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Atkins’ Transportation Experts Win Four Contracts Across Three US States
24 February 2014 Atkins has won four major transportation contracts across the south-central and south eastern US, which will help accommodate growth, increase traffic efficiency, and improve convenience for millions of road travellers every month. L. Joe Boyer, Atkins’ CEO, North America, said: “These high-quality transportation contract wins are due not only to the design,…
DatuGram™3D Field-to-Plan Tour Tuesday, February 11, in Fishkill, NY
Learn How To Survey Easier, Faster, Safer at High Accuracy DatuGram™3D Field-to-Plan Live Tour Tuesday, February 11, 2014 from 8am – 5pm Free Admission, Complimentary Lunch, and Chance to Win a Samsung NX 1000 Digital Camera* DatuGram™3D allows making geodetic measurements and technical drawings directly from images of regular cameras,
ABC’s Construction Economic Update-Nonresidential Construction Spending Falls in December
Nonresidential Construction Spending Falls in December December represented the end of a three-month winning streak for nonresidential spending growth. According to a Feb. 3 release by the U.S. Census Bureau, nonresidential construction spending fell 1.3 percent on a monthly basis and 1.1 percent on a yearly basis in December. Spending for the month totaled $573.07…
Sokkia Announces New DX-200 Expands Robotic Working Range, Features Hybrid Versatility
New DX-200 Expands Robotic Working Range, Features Hybrid Versatility OLATHE, Kan. – January 31, 2014 – Sokkia Corporation announces enhanced abilities and versatility to its DX series of total stations with the introduction of the DX-200 in the North American market.
Trimble Introduces Trimble Field Points Software for Building Construction Projects
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 22, 2014—Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today the new Trimble® Field Points software for construction field layout. The application enables contractors to create layout points in their computer-aided design (CAD) models. Trimble Field Points helps field crews to increase productivity by quickly and accurately matching the digital design on the physical construction site. This…
Visit Datumate at Booth 007 NYSAPLS Convention January 22-24, Rochester, NY
Come Visit Eric Colburn and Datumate at Booth 007 NYSAPLS Convention January 22-24, Rochester, NY Stop by and visit Eric Colburn and Datumate at Booth 007 at the New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors (NYSAPLS) Convention to learn about using DatuGram™3D software for 3D geodetic mapping and technical drawing. DatuGram™3D allows the creation of geodetic…
Loctronix Makes Developing Software Defined Radio Solutions Easier with the New ASR Workbench
– User-friendly tools accelerate waveform experimentation and development for high- performance positioning, navigation, timing and communications – WOODINVILLE, WA – January 15, 2014 – Loctronix® Corporation, a provider of unified positioning solutions for GNSS-challenged environments, announced the availability of the ASR Workbench, a development toolset for the company’s recently released ASR-2300 software-defined radio (SDR) module.…
Hemisphere GNSS Announces Management Changes
Hemisphere GNSS Announces Management Changes – Charles Joseph Named President and Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors SCOTTSDALE, AZ – JANUARY 3rd, 2014 – HEMISPHERE GNSS, Inc. today announced that Chuck Joseph has been named President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Joseph has also been appointed to the Hemisphere…
USGS Landsat Update – Special Issue 1 January 2014
Landsat 8 Reprocessing Notice Beginning February 3, 2014, all Landsat 8 data held in the USGS archives will be reprocessed. All Landsat 8 scenes will be removed from the online cache at this time and the data will then be reprocessed starting with the most recent acquisitions and proceeding back to the beginning of the…
Topcon Names Wilson New Agricultural Test Engineer for North America Product Testing
OLATHE, Kan. – Monday, January 6, 2014 Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) has named Jared Wilson as ag test engineer for the North America market. Wilson will report to Kurtis Kenne, TPA manager of global field testing.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Selects Six Sites for Unmanned Aircraft Research
After a rigorous 10-month selection process involving 25 proposals from 24 states, the Federal Aviation Administration has chosen six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test site operators across the country. In selecting the six test site operators, the FAA considered geography, climate, location of ground infrastructure, research needs, airspace use, safety, aviation experience and…
URISA Issues Call for Presentation Proposals for GIS-Pro 2014 in New Orleans
URISA is now accepting presentation proposals for GIS-Pro 2014: URISA’s 52nd Annual Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 8-11, 2014. The focus of GIS-Pro 2014 is “Leveraging Spatial Technology to Support Sustainable and Resilient Communities”. Submissions are due on or before January 27, 2014. Though proposals for complete sessions are encouraged (with…
Turning Mobile Phones into 3D-Scanners
This video showcases new mobile technology for Interactive 3D Mobile Reconstruction developed at the Computer Vision and Geometry Group from ETH Zürich. Simply moves the phone around the object of interest and after a few motions, a 3D model appears on the screen
Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup December 8, 2013
Sign up for the PLS Newsletter today! Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: MAPPS Announces Judges for Seventh Annual Geospatial Excellence Awards Competition Carl Bass Discusses Autodesk Revenue and Macro Environment on CNBC World How To Choose the Right Projects To Earn More Autodesk Powers 3D Explorer for Smithsonian Institution High Tech Map Making In 1953…
MAPPS Announces Judges for Seventh Annual Geospatial Excellence Awards Competition
MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of private sector geospatial firms, today announced the five judges who will evaluate entries in the seventh annual “Geospatial Products and Services Excellence awards competition”. The independent judges have been selected to evaluate projects submitted for the Awards Competition that highlight the exceptional services, products, software and hardware produced by…
Carl Bass Discusses Autodesk Revenue and Macro Environment on CNBC World
Carl Bass: President and CEO of Autodesk
Autodesk Powers 3D Explorer for Smithsonian Institution
First-of-its-Kind 3D Educational Tool Allows the Public to Interact with Rare Artifacts and Scientific Specimens Like Never Before WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) and the Smithsonian today debuted the Smithsonian x3D Explorer, an interactive 3D educational tool accessible to anyone via the web. Autodesk built the tool exclusively for the Smithsonian to democratize access to prized specimens and to bring…
SuperSurv (for iOS) V0.99 Now Available on App Store
Supergeo announced that SuperSurv (for iOS) V0.99 is now available on the App Store for trial. SuperSurv, the mobile GIS application designed for field survey, integrates with GIS and GPS technologies to provide functions like Map Display, Query, Measure, etc, and supports point, line and polygon data collection and offline data editing. In addition to…
Carlson Software Upcoming Webinar: Fixing Corrupt AutoCAD Drawings and Using Civil 3D Files
Join us for a Webinar on December 10! Pick up practical skills this winter in this multifaceted two-in-one Webinar! Designed to help improve your everyday use of Carlson Software, this Webinar will be presented by Jennifer DiBona of That CAD Girl. The first part will cover tips and tricks for recovering corrupted drawing files. The…
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Proposes To Drone On In The Future
This video is a portion of Charlie Rose’s 60 Minutes interview last night of Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos. Delivery by Drone?