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MILWAUKEE, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marshall & Swift/Boeckh ("MSB"), the leading worldwide provider of building cost data and estimating technology to the property insurance industry and Pictometry International Corp., the leading provider of data-rich aerial imagery, analytics, integrations and reports, announced today that they are partnering to bring the industry's leading professional-grade Risk Visualization capability to RCT Express, enhancing accuracy of risk...
REDLANDS, Calif., Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quality Positioning Services (QPS) has signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Esri, the world leader in GIS technology. The agreement enables QPS to bundle its QINSy and Fledermaus products with Esri software and provide a complete hydrographic survey, data management, and charting solution. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) "This worldwide OEM agreement with Esri allows us to...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online When it comes to uncharted territory, discovering a new island would seem pretty exciting. But, when you make an un-discovery, you got yourself a whole new ballgame. That’s what happened in the South Pacific Ocean just recently. A small strip of land, showing up on Google Earth and Google Maps, does not exist, say leading scientists from Australia. The supposedly sizeable land form, called Sable Island by the Times Atlas of the...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to an international team of scientists, led by the University of Durham, UK, the recent storms that have battered the east coast of America may have been much more frequent in the region 450 million years ago. The findings of their study, published in the journal Geology, pinpoint the positions of the Equator and the landmasses of the USA, Canada and Greenland, during the Ordovician Period 450 million years ago,...
REDLANDS, Calif., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri--in partnership with the City of Redlands, California; University of Redlands; Colton-Redlands-Yucaipa- Regional Occupational Program (ROP); and Inland Valley Newspapers Group--will host a series of activities that will educate about the importance and value of geographic information systems (GIS). The events are part of National Geographic's Geography Awareness Week, which celebrates geography worldwide and will take place...
MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] today announced the release of the GRGlobe(TM) application, a new commercial software solution to create, edit, and visualize Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data natively in a Google Earth(TM) environment. GRGlobe enables the visualization of spatial data by structuring it into organized layers and overlaying the feature data on a Google Earth globe. GRGlobe provides...
REDLANDS, Calif., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Miele, Inc., a premium provider of domestic appliances and commercial machines, has streamlined its distribution network in the United States using Esri technology. Esri's software and data are used to better understand which markets are best for the company's hiqh-quality products. By focusing on specific segments of the marketplace, Miele can pinpoint customers and help its dealers be more successful. (Logo:...
REDLANDS, Calif., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the worldwide Esri software user community are invited to tell their GIS story and share their expertise at the 2013 Esri International User Conference (Esri UC). The deadline for abstract submissions is November 9, 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) User presentations range from technical best practices and success stories to discussions about cutting-edge research and the future...
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today the latest hardware and software for its Trimble® Field Link for MEP and Trimble Field Link for Structures construction layout solutions. Incorporating an auto-focus green laser that replaces the eyepiece, the new Trimble RTS873 Robotic Total Station allows building construction contractors the ability to more easily collect and layout field points using robotic interaction. In addition to the new total...
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today a new addition to its Railway Solutions portfolio--the Trimble® GEDO Scan System. The latest trolley system is lightweight, flexible and capable of measuring and documenting the clearance envelope for tunnels, station platforms and assets such as signals, bridges and walls to improve the safety of railway operations worldwide. The announcement was made at Trimble Dimensions 2012. The GEDO Scan System...
Latest Cartography Reference Libraries
The Tropic of Cancer, which is also referred to as the Northern tropic, is the circle of latitude on the Earth that serves as a marker for the most northerly position at which the sun may appear directly overhead at its zenith. This event happens once per year, at the time of the June solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun to its maximum degree. Its Southern Hemisphere counterpart, marking the most southerly position at which the Sun might appear directly...
A prime meridian is a meridian, i.e. a line of longitude, at which the definition of longitude is zero degrees. A prime meridian and its opposite in a 360 degree-system, the 180th meridian, create a great circle. This great circle separates the sphere into two hemispheres. If one uses directions f East and West from a defined prime meridian, then they can be named Eastern and Western Hemisphere. A prime meridian is eventually arbitrary, unlike an equator, which is determined by the axis...
An equator is the intersection of a sphere’s surface with the plane that is perpendicular to the sphere’s axis of rotation and midway between the poles. The Equator is normally referred to the Earth’s equator: an imaginary line on the Earth’s surface halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, separating the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. Other planets and astronomical bodies have equators that are similarly defined. The Equator is approximately...
Arctic Circle -- The Arctic (Land of the Midnight Sun) is the area around the earth's North Pole while antarctic is in South Pole. It includes parts of Russia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Lapland and Svalbard as well as the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. Everything north of this circle is known as the Arctic, and the zone just to the south of this circle is the Northern Temperate Zone. This is the parallel of...
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