Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
gvSIG Mini development team is proud to announce the release of the stable version gvSIG Mini for Android 1.0. This version offers, among other features, the ability of a direct download of maps from the phone to the storage card, for a further map displaying in offline mode, with no data connection. gvSIG Mini is
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
The British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC) is a highly proactive organisation that represents the interests of commercial organisations involved in remote sensing. Formed in 1985, BARSC has an impressive track record of serving the interests of major companies, small and medium enterprises and independent consultants. The Executive Committee of BARSC works tirelessly to
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, announced today the release of their new 3D imaging product line, featuring the FARO 3D Imager AMP. The FARO 3D Imager AMP is a high performance non-contact 3D imaging system, capable of collecting millions of points in just seconds. Using
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Astrium Services has signed a ten-year partnership with the Russian research and development centre ScanEx for the reception and distribution rights on the upcoming SPOT 6 and 7 satellites. This partnership, which also provides ScanEx the exclusive reception and distribution rights on the SPOT 5 satellite, is part of a long term cooperation programme between
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi will head the network together with Russian, Norwegian and Swedish colleagues. A two year grant is given to the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland in Finland to build a research network focusing on political and economic development in the Barents Region from the perspective of sustainable development. Read
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
DEFRA UK – There’s nothing new about the weather affecting business; nor about business protecting itself against weather risks. Farmers were insuring themselves against hail damaging their crops two hundred years ago. But, as we all here know, we’re encountering a step change in weather risk. Climate change, and the extreme weather events it brings,
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – The wine industry may be among the very few in which a leading figure will smile broadly when asked about climate change and declare, “I love it.” Egon Müller, owner of the famed Scharzhof estate in Germany’s Saar Valley, made the comment at Riesling Rendezvous, a conference in Bellevue, Washington. Müller is elated because
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology looked at microscopic fungi in the soil that helps plants grow. The study of nine farms in England, published in the journal Environmental Microbiology, found that organic farms have a much more diverse range of fungi living in the soil than on conventional farms. Read More
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
REUTERS – Boston-based carbon and renewable energy company GTE Sustainable Energy Inc. has appointed Grattan MacGiffin as the head of its new London-based environmental commodity trading division, it said on Monday. “GTE Global Trading Limited was created in response to growing demand for access to credits from new carbon and environmental markets,” the company said. Read More
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Avineon Inc., a provider of IT, geospatial, engineering and program management services, has unveiled its Readiness Index tool. The Readiness Index provides businesses with the opportunity to measure their emergency preparedness and will be introduced through a series of Webinar demonstrations. The Readiness Index is a secure online system with the functionality to measure and monitor
