Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
The investment bank of the German state, KFW, said Monday, Sept. 19 at 250 billion euros in total investment needed in Germany by 2020 to get out of nuclear power and move to renewable energy. The bank itself “will make available 100 billion euros over the next five years for investments in energy in Germany ” , said in a statement. KfW believes “to 250 billion
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Imtech N.V. has acquired Groupe Techsol Marine. Financial terms were not disclosed. Québec City based Groupe Techsol Marine specializes in high-tech marine technical solutions in the field of vessel automation, alarm, monitoring & control, navigation & communication and electrical systems, including switchboard and console construction. Read More
Monday, September 19th, 2011
As the consequences of global warming grow, more policymakers are realising the value of nature’s free services, such as purifying water and air. There is also growing realisation that humanity will suffer if these ecological services – and hence biodiversity – cannot be preserved. Therefore, the world’s rich economies are more willing, these days, to
Monday, September 19th, 2011
AAPG/Datapages has been participating in the EIP to create a new ISO standard for the structure of metadata in GIS files. Standardization of metadata structure is important for our future because it will enable web-based search indexes to locate and log mapping files available to the public. It will not matter whether the files are
Monday, September 19th, 2011
It’s no secret that Google Earth plug-in for AutoCAD has been one of the top downloads on Autodesk lab. This is something Civil users have enjoyed for a few years now, but unfortunately this update was not tested on Civil 3D 2012, so it may not be possible to install it. Today we got a
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Agricultural lands can continue to be used for other purposes in Turkey, the Constitutional Court has ruled in the latest round of a 13-year controversy pitting environmentalists against a multinational corporation. The court struck down an attempt to change a law often referred to in the media as the “Cargill Law” for its unofficial associations with
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Scotland is in danger of losing its place at the forefront of research into wave and tidal energy because of high connection charges, it has been warned. Industry body Scottish Renewables said projects in the north of Scotland face charges of £56m annually to feed in to the electricity grid. Read More
Monday, September 19th, 2011
The final product maintains a very high quality, high accuracy, 10 cm resolution for the entire area. A product of such superior quality can provide a very useful planning tool for many uses such as: urban and rural planning as well as various management systems, infrastructure development and various other planning and management information and
Monday, September 19th, 2011
VisionMap now offers a family of large format digital mapping cameras designed to address specific needs within the geospatial mapping industry. The industry standard A3 camera is joined by the new premium camera, the A3 Edge, presenting the largest footprint in the industry. With an incredible 80,000 pixels across track, its footprint is 4 times larger
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
The Bruce County Map Factory is an online interactive map which supplies property information such as zoning and official plan designations for those who would prefer to find the information themselves. Labels for select layers can be turned on/off with a click on the ‘label toggle’ located beside the layer name. Information for Layer Data can be seen by
