Shanghai will encourage the use of a highly accurate indoor mapping and positioning service based on Wi-Fi in big public buildings, to help people find emergency exits and help firefighters find people in need of rescue during fires. Consumers who install the system on their smartphones or tablet computers will also be able to quickly […]
Exprodat’s petroleum ArcGIS training courses come to Oz
By Spatial Source on 18 December, 2012Exprodat, the UK-based provider of petroleum GIS services, software and training, has added a number of new worldwide locations for its petroleum ArcGIS training courses in 2013, including one in Perth, WA. In 2013, Exprodat will offer training courses in Perth (Australia), Houston (Texas, USA), Calgary (Canada) and Dubai (UAE). To view the dates of […]
Best of the Blogs 18 December 2012
By Spatial Source on 18 December, 2012The first images of the next Scottish Ten project have been released, showing unprecedented detail of the Eastern Qing Tombs – in use from 1666 to 1911 – which are the final resting place of some of China’s best known emperors. LiDAR News has the details, and a link to more images. Mashable […]
OGC forms 3D portrayal standards working group
By Spatial Source on 11 December, 2012The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) recently announced the formation of the 3D portrayal standards working group (3D Portrayal SWG). This group is chartered to progress the Candidate OGC Web 3D Service Interface Standard and the OGC Web View Service Discussion Paper to the state of an integrated, adopted OGC standard. The OGC members […]
Astrium to develop two new satellites for NASA
By Spatial Source on 11 December, 2012Astrium has been commissioned to build two new research satellites for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). For a minimum of five years from August 2017, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (Grace FO) mission will continue the extremely accurate measurement data collection of the first twin Grace satellites, which have been in orbit since […]
A location-based national soil map app
By Spatial Source on 11 December, 2012A new iPad app, called SoilMapp, provides open access to the best and most up-to-date information for soil at any location in the country within a matter of seconds. Information such as soil depth, acidity, salinity, soil carbon, soil water holding capacity and other attributes will help land managers, farmers and rural advisors make on-the-spot […]
Third Galileo satellite begins broadcasting signal
By Spatial Source on 11 December, 2012Europe’s third Galileo satellite transmitted its first test navigation signals back to Earth earlier this month. The two Galileo satellites launched last October have reached their final orbital position and are in the midst of testing. The third Galileo Flight Model, known as FM3, transmitted its first test navigation signal in the E1 band on […]
Open Spatial announces Enlighten update
By Spatial Source on 11 December, 2012Open Spatial recently announced the release of version 3.0 of its Enlighten Business Intelligence service. Enlighten Bi is a web-based GIS and decision support portal that enables integration of engineering, corporate databases, imagery, mapping data and multimedia. The ability to drill down and drill through corporate data stores from a map is a main strength […]
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