Monday, September 13th, 2010
he New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) has gazetted 15 place name proposals that did not receive objecting submissions from the public. The Board made final decisions on these place names when it met on 3 August 2010. Read More
Monday, September 13th, 2010
These questions are taken from the consultation period for the ANZLIC Metadata Profile. They will be added to as agencies implement the Profile and other queries arise. Read More
Monday, September 13th, 2010
SCIENCE DAILY – A mathematical model that provides a more effective basis for biodiversity conservation than existing frameworks has been developed by a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read More
Monday, September 13th, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – Saudi Arabia has outlined plans for its first attempt to earn credits on the international carbon market, after similar efforts by the UAE and Qatar. The project at a landfill site outside of Medina would generate slightly more than €2 million (Dh9.3m) a year at current carbon prices by keeping emissions of
Monday, September 13th, 2010
GUARDIAN UK – Business secretary Vince Cable announced this week that he wants to “ration” British science, potentially eliminating the 46% of UK research that is not defined as world class. My immediate reaction was: you must be crazy. Cable’s narrow interpretation of quality is an astonishing insult to the thousands of British scientists who help
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Professor Andrew Watkinson (Director of LWEC), will be providing the keynote address highlighting the importance of this strategy to LWEC and its constituent partners. The focus of the day is on promoting dialogue between stakeholders and will be run as a dynamic ‘market-place’ to facilitate this. The workshop will bring together academics from a range
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Adobe Systems has released an add-on package for its Illustrator CS5 design editor that will allow developers to export their designs to the Web and mobile platforms, using the emerging HTML5 set of Web formats. With these capabilities, designers can build out a visual display once and export it to multiple platforms, such as Web pages,
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company is pleased to announce the introduction of a best in class certification of precision Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) enabled glide path capability on the Bell 429. Th Bell 429 is the only helicopter available in the market with this technology certified for 9 degree localizer precision
Monday, September 13th, 2010
NATIONAL POST – After spending two weeks huddled in tents on a remote and increasingly frigid Arctic Ocean shoreline, Parks Canada scientists have ended their HMS Investigator investigation. For now. Forecasts of winter-like weather sent the team who discovered the 155-year-old historic shipwreck heading home on Monday, a day earlier than scheduled, to plot another
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Intermap Technologies Corporation today announced that Brian Musfeldt has announced his resignation from the positions of chief financial officer and vice president. The Company will announce details on Mr. Musfeldt’s replacement in due course. Through this change, Mr. Musfeldt will provide support to ensure a smooth transition for the Company moving forward, including the completion
