Announcing Release of UgCS v.2.12 and UgCS for DJI v.2.8 Update
Riga - SPH Engineering announces the release of the UgCS and its mobile companion’s UgCS for DJI update perfecting user experience and features for professional UAV survey mission planning. Along with the update, the UgCS Mapper (beta) is made available - a geo-referenced image processing desktop software, to create preliminary orthophoto map in-field, requiring no internet connection. The double grid option is added for Area scan and Photogrammetry tool, to enable more precise aerial data ac...
Sierra Leone Makes Fourth Licensing Round Pre-Announcement
The Director General of the Petroleum Directorate of Sierra Leone (PDSL), Raymond Kargbo, announced at this week’s Africa Oil Week Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, that his country’s Fourth Offshore Petroleum Licensing Round will take place between mid-January and the end-May 2018. This License Round will be exclusively supported by the Getech Group (AIM; GTC), through its wholly owned subsidiary ERCL. ERCL and the Petroleum Directorate have worked together since 2016 to provide the...
Teleste Strengthens its Offering of Passenger Information Solutions for the Public Transport Industry through an Acquisition
TURKU, FINLAND – Teleste Corporation announced today that it has acquired iqu Systems GmbH, the German company specialised in intelligent passenger information systems and software. Through the acquisition, Teleste will complement its offering of passenger information solutions for public transport, one of the company’s key focus areas. A major aim of the transaction is to strengthen Teleste’s capabilities as a provider of modular solutions that meet public transport operators’ demands for sm...
Innovative Global Water Utilities Network Partners with CH2M
The Leading Utilities of the World (LUOW) network has partnered with multinational engineering company CH2M, to help promote water utility innovation and global partnerships aiming to raise the performance of the water sector worldwide. The engineering firm CH2M has been announced as the ‘Foundation Partner’ of LUOW, an initiative established by the Global Water Leaders Group (GWLG), to create a global network of the world's most successful and innovative water and wastewater utilities. The n...
SimActive Automates Direct Georeferencing
Montreal, Canada – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce an automated solution for direct georeferencing from real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning. Within the new workflow feature, users can easily get high accuracy in projects without the use of ground control points (GCP), saving considerable time in collecting and processing data. Martin Instrument, a reseller of SimActive and surveying equipment, is one of the many users benefit...
New Cape May County Correctional Center Builds with Prefabricated Cells
CAPE MAY COUNTY, N.J. – After several years of diligent determination, Cape May County will finally get the new correctional center they have been waiting for and will be utilizing prefabricated jail cells to do it. Contracted by General Contractor Hall Construction Co., Oldcastle Precast Modular Group of Telford, Pa. is designing, engineering, manufacturing and fully-outfitting the precast concrete rear chase cell and dormitory style cell modules that will house approximately 320 inmates in...
Senate Committee Advances Trombino Nomination to Head FHWA
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted Oct. 25 to send to the full Senate the nomination of former Iowa Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino to head the Federal Highway Administration. The action clears the way for the Senate to consider confirming him as FHWA administrator, which would make Trombino the first permanent FHWA chief since Greg Nadeau departed at the end of the Obama administration. Currently, Deputy FHWA Administrator Brandye Hendrickson, a form...
Regular Commercial Truck Platoons Said to Soon Reach U.S. Highways
In a technology-focused news story with major implications for eroding the Highway Trust Fund, the Washington Post reported that commercial truck operators may adopt the use of regular truck platooning as soon as 2018. "A wave of new technology intended to make trucks safer – using radar, cameras and reflective light scanning – is sweeping the industry," the Post said Oct. 22. "By next year, much of it may be combined to put pairs of trucks on the road at a distance that before would not have...
D.C. Mayor Bowser Taps Marootian to Be DDOT Director Pending Confirmation
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser this month appointed Jeff Marootian as acting director of the District Department of Transportation, which puts him in line to be the agency's permanent director upon confirmation by the City Council. Bowser earlier named Marootian as DDOT's interim director upon the Aug. 11 departure of former Director Leif Dormsjo, who left to take a private-sector job. Marootian had been the department's deputy director since he joined DDOT in March, after workin...
Congress Completes Latest Disaster Aid Bill
The Senate on Oct. 24 followed the House in passing legislation to provide $36.5 billion in disaster relief for victims of recent hurricanes and wildfires, and President Trump signed into law Oct. 26. Also included is emergency credit to Puerto Rico to keep its government functioning, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Journal said the disaster-relief bill, which passed 82-17, includes $18.7 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief fund, $16 billion to reple...
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