The key to monitoring Earth’s changing environment and to guaranteeing a consistent stream of satellite data to improve our daily lives is to take the same measurements over the course of decades. But how do you know that measurements from successive satellites, even though identical in build, are like for like?
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Read the articleDne 28. 6. 2018 z důvodu odstávky elektrického proudu v době od 7:30 do 19:30 hodin, bude provoz katastrálního pracoviště omezen. Bude přerušeno telefonní spojení i další formy elektronické komunikace, nebude zajištěn bezbariérový přístup na pracoviště. Děkujeme za pochopení.
Ze školy si asi pamatujete jméno superkontinentu Pangea. Ale víte jak Pangea vypadala? A kde se na ní nacházelo Česko? Pokud ne, možná vás zaujme pěkná webová aplikace Ancient Earth, kterou vytvořila The Dinosaur Database. V tomto virtuálním glóbu si můžete zobrazit vývoj kontinentů za posledních 750 milionů let. Mezi jednotlivými obdobími se pohybujete pomocí […]
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Patnáctého června byl Světový den větru: těžko bychom tak hledali lepší den pro „větrnou družici“ ESA Aeolus, aby se vydala na svoji cestu na kosmodrom ve Francouzské Guayaně. A zatímco většina družic na místo startu letí, v případě satelitu Aeolus je to jiné: putuje lodí.
Patnáctého června byl Světový den větru: těžko bychom tak hledali lepší den pro „větrnou družici“ ESA Aeolus, aby se vydala na svoji cestu na kosmodrom ve Francouzské Guayaně. A zatímco většina družic na místo startu letí, v případě satelitu Aeolus je to jiné: putuje lodí.
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Read the articleGoogle Maps ohlásil na 16. červenec výrazné zdražení svých komerčních služeb – ve službě JavaScript Maps API vložené mapy (nově se jmenují Dynamic Maps) dostane uživatel zdarma pouhých 28.000 načtení mapy na webu měsíčně, což je ani ne 1 tisíc načtení denně. Do teď byla zdarma 25 000 denně – a 1000 zobrazeni navíc stálo 0,5 USD […]
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Today is Global Wind Day, which couldn’t be more apt for ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite to begin its voyage to the launch site in French Guiana. And, while almost all satellites journey by aircraft, Aeolus is different, it’s going by ship.
Today is Global Wind Day, which couldn’t be more apt for ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite to begin its voyage to the launch site in French Guiana. And, while almost all satellites journey by aircraft, Aeolus is different, it’s going by ship.
ESA challenged its young graduate and national trainees to develop a smartphone app to perform satnav fixes using only Galileo satellites. Three teams developed apps in their spare time, presenting their results to a jury of experts from ESA, the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA) and Google.
The first Open Service Quarterly Performance Report of the year, covering the period from January to March 2018, has been published under the Performance Reports section of the GSC web portal.
The fifth Open Service (OS) Performance Report, and the first of 2018, is available in the Electronic Library, providing the status of the Galileo constellation and the achieved performance over the reporting period (January, February and March 2018).
These quarterly reports provide the public with the latest information on the Galileo Open Service measured performance statistics with respect to their Minimum Performance Levels (MPLs), as declared in the Galileo OS Service Definition Document (OS SDD), in particular, on parameters such as:
As in the past year, the Galileo OS measured performance figures generally comfortably exceed their MPL thresholds.
Some highlights from the Q1 2018 performance report:
For the most up-to-date information on the Galileo system and constellation, visit the European GNSS Service Centre (GSC) website, in particular, the Galileo constellation status section. For more details on Galileo performance and its services, do not hesitate to contact the Galileo Help Desk.
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Nejen pro odbornou veřejnost, ale i pro ty, kterým záleží na tom, jakým způsobem a tempem se bude rozvíjet jejich region, se bude konat již 4. ročník konference GIS v plánování měst a regionů (GISPLAN). Pořadateli jsou Vysoká škola regionálního rozvoje a Bankovní institut – AMBIS a.s. a Česká asociace pro geoinformace. Akce se uskuteční dne […]
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Bentley recognized for helping Malaysia’s Mass Rapid Transit Corporation in going digital
for a world-class railway project
Bentley Systems today announced it has received a 2018 Microsoft Partner of the Year award. Bentley was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of user solutions based on Microsoft technology.
Awards were announced in 39 categories, with winners chosen from more than 2,600 entrants from 115 countries worldwide. Bentley Systems was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in the CityNext Partner of the Year category.
Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley said, “We are honored to have received this prestigious award which recognizes Bentley as a provider of cloud-based software solutions powered by Azure, for the advancement of infrastructure projects throughout the world, and specifically for Mass Rapid Transit Corporation’s [MRTC] outstanding Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya [SSP] line in Malaysia. MRTC is going digital, harnessing Bentley and Microsoft technology to deliver one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever undertaken in Asia.”
With more than 1.7 million people residing in just 94 square miles, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has one of the highest population densities globally. As a result, it is estimated that residents living in the Greater Klang Valley region collectively spend 280 million hours per year stuck in traffic. The SSP line is the second line of MRTC’s Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit railway project, which will create better mobility for residents and make it possible to ease traffic by an estimated 160,000 cars daily. As Malaysia’s largest infrastructure project, the SSP line includes 11 interchange stations, making it easier for commuters to transfer to existing and future rail lines, while 16 stations will have park and ride facilities. In addition to creating an estimated 130,000 new employment opportunities, the line has the potential to generate RM 20 billion in cost savings per year as a result of reduced traffic congestion.
The MRTC project team utilizes Bentley OpenRail’s connected data environment comprising the shared services of ProjectWise and AssetWise, powered by Microsoft Azure to ensure seamless information exchange, real-time collaboration, and management of asset information across the lifecycle, among hundreds of team members.
Poh Seng Tiok, director of planning and design for MRTC noted that on a project of this scale and complexity, it is essential to effectively manage and share the huge amount of data across the entire project—from design and construction, through to operation and asset management.
Mr. Poh said, “We need to make sure that all the different [project] phases are well covered and information that we build up during design, and during construction are taken forward during the operation and maintenance stage for better understanding. By turning to the Bentley/Microsoft cloud-based solution, we are able to streamline collaboration across all teams and identify and mitigate potential issues, before they impact cost, schedule, and safety. We expect to increase productivity by about 35 percent, through reducing design rework by providing real-time, accurate information.”
Through the partnership with Bentley Systems and Microsoft, MRTC expects to complete the project on time and within budget by 2022. Watch the project video here. Learn more about the featured project here.
“Our ecosystem of partners is crucial to delivering transformative solutions, and this year’s winners have proven to be some of the finest among their peers,” said Gavriella Schuster, corporate vice president, One Commercial Partner, Microsoft Corp. “We are pleased to recognize Bentley Systems for being selected as winner of the 2018 Microsoft CityNext award.”
About Microsoft’s Partner of the Year Awards
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions during the past year. Award winners are recognized at Microsoft Inspire, Microsoft’s annual partner event, to be held this year in Las Vegas, July 15 through 19. Learn more about the awards program.
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Read the articleBentley Systems announces the availability of OpenPlant CONNECT Edition, the latest of Bentley’s plant design offerings that allows users in the process and manufacturing industries to improve design and operations with a collaborative, intelligent, 2D and 3D plant design environment based on open data standards. OpenPlant CONNECT Edition now provides owner-operators and engineering, procurement, and construction companies the ability to design and manage their plant data through cloud-based services, while supporting reliable and asynchronous project visibility, anytime, anywhere.
OpenPlant CONNECT Edition is the first application in Bentley’s multi-discipline plant design to utilize iModelHub, Bentley’s cloud service, which tracks all changes made to project designs and notifies users of changes. Participants can choose to synchronize to and from particular timeline milestones and can visualize, summarize, analyze, and interpret the impact of ongoing changes. Utilizing the integration between OpenPlant and iModelHub, users can synchronize 3D models from OpenPlant with iModelHub, to view and query the model data in a web-based interface. Users can also perform 2D and 3D consistency checking through integration with OpenPlant PID. A full history of all the changes made to the 3D model and 2D designs are synchronized to iModelHub, including who made changes, what was changed, when changes were made, and the date the changes were completed.
In addition, OpenPlant CONNECT Edition with iModelHub improves plant design collaboration and saves project time with the following capabilities:
• Easy access to project data through ProjectWise and ProjectWise Connection Services for cloud-based workflows granting access to services for data editing, tag creation, reporting, and dashboarding of all user data that has been synchronized to iModelHub
• Improved isometric production with the additional ability to generate isometrics based on pipeline data that has been synchronized with iModelHub
• Enhanced interaction with third-party data via the ability to review PDMS, E3D, and Smart 3D data and models in the context of the connected data environment that provides all the change tracking implicit with the use of iModelHub
Artur Abramowicz, project manager, ICHEMAD, said, "Bentley software is the key to optimizing the design and plant construction. We achieve visible targets such as quality, optimization of time and financial gains. For me, this is the key to success.”
Jesse Wolfe, CAD manager for Wink Engineering, said, “The Isometrics Style configuration tools in OpenPlant Isometrics Manager CONNECT Edition will save us much time in drawing production. This will allow us to quickly customize the isometrics style to accommodate multiple client standards. The ability to import data from an iModel or an external source such as a database or spreadsheet saves us much time, allowing us to validate data at a single point rather than manually enter it on each drawing.”
Ken Adamson, vice president, building, electrical, plant, and structural detailing for Bentley Systems, said, “The new cloud-based capabilities for managing changes to the project, as well as querying, reporting, and monitoring the health of our users’ projects with OpenPlant CONNECT Edition and iModelHub provides improved insights for all project participants.” Adamson continued, “The improvements in productivity and efficiency with redesigned user interfaces, interdisciplinary coordination between 2D and 3D models, and the addition of CONNECT Advisor with context-sensitive searches of learning content from multiple sources as an in-product experience, provides a truly significant leap forward in how organizations manage, execute, and maintain plant facilities.”
About OpenPlant
OpenPlant provides advancements for multi-discipline engineering of plants. It is widely adopted by leading plant EPCs and owner-operators as a practical and scalable solution to comprehensively support project delivery. Through its use of iRING/ISO 15926 as an intrinsic data model, OpenPlant enables users to coordinate and share information across multiple disciplines and the infrastructure lifecycle.
About the CONNECT Edition
With the CONNECT Edition, Bentley introduces SELECT CONNECTservices, Azure-based services that provide comprehensive learning, mobility, and collaboration benefits to every Bentley application subscriber. Adaptive Learning Services help users master use of Bentley applications through CONNECT Advisor, an in-application service that provides contextual and personalized learning. Personal Mobility Services provide unlimited access to Bentley apps, ensuring users have access to the right project information when and where they need it. ProjectWise Connection Services allow users to securely share application and project information, to manage and resolve issues, and to create, send, and receive transmittals, submittals, and RFIs.
About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is a global leader dedicated to providing engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure. Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,500 colleagues in over 50 countries, and is on track to surpass an annual revenue run rate of $700 million. Since 2012, Bentley has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions. www.bentley.com
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Ještě dříve, než bude nová družice ESA Aeolus uložena do transportního kontejneru a odeslána do Francouzské Guayany, aby se odtud v srpnu vydala do vesmíru, budou mít zástupci médií možnost prohlédnout si naposledy tento nejnovější satelit programu Earth Explorer.
Ještě dříve, než bude nová družice ESA Aeolus uložena do transportního kontejneru a odeslána do Francouzské Guayany, aby se odtud v srpnu vydala do vesmíru, budou mít zástupci médií možnost prohlédnout si naposledy tento nejnovější satelit programu Earth Explorer.
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) hosted Cospas-Sarsat participants at its Prague headquarters on 5-11 June 2018, at a meeting to address matters related to the evolution of the Medium-Altitude Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) system.
At the meeting, the Cospas-Sarsat participants focused on developing the final operational and technical steps required for the declaration of MEOSAR Initial Operational Capability (IOC), planned for 2019. By holding this meeting at the GSA headquarters in Prague, the European Commission underlined the key contribution of the SAR/Galileo service to the MEOSAR system, paving the way towards its full operational capability.
The Galileo SAR service is a fundamental European contribution to the Cospas-Sarsat International Programme, thanks to the SAR/Galileo repeaters and ground segment equipment that relay Cospas-Sarsat distress alerts to national authorities through the Cospas-Sarsat ground network.
“Galileo SAR is one of five Galileo services and is among the three initial services that were declared by the Commission in December 2016. Galileo will be the first full constellation with SAR capability,” GSA Executive Director Carlo des Dorides said at the meeting.
Watch this: Galileo Search and Rescue (SAR) Service
“The GSA is actively supporting beacon manufacturers in implementing Galileo differentiators into their new products and is proud to have Galileo-enabled beacons in the market as a result of our collaboration with leading EU manufacturers,” des Dorides said, adding that the GSA is also leveraging EU GNSS R&D programmes to contribute to Cospas-Sarsat priorities.
The Cospas-Sarsat system detects and locates emergency beacons activated by aircraft, ships and people engaged in recreational activities in remote areas, and then sends these distress alerts to search-and-rescue authorities. The system utilises a network of satellites that provides coverage anywhere on Earth. Distress alerts are detected, located and forwarded to over 200 countries and territories at no cost to beacon owners or the receiving government agencies.
Between September 1982 and December 2016, the Cospas-Sarsat system provided assistance in rescuing at least 43,807 people in 12,664 SAR events. On average, six lives are saved every day with the assistance of Cospas-Sarsat.
Cospas-Sarsat delegates met at the GSA’s Prague headquarters from 5-11 June 2018, to discuss the evolution of the Medium-Altitude Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) system
And this: MEOSAR Intro
In 2004, Cospas-Sarsat initiated the development of the Medium-altitude Earth Orbiting Satellite System for Search and Rescue (MEOSAR system), with SAR repeaters placed on the GNSS satellites of Europe, Russia and the USA. Early operational capability data from the MEOSAR system has been available since December 2016. MEOSAR will initially complement the existing low-altitude LEOSAR and geostationary GEOSAR systems. The MEOSAR system will eventually replace LEOSAR to become the primary Cospas-Sarsat system.
For more information on Cospas-Sarsat, click here.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) hosted Cospas-Sarsat participants at its Prague headquarters on 5-11 June 2018, at a meeting to address matters related to the evolution of the Medium-Altitude Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) system.
At the meeting, the Cospas-Sarsat participants focused on developing the final operational and technical steps required for the declaration of MEOSAR Initial Operational Capability (IOC), planned for 2019. By holding this meeting at the GSA headquarters in Prague, the European Commission underlined the key contribution of the SAR/Galileo service to the MEOSAR system, paving the way towards its full operational capability.
The Galileo SAR service is a fundamental European contribution to the Cospas-Sarsat International Programme, thanks to the SAR/Galileo repeaters and ground segment equipment that relay Cospas-Sarsat distress alerts to national authorities through the Cospas-Sarsat ground network.
“Galileo SAR is one of five Galileo services and is among the three initial services that were declared by the Commission in December 2016. Galileo will be the first full constellation with SAR capability,” GSA Executive Director Carlo des Dorides said at the meeting.
Watch this: Galileo Search and Rescue (SAR) Service
“The GSA is actively supporting beacon manufacturers in implementing Galileo differentiators into their new products and is proud to have Galileo-enabled beacons in the market as a result of our collaboration with leading EU manufacturers,” des Dorides said, adding that the GSA is also leveraging EU GNSS R&D programmes to contribute to Cospas-Sarsat priorities.
The Cospas-Sarsat system detects and locates emergency beacons activated by aircraft, ships and people engaged in recreational activities in remote areas, and then sends these distress alerts to search-and-rescue authorities. The system utilises a network of satellites that provides coverage anywhere on Earth. Distress alerts are detected, located and forwarded to over 200 countries and territories at no cost to beacon owners or the receiving government agencies.
Between September 1982 and December 2016, the Cospas-Sarsat system provided assistance in rescuing at least 43,807 people in 12,664 SAR events. On average, six lives are saved every day with the assistance of Cospas-Sarsat.
Cospas-Sarsat delegates met at the GSA’s Prague headquarters from 5-11 June 2018, to discuss the evolution of the Medium-Altitude Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) system
And this: MEOSAR Intro
In 2004, Cospas-Sarsat initiated the development of the Medium-altitude Earth Orbiting Satellite System for Search and Rescue (MEOSAR system), with SAR repeaters placed on the GNSS satellites of Europe, Russia and the USA. Early operational capability data from the MEOSAR system has been available since December 2016. MEOSAR will initially complement the existing low-altitude LEOSAR and geostationary GEOSAR systems. The MEOSAR system will eventually replace LEOSAR to become the primary Cospas-Sarsat system.
For more information on Cospas-Sarsat, click here.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) hosted Cospas-Sarsat participants at its Prague headquarters on 5-11 June 2018, at a meeting to address matters related to the evolution of the Medium-Altitude Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) system.
At the meeting, the Cospas-Sarsat participants focused on developing the final operational and technical steps required for the declaration of MEOSAR Initial Operational Capability (IOC), planned for 2019. By holding this meeting at the GSA headquarters in Prague, the European Commission underlined the key contribution of the SAR/Galileo service to the MEOSAR system, paving the way towards its full operational capability.
The Galileo SAR service is a fundamental European contribution to the Cospas-Sarsat International Programme, thanks to the SAR/Galileo repeaters and ground segment equipment that relay Cospas-Sarsat distress alerts to national authorities through the Cospas-Sarsat ground network.
“Galileo SAR is one of five Galileo services and is among the three initial services that were declared by the Commission in December 2016. Galileo will be the first full constellation with SAR capability,” GSA Executive Director Carlo des Dorides said at the meeting.
Watch this: Galileo Search and Rescue (SAR) Service
“The GSA is actively supporting beacon manufacturers in implementing Galileo differentiators into their new products and is proud to have Galileo-enabled beacons in the market as a result of our collaboration with leading EU manufacturers,” des Dorides said, adding that the GSA is also leveraging EU GNSS R&D programmes to contribute to Cospas-Sarsat priorities.
The Cospas-Sarsat system detects and locates emergency beacons activated by aircraft, ships and people engaged in recreational activities in remote areas, and then sends these distress alerts to search-and-rescue authorities. The system utilises a network of satellites that provides coverage anywhere on Earth. Distress alerts are detected, located and forwarded to over 200 countries and territories at no cost to beacon owners or the receiving government agencies.
Between September 1982 and December 2016, the Cospas-Sarsat system provided assistance in rescuing at least 43,807 people in 12,664 SAR events. On average, six lives are saved every day with the assistance of Cospas-Sarsat.
Cospas-Sarsat delegates met at the GSA’s Prague headquarters from 5-11 June 2018, to discuss the evolution of the Medium-Altitude Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) system
And this: MEOSAR Intro
In 2004, Cospas-Sarsat initiated the development of the Medium-altitude Earth Orbiting Satellite System for Search and Rescue (MEOSAR system), with SAR repeaters placed on the GNSS satellites of Europe, Russia and the USA. Early operational capability data from the MEOSAR system has been available since December 2016. MEOSAR will initially complement the existing low-altitude LEOSAR and geostationary GEOSAR systems. The MEOSAR system will eventually replace LEOSAR to become the primary Cospas-Sarsat system.
For more information on Cospas-Sarsat, click here.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).