Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
The republican office of the Federal State Agency “Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastral Records and Cartography” in the Republic of Dagestan held a working seminar on the current issues of management of automated information system of the state real estate cadaster (AIS SRE). The event chaired by the Cadastral Chamber director Mail Neftyaliev was
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
The need for reliable geophysical data cannot be overemphasized in any economy, especially in economies blessed with natural resources as Nigeria. Ruth Tene looks at the available bankable data and the potentials for the mining sector. For many years the absence of reliable geophysical data has been seen as one of the many challenges hindering the
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
As part of the initial surveys, Selwyn undertook a 19 kilometre flight-line test grid flown over the Northeast zone of the ScoZinc deposit in the Gays River district. Preliminary modelling of the data for the test flights over the Northeast deposit at ScoZinc have defined a geophysical signature for the deposit. With these positive results
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Residents in the districts of Huye and Nyanza say that the land consolidation policy has contributed greatly to improving their social wellbeing. The land consolidation programme seeks to bring together fragmented plots of land and encourage the cultivation of particular crops on the consolidated land in the spirit of maintaining food security. Read More
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Authorities will seek the help of Indian surveyors to demarcate 100,000 blocks of Mahaweli land which is to be distributed among the public. Irrigation and Water Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said as his ministry is unable to find adequate surveyors locally from state and private sectors, the ministry had sought the services of
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Not far from the Malomozhaiskoye village (Kaliningrad Region) the Baltic nuclear power plant is being constructed. The first power unit is to be put into operation in late 2017. REGNUM information agency reports that stress tests of all designed and erected by “Rosatom” power units have been performed and of all them were successful. Also, after
Monday, March 12th, 2012
CryoLand is aimed at developing, implementing and validating a standardized and sustainable service on snow and land ice monitoring as a Downstream Service within GMES in a value added chain with the Land Monitoring Core Services. The service will provide geospatial products on the seasonal snow cover, glaciers, and lake / river ice derived from Earth
Monday, March 12th, 2012
The Geoportal.DE has been established through the federal and state governments by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) (Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy) as the common information and communication platform of the GDI-DE in the internet. Federal Minister Dr. Friedrich stressed that “Geodata have become a guarantor and engine of our knowledge society. There is
Monday, March 12th, 2012
Teradata announced the immediate availability of the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse Platform 6690 (Teradata Active EDW), which offers the newest generation of hybrid storage that further enhances the data warehouse’s capability to help companies make the best decisions possible.
Monday, March 12th, 2012
A dual-use technology is one that has both civilian and military applications. Enriching uranium is a good example. A country may legitimately do so to fuel power stations. Or it may do so illegitimately to arm undeclared nuclear weapons. Few, however, would think of concrete as a dual-use technology. But it can be. And one
