geospatial system News
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Esri Chief Scientist Receives Honors
Esri chief scientist Dawn J. Wright, PhD, has received the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Presidential Achievement Award. Presented at the AAG annual meeting on February 28, 2012, the award recognizes Wright's outstanding work as a scientist, researcher, author, and advocate for marine conservation and for her contributions to geographic science. "Dawn Wright is a researcher of ...
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ARC advisory group report: Esri a leading GIS provider in utilities sector
Independent market research firm ARC Advisory Group reports that Esri holds the highest market share in the worldwide geospatial market and shows that Esri is a market leader in several utility industries. Founded in 1986, ARC Advisory Group is the leading research and advisory firm for industry and infrastructure. "Esri is the clear market share leader in the worldwide GIS market, and the ...
By Esri
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Bentley announces availability of V8i (SELECTseries 1) versions of MXROAD and MXROAD suite
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced the immediate availability of the V8i (SELECTseries 1) versions of Bentley MXROAD and MXROAD Suite – both of which provide advanced string-based modeling that enables the rapid and accurate design of all road types. These ...
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USGS Assesses Mineral Potential for Sagebrush Habitats in Six Western States
USGS has completed a comprehensive assessment and inventory of potential mineral resources covering approximately 10 million acres of Federal and adjacent lands in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming. The assessment, conducted at the request of the Bureau of Land Management, ranked the mineral potential in select areas of these states along a gradient of no potential, low potential, ...
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Trimble`s New GNSS Base Station Gives Users Improved Satellite Tracking and Remote
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the Trimble R750 GNSS Modular Receiver, a connected base station for use in civil construction, geospatial and agricultural applications. The R750 provides improved base station performance, giving contractors, surveyors and farmers more reliable and precise positioning in the field. The R750 can be used to broadcast Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) corrections ...
By Trimble
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GE’s Grid IQ™ ‘Solutions as a Service’ is Key Internet Technology Helping Utilities to Develop Modern Grid
Highlighting the utility industry’s growing use of Internet-based data management tools to develop modern grid networks, GE (NYSE: GE) Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt today cited GE’s Grid IQ™ “Solutions as a Service” (SaaS) offering as one of nine industrial service technologies that are creating more modern, interconnected businessesin a 21st century economy, during ...
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Ville de Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, Joins Bentley’s Municipal License Subscription Program
LONDON – BE Conference Europe – Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that Ville de Saguenay, in Quebec, Canada, has joined Bentley’s Municipal License Subscription (MLS) program. The municipality will use its new MLS to develop an advanced geospatial information system and better serve the infrastructure needs of its 156,000 citizens. Bentley’s MLS offers municipalities all the ...
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The sense and sensitivity of technology for all
The dazzling prospect of environmental information technologies available to everyone in the world was conjured up at the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi this week. The vision, however, comes with a caution. The optimistic scenario arises from a combination of geospatial technology and new online services, said Jack Dangermond, CEO and president of the US-based Environmental Systems Research ...
By SciDev.Net
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Singapore’s first Water Week sees deals worth over US$270m and international initiatives to boost water research and investments
Governments, utilities providers and water companies signed 27 agreements totalling more than SGD367 million (USD270 million) during the first Singapore International Water Week, which drew to a close last Friday. In addition, a water fund was launched to attract SGD435 million (USD320 million) in investments in Asian water projects. The global event for the water industry also saw governments ...
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US urged to merge land and oceans agencies into one
Today's federal environmental research, development, and monitoring programs are not structured to handle such major problems as global climate change, declines in freshwater, and loss of biodiversity, warns a group of former senior federal officials who want to form a new agency by merging two existing ones. In an article published in the journal 'Science,' the officials propose an independent ...
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Satellites can help monitor and manage African droughts
Kenyan MP and remote sensing expert, Wilbur Ottichilo, argues the time is ripe for using satellites to spot developing African droughts. The six million square kilometres of the Greater Horn of Africa are home to about 200 million people. Ecologically and environmentally, the region is highly precarious — more than 60 per cent of it is arid or semi-arid and most countries experience irregular ...
By SciDev.Net
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