Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Information is only useful if you are able to find it. The city of Naples is taking a trove of information about properties in the city, and putting it all together in one place. City records on easements, water and sewer lines, property boundaries and legal descriptions, the coastal control line, fire hydrants — and more
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
New computer modeling work shows that by 2100, if society wants to limit carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to less than 40 percent higher than it is today, the lowest cost option is to use every available means of reducing emissions. This includes more nuclear and renewable energy, choosing electricity over fossil fuels, reducing emissions
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
For an agency responsible for the safety of millions, it should be an alarming statistic: Sixty-one per cent of Montrealers do not believe Transport Quebec when it says overpasses, bridges and tunnels have been inspected and are safe. But when asked about the Léger Marketing survey this week, Transport Minister Sam Hamad did not say changes
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
The development objective of the Integrated Land Administration System Project for Croatia is to modernize the land administration and management system to improve the efficiency, transparency and cost effectiveness of government services. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is land registration system development. This component will focus on further
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
As of 1 October, Siemens (ETR:SIE) will realign its renewables business into two independent units, announced the Erlangen-based company. The existing Renewable Energy Division shall be divided into two new divisions, Wind Power and Solar & Hydro. “We want to continue our success story in wind power business and establish the basis for further growth,” said
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Come 2016, Indian Railways will roll out coaches using German technology. Four coach factories will replace the indigenously-designed carriages with 4,000 Linke Holfmann Bush (LHB) coaches. However, the Indian Railways is not planning to make a complete shift to LHBs on rail tracks, but the Integrated Coach Factory (ICF)-designed old coaches will be phased out once
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
The Kamchatka Peninsula, along Russia’s Pacific coast, is currently the most volcanically active area in the world: four volcanoes are erupting simultaneously, and a fifth is showing signs of an impending eruption. Ash plumes from two of these volcanoes are visible in this natural-colour satellite image.Along the northern (top) edge of the imageShiveluch emits a broad gray
Friday, August 5th, 2011
On August 3 the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in America launched an interactive map showing US citizens how climate change could affect their health past on existing data. The NRDC is a not-for- profit organization based in the United States and describes itself as an ‘environmental action group’ it has an estimated 1.3 million supporters around
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Revolution Analytics, the leading commercial provider of R software, services and support, today released survey findings on the state of “Big Data” analytics. The company polled attendees this week at the Joint Statistical Meeting, the largest gathering of statisticians and data scientists in North America. The survey revealed nearly 97 percent of data scientists believe
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Following the 23-minute film, Heather Deese, the Institute’s vice-president of programs, will give a brief overview of the potential for offshore wind-energy development in Maine, which will include an excerpt on floating wind-turbine technology from Compass Light Productions’ new film “OceanEnergy Innovators,” co-produced with the World Ocean Observatory. Read More
