Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Deere & Company today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell John Deere Renewables, LLC, its wind energy business, to Exelon Generation Company, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exelon Corporation. “As Deere sharpens its own strategic focus, we have concluded that the company’s resources are best invested in growing our core equipment businesses around the world,”
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Garmin’s exclusive line of BlueChart marine cartography products is designed to provide interactive viewing of detailed nautical chart data. These detailed electronic nautical charts look just like paper charts when displayed on your Garmin chart plotter. Descriptive details for features typically found on nautical charts can easily be viewed with a simple key press. Cursor movements
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
EXAMINER – Early Saturday morning, a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand, a city with 386,000 people. The quake hit about 35 miles outside of Christchurch. Residents have reported that a lot of damage has been done, and the power shortages are vast, but so far no injuries have been reported. The earthquake reached a 7.0-
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The World Water Week, which will take place from 5 to 10 September, is a meeting of experts, practitioners, decision makers and leaders from around the globe to exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions. It is organised by Stockholm International Water Institute. The discussions at this year’s event are expected to cover
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Burlington, Mass.-based Vela Systems raised the funds from Autodesk and series A investors Commonwealth Capital Ventures, GrandBanks Capital and private individuals. Vela launched in 2005 to create software building information modeling, or BIM, to the job site. A year ago Autodesk announced a collaboration with Vela last year to integrate the software with Autodesk’s Navisworks
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
The analysis of spatial patterns of health and disease has been greatly enhanced by recent advances in geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS), global positioning systems (GPS) and spatial statistics. The Department has an active research programme that uses GIS and spatial analysis in epidemiological research. Departmental staff also coordinate the Schools GIS facilities
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
There are 35 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England. But 90% of us live in towns and cities and most people rarely get out and visit them. So CABE is supporting a photo competition to find ‘Areas of Outstanding Urban Beauty’. The idea is to focus attention on the quality of urban areas and
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
More than 700 people will attend FOSS4G 2010 from 6th to 10th September in Barcelona (Spain). Besides taking part in the official scheduled activities, the gvSIG Association will be present with a stand where a series of demos/technical presentations will be carried out. For those who have the opportunity to attend FOSS4G, this is the
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Architecture – Your use of, and vision for, BIM in architecture and in construction engineering. Habitat, in its broadest sense, is the biggest challenge of the twenty-first century. How will our living areas and buildings, all too often considered simple, inanimate, objects, change, survive and be integrated into their surroundings and energy management schemes?Digital mock-ups
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
A reduction in number of “hot spots” – possible fire blazes – was registered by satellites for the second day in a row. MODIS sensors of Terra and Aqua satellites have detected 188 “hot spots” on August 17, with 218 on August 16 and over 300-350 blazes detected daily over the first two weeks of the
