NOAA has upgraded nowCOAST, a GIS-based online map service providing more frequently updated ocean observations along with coastal and marine weather forecasts. The new version, which went live on September 21, also offers a visual point-and-click access to…
Australia Unveils “Design of Place” Online Site for Sustainable House Day
Innovative, energy-efficient housing designs can now be downloaded free from the Department of Industry and Science’s YourHome.gov.au website. Launching…
2015 NASCC Presentations Available for Free Online Viewing
Chicago, May 20, 2015—If you missed the 2015 NASCC: The Steel Conference in Nashville (which attracted the conference's highest attendance ever!), AISC…
IMAGINiT Technologies Launches New Blended Learning Training Classes on Autodesk Products
OWINGS MILLS, Md., May 1, 2015—Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, today announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division is introducing…
W3C and OGC to Collaborate to Integrate Spatial Data on the Web
Jan. 6, 2015—The W3C and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced today a new collaboration to improve interoperability and integration of spatial data on the Web. Spatial data —describing geographic locations on the earth and natural and constructed…
LandWorks Adds Digital Parcel Polygon Data to Online Offerings
HOUSTON, Tx., Oct. 27, 2014 – LandWorks Inc., a developer of innovative land management solutions, has added individual parcel polygons to its cloud-based offering of GIS-ready map products. Clients may now search, purchase and download digital parcel data…
Sanborn Launches Online Store for 3-D Building Data
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 9, 2014—With the introduction of Sanborn Online, The Sanborn Map Company, Inc., (Sanborn) has streamlined the way its customers can purchase the firm’s world-class collection of digital 3-D building data. Sanborn Online, the…
N.C. Eyes Cloud for Linking Statewide Property Data Systems
North Carolina is exploring ways to use cloud-based software tools to pull property data from disconnected systems into standard data sets that can be harnessed for a range of purposes, including taxation, emergency management and environmental protection.…
What Use Are Apps When Your Infrastructure is Under Water?
This winter has seen unprecedented high winds and flooding resulting in widespread and in some cases, long-lasting power outages in the UK, particularly in the west of England. Whole villages have been inundated and families have been forced to evacuate their…
