Monday, September 20th, 2010
CUBA STANDARD – Cuba plans to connect to Russia’s satellite-based navigation system, the Russian ambassador in Havana said, according to RIA Novosti. The Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) is the main competitor to the United States-based Global Positioning System (GPS). Read More
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
CALGARY HERALD – When South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham toured some of Alberta’s vast oilsands projects Friday, one thing immediately came to mind: “massive.” The Republican senator’s assessment is increasingly coming to summarize not only the size of the development, but also the importance of the oilsands and energy file to the Canada-U. S. trade relationship. Read
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
The Deputy Director of the Town and Country Planning, Mr. Lawrence Dakurah, explained that it has come as a responsibility of the Town and Country Planning (TCP) under the Ministry of Environment Science and Technology (MEST) charged with the mandate of planning and managing the growth and development of cities, town and villages in Ghana. The
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
RURAL DELIVERY – From up above, the truth can seem so obvious. Satellite photographs of Earth taken from space show us where storm systems are located and in what direction they are headed. These images can tell us how thick the clouds are, their temperature and movements, and suggest a likelihood of precipitation. Read More
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
INFOWARS IRELAND – An East Coast software development company is seeking a court order from a judge in Boston that, if granted, could require the CIA to return “hacked” software it acquired for use in the agency’s Predator Drone program. The software firm, Intelligent Integration Systems Inc., or IISI, filed a motion recently for a preliminary injunction
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
NORTH COUNTY TIMES – A land surveyor showed up for Palomar College professor Wing Cheung’s geography class this semester, along with an ecologist, a high school teacher, day care worker, munitions-disposal expert and other professionals. Cheung assured all of them that they’ll learn the tools to do their jobs better. The class introduces students to
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
U CHICAGO – Originally published to wide acclaim, this lively, cleverly illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically and promotes a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality. Monmonier shows that, despite their immense value, maps lie. In fact, they must. Read More
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
AVIATION WEEK – Barely days after ordering a new spacecraft for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) EnhancedView initiative, DigitalGlobe says it will lower the altitude of its WorldView-2 spacecraft, launched in 2009, to enhance spacecraft performance. The move, set for September 2011, will drop the satellite to 680 km. (420 mi.), from 770 km. now. To compensate,
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Program GEOsurf is a powerful system to calculate the digital terrain model (DTM), generation of contours and their further processing in AutoCAD. It consists of a custom calculation program (TRI.EXE) and LISPovského interface for AutoCAD. Transferring functions to the maximum use of AutoCAD and its interactive graphic function is achieved by very simple control of the entire system. GEOsurf
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Two major Autodesk partners in the Czech Republic, XANADU and Dagis, today announced a merger of their CAD activities. The new company will be called CAD Studio a.s., and takes over all CAD and GIS activities of the companies Dagis and XANADU, becoming the largest specialised provider of CAD, GIS and PLM solutions in Central
