New elevation profiles in Google Earth 5.2
Software Updates

Google Earth 5.2 Released

Better support for GPS tracks and elevation profiles are some of the features found in this new version 5.2 of Google Earth. Also there is an improved embedded browser for handling links within GE and […]

RockWorks screenshot - roadcut through stratigraphic model
Software Updates

RockWorks15 2010.4.15 Update

RockWare has announced an update to their popular RockWorks software package. RockWorks15 2010.4.15 includes a number of enhancements, including: Digitize  XYZ coordinates in RockPlot3D. View World Coordinates of any point in RockPlot3D. Create borehole location […]

Software Updates

MSEW and ReSSA Updates

ADAMA Software has released update 10.1 for their Mechanically Stabilized Earth retaining wall design software, MSEW 3.0 as of September 29, 2009. Click through for the download link and a few of the changes.

I expect that when the new FHWA MSE Wall Manual hits the street in a few months time that we will see some significant updates with the MSEW software package.

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Software Updates

GeoStudio 2007 Update – Version 7.14

GeoStudio 2007 Icon GEO-SLOPE International, makers of the GeoStudio 2007 geotechnical software suite have announced a significant update to their GeoStudio 2007 software products, which includes SLOPE/W, SIGMA/W and SEEP/W, QUAKE/W and others. The update includes several new features and a large number of fixes. The last update of GeoStudio 2007 was in September of 2008. New features of interest include:

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Software Updates

New Release – Surfer Version 9 (Gridding and Contouring Software)

imageSurfer Software distributor, Rockware, Inc. posted information about Surfer Version 9 released earlier this month. Surfer is a gridding and surface mapping software that can create contour, surface, wireframe, vector, image, shaded relief, and post maps from your XYZ data. Some of the new features include…

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Software Updates

MSEW and ReSSA Updates

ADAMA Software has released update 9.2 for their Mechanically Stabilized Earth retaining wall design software, MSEW 3.0 as of December 12, 2008. They also released update 3.1 for ReSSA 3.0, a reinforced soil slope design program on January 15, 2009.  The ReSSA update seems like a relatively minor one, but the MSEW update contains a number of updates related to AASHTO LRFD resistance factors and design methods.  If you are involved in MSE wall design for highway structures using LRFD, be sure to click through for a few highlights from the update and the download link.

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