The key objective of this workshop will be to discuss the water management challenges faced by countries in the Nile river basin region, the opportunities which new technologies provide to enhance water management and use for domestic purposes, agriculture and in cities.  The workshop will address these challenges through a number of discussion topics, including: weather forecasting; technological solutions and standards; smart metering; climate smart agriculture; water governance, institutions and regulations; stakeholder engagement; and planning water resources and land use. Read More

According to a study released today from the Government Business Council (GBC) and Booz Allen Hamilton, more than 75 percent of federal managers believe Big Data has the power to fundamentally transform federal operations. However, their confidence wanes when asked whether their agency is taking the appropriate steps to leverage this new method of collecting and using large amounts of information. A mere 37 percent agreed that their agency is moving in the right direction to implement Big Data. Read More

The IDRISI software provides nearly 300 modules for the analysis and display of digital spatial information. It also includes the innovative applications Land Change Modeler and Earth Trends Modeler. Start using the new features of IDRISI Selva--expand your capabilities.  Buy any IDRISI license, new or upgrade, and we'll take 25% off the price of the license. Don't miss out -- this special offer won't last long!  Take advantage of this great value and start using IDRISI Selva today.  Read More

While at the bottom, he spent several hours exploring the seafloor. 3D cameras captured images for a National Geographic film that is being released later this year. He told the BBC that donating the vessel to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) would give the sub "a second phase" of life after the dive. He said that funding was so scarce that plans to take the vehicle on a second series of dives had not been possible. Read More

Originally from France, Thomas moved more than a year ago to San Francisco to be part of the IT revolution. Thomas has a Master's in Computer Science and skills in many fields. From project manager to developer, he has the experience to bring to any kind of projects at metaio. Thomas has been working for more than a year with Augmented Reality technologies, and is mostly working with the mobile AR tools to create the best products for customers. Thomas is a fan of skiing, and he is always ready for a couple of runs during the weekends.

AVEVA announced today that it has been named Business of the Year 2013 at the Cambridge News Business Excellence awards which took place Thursday 21 March at Kings College, Cambridge. Chosen from a list of prestigious Cambridgeshire companies, the award recognises an organisation that has led the way in 2012 in terms of growth, diversification or consolidation.

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Geoimage and PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced that together they will offer a series of free  workshops in Perth, Brisbane and Canberra in March. Join Geoimage and PCI to better understand the variety of offerings from PCI Geomatics and how you can use the software to gain operational efficiencies. Informative sessions will be delivered on the following:

• Geomatica – PCI’s Desktop Image Processing software – featuring Geomatica 2013’s latest advances, including atmospheric correction, improved support for large projects and detailed digital elevation model extraction.

• Geomatica Discover -Geomatica Discover is a new, standalone software tool for automated data discovery on local or network storage devices. An intuitive web-based interface provides the ability to crawl drives for geospatial data, then expose the database through web-based catalogs that can be easily filtered. This tool can be used to reduce the time spent searching for existing data, or to build data requirements based on existing and missing geospatial data holdings.

• Historical Airphoto Processing Production Workflow -Significantly reduce manual labor, double production speeds, and achieve high levels of accuracy with the semi-automated Historical Airphoto Workflow

• GXL - Designed to be scalable and high speed, the GeoImaging Accelerator (GXL) can process
terabytes of satellite and aerial imagery per day through the power of distributed, GPU-enabled  www.geoimage.com
computing. See some of the latest advancements in GXL processing, including True Ortho, 2.5 D DEM
editing, and advanced cutline generation methods to reduce manual Quality Assurance on large
projects.

The Bentley Student Design Competition gives students an opportunity to explore the crucial and rewarding work of designing, building, operating, and sustaining the world's infrastructure by using MicroStation or any of Bentley's architecture, bridge, construction, road, geospatial, or engineering design software. At the same time, it encourages them to pursue a course of study that emphasizes math and sciences, which are fundamental to every infrastructure discipline.The Bentley Student Design Competition recognizes innovative and technically advanced projects created by university, technical college, and high school students using Bentley software. Through their hands-on participation in this design work, the students acquire the software knowledge and hone the skills they’ll need as future members of the infrastructure community. Call For Submissions Now Open
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The British Geological Survey (BGS) will be offering free demonstrations of their powerful immersive 3D software, "GeoVisionary", as part of the NERC Technology Marketplace event at Ocean Business on Wednesday April 10th. GeoVisionary software has been developed collaboratively by Virtalis and BGS. Combining a powerful data streaming and visualisation engine with a virtual geological toolkit enables users to visualise, analyse, interpret and share large geoscientific datasets seamlessly in an immersive, real-time environment.

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Flow Science announced today that its 2013 FLOW-3D World Users Conference will be held September 19-20, 2013 at the Allerton Hotel in Chicago, IL. The conference is open to FLOW-3D, FLOW-3D Cast, FLOW-3D/MP and FLOW-3D ThermoSET users and anyone interested in learning more about Flow Science’s products. User presentations and posters are expected from a variety of interesting applications of FLOW-3D. Additionally, software development plans for FLOW-3D will be presented by Michael Barkhudarov, VP of R&D and John Ditter, VP of Software Engineering at Flow Science. Free training in the use of the customized version of EnSight that will be FLOW-3D’s future visualization tool will be held Wednesday afternoon, September 18.

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Computational Science is a main pillar of most of the present research, industrial and commercial activities and plays a unique role in exploiting Information and Communication Technologies as innovative technologies. The ICCSA Conference offers a real opportunity to discuss new issues, tackle complex problems and find advanced enabling solutions able to shape new trends in Computational Science. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) (edited by Springer) and Conference Publishing Services (CPS). Read More

The period for submission of papers for the AGI GeoCommunity '13 conference is now open. We encourage all of our members, and indeed non-members, to submit a paper on an area of interest to you. If your paper is selected, you will be invited to deliver this paper at the conference on either 17th or 18th September.

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