Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Decision-makers in Surrey Heath are looking to technology to lighten their work burdens and save money. Months after the borough council announced it was looking into issuing councillors with iPads, it is now using Google Earth software in planning meetings. Councillors are now allowed to bring laptops into the committee that decides which new buildings and
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
GEM is a five-year (2008-2013), $100-million geological mapping program administered by Natural Resources Canada’s Geological Survey of Canada. The program is designed to significantly advance and modernize geological knowledge in the North to support increased exploration for new resources. Scientific information gathered through GEM also further informs decisions on land use, such as the creation
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
St. John’s Antigua- Residents are invited to join the discussions on the Antigua & Barbuda Land Use Plan during a series of public consultations to be held between August 29 and September 2, 2011.
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
A clearer picture of Antarctic ice sheets has emerged thanks in part to a Canadian satellite. Using billions of data points collected by Canada’s RADARSAT-2 satellite, as well as European and Japanese satellites, researchers at the University of California Irvine managed to map previously uncharted glaciers on the continent. “It was like a puzzle but (without knowing)
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Engineers in Slovenia have devised a system for testing the boom cranes needed for loading cargo on and off ships using Leica Geosystems total stations. A team of engineers and engineering students, led by Professor Jozef Predan from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maribor, Slovenia, carried out a series of tests
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Depiction 1.3.2 Release Candidate is available for download now. We are providing this update to our users before releasing it to the general public. Please report any issues, questions or praise you have regarding this release at support. To all our users on the US east coast, stay safe and let us know how you
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
There is an appetite for guidance for developing Neighbourhood plans so we asked the Neighbourhood planning group on LinkedIn to share what already exists and what is being developed. We were inundated with suggestions which we have categorised loosely into seven types. We are, in this instance collating and giving access to these tools but they are
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Hong Kong has played an important role in the evolution of the Foster studio, since winning the competition for the Hongkong and ShaHong Kong has played an important role in the evolution of the Foster studio, since winning the competition for the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in 1979.
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Prof. Mike Jackson, the founder and Director of the Centre for Geospatial Sciences (CGS) at the University of Nottingham, retired at the end of July. He has been succeeded in the role of Director by Jeremy Morley. Mike joined the University of Nottingham in 2005 from QinetiQ where he had been Director of the Space
Friday, August 26th, 2011
HP announced today that it will showcase key products from its wide format digital inkjet printing portfolio at Intergeo 2011, Hall 7 Stand F31, 27-29 September, Nuremberg, Germany. HP will focus on its feature-rich HP Designjet printing technology which enables AEC, GIS, and MCAD professionals to perform more effectively, thanks to faster setup times, minimised manual
