Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The Moscow city government plans to equip the city’s municipal vehicles with Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) by the end of 2013, according to a project released on the city government’s transport and transport infrastructure department’s Web site Tuesday. The Moscow city government also plans to start equipping the city’s public transport with GLONASS in
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Our planet has about 8.7 million living species, of which 6.5 million evolve on land and 2.2 million in the aquatic environment, according to the most accurate estimate ever done and published Tuesday, August 23 United States . Only 1.23 million (or 14.1% of total) of them have so far been discovered, described and cataloged, the
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The Resources Ministry has issued an international call for applications for oil exploration licences in areas south and west of Malta. The government is offering exploration licences and exploration and production licences in Area 1, Area 4, Area 5 and Area 6. The offer closes in December. Mediterranean Oil & Gas and Heritage Oil currently holds an oil
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Every year, AGI judges present a set of industry awards. This is just one of the ways in which AGI encourages best practice, innovation and maximum use of geographic information. It is also a great way for our members to get actively involved and be recognised for their efforts and achievements.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Until now, three-dimensional measurement of buildings was time-consuming, expensive and error-prone. However, with the latest generation of 3-D laser scanners, data capture is easy, accurate and fast – at an affordable price. Entire buildings and their fixtures can now be completely and accurately translated into digital models. The new laser scanners capture up to one
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The project was the brainchild of Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS), which two years ago went to Google Earth with a vision of turning “Street View” into a river view in the lush and precious Amazon Basin. “It is incredible; all those months of planning and then having this technology here,” FAS project leader Gabriel Ribenboim said.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
More than 100 people walked under indoor artificial trees and on wooden boards mimicking forest trails with green plants alongside them and sounds of insects in the air, as they learned about Taiwan’s forests and nature conservation in a public exhibition at Huashan Creative Park in Taipei yesterday afternoon. In celebration of the Republic of China’s
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
A Chinese wind turbine maker and one of Europe’s biggest construction firms are considering setting up manufacturing plants in Ireland in order to develop offshore wind energy projects. XEMC, a state-owned Chinese firm, and Strabag, an Austrian/ German firm, are understood to be in discussions with IDA Ireland and the government about investment projects that could
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The team behind creating the map used radar observations from a number of international satellites to create the fullest picture of Antarctica to date. In fact, the new map even provided previously unseen geographic features. Among the new discoveries was a ridge, nearly splitting the 5.4 million-square-mile landmass in half. Read More
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Chinese scientists have pinpointed the sources of four major rivers that flow through China and south Asia, and measured their lengths and size of drainage basins, information that will prove to be invaluable for future environmental research. The information about the Brahmaputra, Indus, Salween and Irrawaddy rivers was a result of expeditions and satellite photograph analysis
