Sunday, March 11th, 2012
Sustainable design aims to improve building efficiency. It includes both individual buildings and neighbourhoods. Urban planning, architecture and spatial design are key aspects of sustainable design and energy plays a major role. This book looks into United Kingdom and international experiences, building discussion upon case study examples taking through planning, construction, operations and maintenance phases
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Rapid and timely response to large-scale water-related emergencies is becoming dependent upon the coupling of two things: the availability of advanced geospatial information services (GIS) linked to water and climate data, and the accessibility of social media tools for communication, collaboration and cooperation. “The challenge is about saving lives, saving communities, protecting the environment and
Friday, March 9th, 2012
A comprehensive computer program is now being used in the Equalization Office that provides information about each parcel of property in Lake County at the click of a button. Equalization Director Shirley Ebsen said a Geographic Information System (GIS) has been up and running since mid-January. “We’re learning new features every day,” Ebsen said, explaining that
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Michael Pool, deputy director of the national Bureau of Land Management, is asking his state BLM directors to institute strict controls to prevent misuse of gift cards and credit cards in an internal email obtained by KSL and the Deseret News. He called the matter “ugly and serious.” Read More
Friday, March 9th, 2012
A proposal is gaining steam to designate 330,000 acres of federal land in Napa and five adjacent counties as a national conservation area, with the goal of improving public management and public access. The Berryessa Snow Mountain proposal would be a patchwork of federal lands stretching from Snow Mountain in the Mendocino National Forest to Cold
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, Alaska, has announced that it expects to award a discretionary cooperative agreement for opportunities for young adults and veterans to participate in developing leadership skills and gain experience with project planning, coordination and logistics. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $32,500, with a ceiling
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Federal land managers want to know how Colorado residents feel about a revised plan for oil shale and tar sands development that would cut acreage for leases by 75 percent compared to a plan approved in 2008. To gather public comments, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will host an open house Monday evening in Silt
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies (NEREUS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are inviting contributions for their joint publication entitled “50 uses of GMES across European regions”. This publication will document the accelerating growth in the number and quality of applications of GMES in the European regions. Through this publication, the two organisations
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS) 2012 addresses the latest research on wireless- and satellite-based positioning techniques to provide reliable and accurate position information with low latency. The emphasis is on the design of mass-market navigation receivers, related tools and methodologies. Read More
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Researchers have pieced together what’s believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic and became a legend. Read More
