Friday, August 27th, 2010
You know something’s right when an international conference ostensibly about computing advances in the AEC sector begins in a Barcelona converted factory space with dozens of participants furiously designing, testing and building. You know something’s just clicking when the ‘manual’ supports the ‘digital’.
Friday, August 27th, 2010
SWISSINFO – The Federal Environment Office has given its approval to a project to create a second National Park in southeastern Switzerland. It has granted financial aid to help in the setting up of the Adula Park straddling the border of cantons Graubünden and Ticino, it said in a statement. Switzerland already has a national park in Graubünden,
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Deliverables were: the Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) Harmonization Checker tool, the State of the Art of Maritime Information Management Research, and the Requirements Specification for the Maritime Data Collection System. The BLAST project group partners successfully produced all three project deliverables on time and within budget in the first six months of BLAST. ENC Harmonization Checker
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
WHITTIER DAILY NEWS – With more than 1,500 dead and millions more left homeless by massive floods still wreaking havoc across several regions of Pakistan, humanitarian organizations on the ground are working to anticipate and minimize further devastation. In this daunting task, scientists say satellite data can help. From his office at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
The program will describe a practical approach for simulating effects of soil, weather, management, and pest factors on crop production. Instructors will explain how crop growth and development, water use, uptake of water and nutrients and carbon dynamics are simulated. It will cover procedures for collecting and managing crop, weather and soil datafor adapting models for applications. Participants will
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Joining quikmaps and ScribbleMaps, DRAWaMAP lets you draw features in a Google Maps interface, and save them. Supported features include : Lines Markers Polygons Time polygons – you set a time and speed, and DRAWaMAP draws a polygon encompassing the walking distance around that point based on Google Maps data. Map Density Quadtree. Read More
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
LE MONDE FRANCE – Despite any advocacy of forest fires, and while nearly one million hectares of forests and peatlands are going up in smoke in Russia and that every summer in the Mediterranean, hundreds of thousands hectares were ravaged by flames. However, this picture of ashes and desolation brings the colors of life. Read More
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
WELSH GOV – The latest sustainable development figures show that Wales has made clear improvements in 17 of the 44 areas measured by sustainable development indicators. The figures also reveal that Wales’ performance in 22 of the indicators has shown little or no change. Speaking about the figures, Environment Minister Jane Davidson said. Read More
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
ESA – One of the most complex space scientific instruments ever built, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, escorted by astronauts who will fly with it on the Space Shuttle in February 2011. Read More
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
SCOTTISH GOV – Scotland’s communities are being given extra help to improve and enhance their natural environment with new funding for biodiversity projects. Up to £250,000 is being released by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) over the next two years to deliver biodiversity conservation at a local level. Read More
