Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Old maps have a certain reassuring permanence about them, not so the new ones – welcome to the age of real-time cartography – Australia Radio National presentation. Listen or download.
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
DEFRA – The Departtment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today launched an online survey, asking people to give their ideas ahead of the Water White Paper. The Water White Paper, due to be published early next summer, will set out the Government’s plans for the water industry. It will address challenges such
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – The Metro system’s Green Line is on track to open in August as testing to evaluate its preparedness continues. Ramadan Mohammed, the director of the Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) rail operations department, said regular trials were carried out through the Ramadan period to assess the line’s track, brake and power systems. Staff will
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
BMU – The International Conservation Union (IUCN) will from today until 15 September review five UNESCO World Heritage Site nominated beech forests in Germany and visit and thoroughly check them. Thus begins a crucial stage for the current German World Heritage application. In January of this year, Germany has the outstanding record of ancient beech forests in the prestigious World
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – Road authorities in Murmansk have completed the upgrade of the 240 km long highway leading to the Norwegian border. In two months also the road leading to the Finnish border will be completed. The highway, which stretches from Murmansk City to the border station of Borisgleb has now been upgraded to Euro-standard, Vesti.ru reports.
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
DIPLOMAT BUCHAREST – The 85 million Euro investment will bring an annual production of 155 Gwh and an installed power of 64.8 MW. The Milan-listed company has been working through Romanian partner Eoliana to gain the authorisations and will fund the investment through its own financial resources and project financing. Alerion Clean Power also specialises in
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
In just 6 days of scientific exploration, a team of 34 scientists, students, photographers and volunteers documented the presence of over 930 species of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, insects, land snails, and plants including two species never-before recorded in the remote, rugged and lush Sierra La Madera mountain range of Sonora. These discoveries were part
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI), a global leader in location intelligence, data management and customer communication management software, data and services, has announced that it will be attending the 2010 AGI Annual Conference – AGI GeoCommunity ’10 – in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK on September 28th to 30th 2010. The company will be speaking at the event and demonstrating
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
LASER measurement technology specialist Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL) is to accelerate its drive to become a world-class laser measurement technology manufacturing business after raising finance by selling a 29 per cent shareholding to global metrology and healthcare products manufacturer Renishaw plc. Family-owned business MDL, which has bases in York, Aberdeen and Houston, USA; will use
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
With the final deadline for Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) registration looming, data management experts Landmark Information Group are advising businesses on how to get registered and avoid both a costly fine and potential reputational damage. According to the Financial Times, up to 4,000 big energy users classify as core scheme members, yet
