Maptek News

Maptek has opened a new office in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The new Maptek office will be managed by Carlito deSouza, who has experience in the oil and gas industry as well as various technical services roles in the drilling and exploration sectors.

As I-Site Technical Services consultant, Carlito will initially concentrate on expanding the I-Site sales and consulting business in the region.

Mining technology specialist Maptek unveiled the new I-Site 8400 laser scanner at Intergeo in Germany at the end of September.

Built at the Maptek I-Site manufacturing facility in Adelaide, South Australia, the I-Site 8400 has been launched following the international success of the long range I-Site 8800. (more…)

Maptek has released version 3.5 of its laser scan modelling software I-Site Studio. The release coincides with the launch of a dedicated geotechnical module, guaranteed to have site geologists keen to try it out for mapping and analysis.

While basic I-Site Studio 3.5, users can query dip and strike, the new module has more extensive tools for users to easily monitor changes in surfaces such as walls, batters and faces. (more…)

Applied Geostatistics Citation Courses will be hosted by Maptek in Perth, Viña del Mar and Denver offices in 2012.

Theoretical and practical sessions cover the use of modern geostatistical tools in mining.

The courses are run by Dr Clayton Deutsch, Professor and Director of the School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Alberta.

Successful participants receive an official citation in Applied Geostatistics from the University of Alberta, Canada.

Click here for details about the course content and format. (more…)

The field of Earth Sciences has a fundamental part to play in addressing important issues facing society in the 21st century, commented Professor Stuart Monro, OBE, in his keynote address at the Maptek users conference in Pitlochry, Scotland, today.

Addressing delegates from Europe, Africa, UK, USA and Australia, he outlined the common dilemma: ‘We are hungry for material resources and energy, but the other side of the coin is our concern about the environment’.

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