning systems. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:35:01 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6390-Online_Lidar_Map_of_Britain.html Aerial survey company Bluesky, UK, has launched a comprehensive online Lidar map of the UK. It covers approximately 75% of England and Wales, including all major towns and floodplains, plus areas of Scotland. The Lidar coverage ranges in vertical accuracy from 5cm to 15cm, and in spatial resolution from 25cm to 2m. The online map can be searched using a place name, postcode or geographical coordinates before purchasing data of the chosen area and downloading digital files. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:15:52 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6389-Call_for_Papers_for_Hexagon.html Leica Geosystems is seeking papers for its three tracks at Hexagon 2012, to be held from 4th to 7th June 2012 at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, USA. The Geosystems track includes three sub-tracks: Trends in Mapping & Positioning for Government & Industry; HDS/Laser Scanning; and Geospatial Solutions. Those interested in presenting should submit abstracts by 9th April 2012. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:54:31 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6388-Record_Attendance_for_ILMF.html More than 800 registered delegates attended the International Lidar Mapping Forum in Denver, Colorado (USA) which was held from 23rd to 25th January 2012. With close to 60 exhibitors and a busy schedule of both presentations and workshops, there was ample opportunity for both learning and networking. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:33:58 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6387-Topcon_Chosen_for_Monitoring_Survey_Instrumentation.html itmsoil Holdings, UK, has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Topcon Europe to utilise Topcon's MS AX high-accuracy total station range for its monitoring projects around the globe. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:50:25 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6386-GIS_Volunteers_Providing_Relief_Assistance.html URISA, USA, has deployed 25 GISCorps volunteers to 9 new missions in 7 countries. They are assisting in GIS projects to provide relief support in various humanitarian emergencies. Including these efforts, GISCorps has been involved in a total of 88 projects in 42 countries with 272 deployed volunteers. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:09:50 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6385-Highresolution_Imagery_of_Costa_Concordia.html High-resolution satellite images have been acquired of the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia liner wreck site in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Data from EROS A (resolution 1.9m) and EROS B (0.7m) were received at UniScan stations in Russia on 17th and 20th January 2012. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:55:57 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6384-Supervisor_GPS_Tablet_Computer.html The SuperG, the Carlson Supervisor+ GPS Tablet, has been introduced. Carlson's Supervisor tablet computer, a rugged tablet PC that can be used anywhere, has been upgraded to include an integrated high-precision GNSS receiver and to provide wireless support for Bluetooth, 802.11, GSM, GPRS and CDMA. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:34:04 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6383-NETCAD_Asia_Convention.html Turkish GIS developer Netcad is planning an international series of meetings to be held on a regional basis. The first event will be the Netcad Asia Convention on 7th February 2012 in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:21:56 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6382-Aerialogics_Expands_into_Europe.html Aerial measurement services industry provider Aerialogics has announced a newly signed contract giving the company exclusive rights to access one of the largest geographic imagery databases in Europe. The large-scale provider, BlomASA, Norway, caters to companies, private and government organisations by providing access to its spatial databases composed of maps, images and 3D models. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:07:04 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6381-Unconventional_Total_Station_Series.html With its ES series, Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS), USA, has announced the first series of new and unconventional reflectorless total stations, setting a new bar on performance, speed, accuracy and security. In addition to the security and maintenance system known as TSshield, the ES series features LongLink, a long-distance wireless communications system. The ES is available in 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 arc second accuracy models. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:54:18 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6380-Research_into_Utility_GIS_Benefits.html In its 'Business Benefits of GIS' survey, Esri (USA) is asking electric utility professionals to assess their use of GIS in terms of return on investment (ROI). Participants will have an opportunity to compare their own GIS work to that of peers in the industry. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:45:04 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6379-PaveSmart_D_v.html At the World of Concrete 2012 exhibition in Las Vegas, USA, Leica Geosystems will be revealing v3.0 of its Leica PaveSmart 3D machine control system designed for concrete and asphalt paving and milling applications, thus supporting a wider range of paving equipment and applications than before. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:36:50 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6378-Lidar_Testing_Extension_Presented_at_ILMF.html Spatial Information Solutions (SIS) is in Denver (Colorado, USA) this week attending the International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF). SIS released its Lidar Testing Extension (LTE) plug-in for Topo Analyst and it will be shown in person for the first time this week at ILMF. LTE automates testing of Lidar data and products across the project life cycle. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:19:39 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6377-ArcGIS_Support_and_Flash_Flood_Mapping_Product.html SCALGO, Denmark, has released version 1.1 of the software packages SCALGO Model, SCALGO Hydrology and SCALGO Simplify, which can be used to process massive terrain data sets (tens of billions of data elements) on a normal desktop computer. One major new feature in version 1.1 is ArcGIS support. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:39:44 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6376-GeoViewer_for_iPad_Presented_at_Conferences.html LizardTech, USA, is exhibiting at two conferences this week: the International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) in Denver (USA) and the Defence Geospatial Intelligence (DGI) 2012 Conference in London (UK). Among other geospatial software products, the company will showcase its free GeoViewer application for iPad, designed for viewing geospatial imagery and vector overlays, at both conferences. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:30:25 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6372-SuperGIS_Spatial_Analyst.html SuperGeo Technologies, Taiwan, is to release SuperGIS Spatial Analyst 3.0, offering a range of spatial modelling and analysis algorithms and a user-friendly interface to help users accomplish massive and complicated spatial analysis tasks. Users can access the functionality of the integration of vector and raster data, analysis of spatial relationship, best location search, analysis of service area, multiple layer query, and statistics of raster data. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id6375-MicroSurvey_Software_Acquired_by_Hexagon.html MicroSurvey has announced that The Hexagon Group has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of MicroSurvey Software Inc., the leading Canada-based developer of surveying and mapping software for the land surveying, construction and forensic markets. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:57:38 +0100