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Monday, October 31st, 2011
The annual Esri European User Conference was held in Madrid, Spain October 26-28, 2011. With 3000 registered for this event, it made it one of the largest that the company has held in Europe. While most of the audience was from Spain, followed by other Europeans, there were many people attending from distant locations around
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Fugro OSAE GmbH has been awarded a € 2.3 million hydrographic survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS). The survey is part of the MAREANO project and will encompass an area over 12,000km² in the Barents Sea. The area is located 200km offshore in the northern-most part of Norway, near the Russian border, in water
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Policy makers who want to encourage the introduction of new, sustainable technologies by means of grants should investigate whether the expectations about the new technology are unequivocal. Consensus from the various parties involved about the future potential of a new technology is, namely, a good indicator for determining if the technology is ready for large-scale
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Apple has apparently bought its third mapping company, the Sweden-based C3 Technologies. The company’s site has been taken down. C3 provides 3D mapping (a la Bing Maps or Google Earth) for a number of other publishers such as Nokia (Ovi Maps) and UK directory publisher Yell. (In the wake of this transaction Nokia will probably
Monday, October 31st, 2011
In order to satisfy the demanding and specific requirements of the tunnel and cavity surveyor optimally, was the consolidation of the respective strengths of SOKKIA and GEODATA a logical step. This makes it possible to offer this demanding market segment tailored and specific solutions. The result is a flexible, modular, integrated and complete survey solution that building
Monday, October 31st, 2011
London Underground (LU) has invited technology suppliers to discussions aimed at helping it understand how to develop a communications infrastructure for its next generation of tube railway systems. The organisation says it wants to talk about trends and innovation, particularly in communications and networking technology, such as switching and routing, network processors and wireless technologies. The
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Researchers are using innovative tools to perform psychological experiments a lot faster than they used to. Experts believe the number of smartphone users worldwide will top the 1 billion mark by 2013. Now an international team of scientists has taken advantage of smartphone technology to examine the mental processes involved in how humans remember, think,
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Zimbabwe has secured a US$300 million loan from Brazil to finance agriculture and boost crop production after successive years of food deficits, state media reported yesterday. The loan is part of Brazil’s aid programme for Africa, the state-controlled Herald newspaper said. Agriculture Minister Joseph Made said the funds would be used to support farmers who
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Hackers interfered with two US satellites four times between 2007 and 2008, according to reports. Read More
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Industrialized nations emit far less carbon dioxide than the Third World, according to latest evidence from Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Global warming alarmism is turned on its head and the supposed role of carbon dioxide in climate change may be wrong, if the latest evidence from Japan’s scientists is to be believed. Read More
