Monday, September 5th, 2011
Finnish Railways (VR) said it would begin introducing its new fare system on 14 September. The government-owned operator had said last year it would gradually replace its flat fare system with airline-style pricing this year. “The changes will make lower cost rail journeys available,” VR said in a statement. “The advance purchase ticket is cheaper than other tickets
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
I created the files in illustrator using the maps as guides and then converted to DXF files for the CNC machine. The idea was to have each layer on a different level but the edges all had to line up so that from the side it had “stairs” instead of gaps if that makes sense…
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
Most of the farmers in the Indian state of Sikkim use water from springs, not from rivers, to water their fields. But that is increasingly challenging since it often doesn’t rain, and only occasionally is there enough water to water the fields. What makes the situation even more dire is that deforestation means that the
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
Premier Wen Jiabao called for more sustainable usage of land and natural resources during his Friday inspection of the Ministry of Land and Resources. Wen urged improvements in the management of China’s land and mineral resources, as well as more accurate mapping of geographical information, in order to better promote the country’s economic development. Read More
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
USDA/NRCS is requesting offers to provide post-processing software and training for 3D Ground Based laser Scanner / Imaging System (LIDAR) data. This requirement is only for the post processing software suite, which shall be a LIDAR production manager for a microsoft Windows system with a node locked license key. Read More
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
Rwanda has become the latest beneficiary of China’s foray into East Africa as the Asian giant seeks to control the region’s economic landscape, also targeted by Japan and India. China last week gave Rwanda $15.7 million to boost trade between the two countries. Rwanda will receive half the amount as a grant and the remaining 50 million
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
Degrees in climate change and sustainability provide future opinion leaders, managers and advisers with timely and relevant research-based knowledge. Nordic universities are collaborating on promoting this kind of education. With a prospect of a world population of nine billion people by 2050 and the effects of climate change it is becoming ever clearer that it
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
PromapSolutions, has secured a win in the utility sector to provide Cambridge Water with Ordnance Survey MasterMap (OSMM) Topography Layer Mapping for the next three years. The contract was awarded to Landmark PromapSolutions following a review of Cambridge Water’s current mapping provider. Cambridge Water will use the detailed landscaping of the OSMM Topography Layer as part
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
As a nation, we are experiencing a long slow emergency. As collapses go, our decline is comfortable and scenic. But we should be under no illusion: if we continue down this track, New Zealand will gradually become a backwater, delivering an ever poorer environment for everybody. Our children will grow up cheering for the Wallabies. That’s
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
As Americans prepare for the holiday weekend, President Obama has announced that he doesn’t plan on enforcing a law that would have prevented 12,000 deaths every year by protecting Americans from ozone pollution. The President, along with Big Oil and the other corporate polluters whose interest he is serving with this decision, are hoping you
