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Surveying Companies Discuss Rapidly Changing Infrastructure Workflows
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- Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 00:19
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The plenary day of the Geospatial World Forum took place this morning in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with presentations from infrastructure information leaders. Present on the stage were leaders from Topcon, Bentley Systems, Autodesk, and HP, with each presenting their vision for where the infrastructure workflow is heading. In addition to new technologies, the presenters also addressed some of the challenges they face. Following are summarized comments from each of the presenters.
Connecting Geomatics Advancement to the China Dream
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- Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 00:11
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Dr. Li Pengde, deputy director general, National Administration of Surveying and Mapping (NASG) of China, addressed the Geospatial World Forum in Rotterdam this week. The vision of the country is for dynamic mapping and open geoinformation services, with ongoing investments in their positioning and remote sensing satellites, and increasing economic benefits from Chinese geomatics companies doing business abroad.
China’s national goal for geomatics advancement ties into the emerging China Dream that has the country working together for advanced development. Ecology has become an important driver, with directives to better monitor changes on the land through dynamic surveying, with change monitoring and analysis, providing data, information and knowledge to decision makers.
Google Adds a Time-Lapse Viewer to Explore Our Changing Planet
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- Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 00:39
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Together with the U.S Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME magazine, Google released an interactive time-lapse viewer of a full 25 years of images of Earth. The viewer provides insight into our changin planet with millions of Landsat satellite images. The Timelapse project, viewable on the TIME magazine site, provides a number of interactive snapshots of areas that have seen dramatic change.
Improving Geological Mapping in China
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- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 21:56
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Geological mapping is a complicated and tedious professional task. Precise models are expected to be built with less time, more input and analysis of big data, a greater understanding of geological conditions, and frequent updates to be inline with current conditions.
China Invests $810 Million on Industrial Park to Support the Development of the Beidou Navigation System
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- Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 20:14
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China's Beidou satellite navigation system got a further push this week with news of a large RMB 5 billion (US$810 million) investment to build the 27-hectare Beidou Strategic Emerging Industrial Park in the city of Tianjin. The park will work to develop the use and application of the country's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), into a world-leading market. The industral park is slated for between 30 and 50 companies developing products using Beidou's technology, with the first 20 companies moving there in June, with full operation by 2015.
Hardware
Leica GR25 WLAN-enabled GNSS Reference Server Provides Unique Internet Sharing
8 May 2013 | 87The Leica GR25 GNSS Reference Server has now been enhanced with a standard on-board WLAN module to extend its Ethernet and mobile wireless internet connectivity options. This is accompanied by the ne…
Advanced Navigation Releases Spatial Dual GNSS/INS Antenna
7 May 2013 | 92Advanced Navigation announced today the release of Spatial Dual, their new dual antenna GNSS/INS. Spatial Dual is a ruggedized miniature GPS aided inertial navigation system and AHRS that provides acc…
LP960 Mapping Drone Comes with Touchscreen Tablet and Processing Software
23 Apr 2013 | 162LP960, a professional micro civil drone (or UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) from Lehmann Aviation, now comes with a touchscreen tablet running under Windows8 Operating System. The new innovative softwar…
Software
1Spatial Launches 1Edit, Powerful Spatial Data Editing Solution
15 May 2013 | 721Spatial, global specialists in spatial big data management, is today launching 1Edit. A revolutionary, touch-screen-compatible solution, 1Edit offers fast and intuitive data-editing in the field or o…
SPECIM Announces the Release of SpecSensor SDK, a Software Development Kit for Rapid Hyperspectral Sensor Software Integration
13 May 2013 | 70SPECIM, Spectral Imaging, Ltd., announces the release of SpecSensor SDK, a software development kit for rapid development of data acquisition and camera control application using SPECIM's hyperspectra…
Event Coverage
Takeaways from 3D Malaysia 2013
25 Jan 2013 | 1123The First 3D Malaysia 2013 conference with the theme “3D Data for Sustainable Development” was jointly organized by DES Mapping and Intermap, USA. in Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur on January 22nd. Over 120 p…
35th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE) in Beijing
2 Oct 2012 | 1463The 35th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment (ISRSE35) is to be held in Beijing from 22-26 April, 2013. This is the first symposium in the series to be held in China. The fir…
Corporate News
Spain to Host New Galileo Satellite Service Center
17 May 2013 | 49Europe has inaugurated its newest Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) service center. Located in Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain, the Loyola de Palacio GNSS Service Center will be dedicated to…
FARO’s Inaugural Asia Pacific 3D Documentation Conference Exceeds Expectations on Content and Delivery
17 May 2013 | 49FARO Technologies, Inc., the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement technology, hosted its first ever 3D Documentation Conference in Asia Pacific. The flagship regional event saw more than 180…
Atmospheric Pollution Sensor First Ball Contract with South Korea
17 May 2013 | 53Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to build the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) for the Nationa…
Geospatial World Awards Confered on Leading Organisations
17 May 2013 | 50Geospatial Media and Communications, the leading media agency in Geospatial sector, today conferred its annual Geospatial World Awards to 19 organisations from the domain and it’s end-user agencies fo…
RIEGL Topo-Hydrographic Airborne Laser Scanner Awarded as Exemplary Innovation 2013
17 May 2013 | 72On May 15th, RIEGL won the Geospatial World Award in the category Geospatial Technology Innovation Surveying at the Geospatial World Forum Conference in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, for the RIEGL VQ-82…
Coming Events
| Tue May 21 Australia - SSSI Snapshot Seminar in Sydney |
| Thu May 23 China - GeoComputation 2013 |
| Mon Jun 03 USA - HxGN Live 2013 |
| Sat Jul 06 USA - Esri Survey Summit |
| Mon Jul 08 USA - Esri International User Conference |
| Tue Jul 16 Australia - IGNSS 2013 |
| Sun Jul 21 Australia - IGARSS 2013 |
| Mon Aug 05 Australia - 18th Annual Geospatial Solutions Conference |
| Sat Aug 17 New Zealand - Maori GIS Association National Conference |
| Mon Aug 19 Japan - Summer Seminar on GNSS |
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