Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Harnessing energy from moving water is an ancient technology. Hundreds of years ago, water-powered mills were used to produce flour from grain, operate pumps, saws and other tools. Since the late 19th century, the kinetic energy in flowing water has been used to generate electricity. A hydroelectric system involves putting up a dam to store vast
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Esri will be hosting a free half-day US nationwide seminar spanning nearly 70 cities beginning in September 2011. Called Extend the Reach of Your GIS, this seminar teaches GIS professionals how to expand access to their authoritative maps and geospatial information.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
The conference “Soil Protection Activities and Soil Quality Monitoring in South Eastern Europe (SEE)” was organized in Sarajevo as a joint action by the Soil Science Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Soil Science Society of Slovenia. The main objectives of conference were to review the soil protection and soil quality monitoring activities in
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
A panel of government and industry representatives has approved the first six interoperability standards to help guide the creation of an intelligent energy distribution grid. The Catalog of Standards is being developed by the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel, created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to fill technical gaps identified in the development of a smart-grid
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Kansas City voters could be headed to the polls for a ninth time to decide on light rail. Rail advocate Clay Chastain turned in enough signatures to get a $2.5 billion light-rail plan on the ballot this fall, the city clerk said. Chastain, who lives in Virginia, wants voters to approve a three-eighth-cent sales tax increase to
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
The data collected by Terra Satellite of NASA from 2000 to 2011 shows that the earth’s atmosphere releases more heat into space than predicted by the computers that are programmed for the purpose, reports a new research recorded in Remote Sensing, a science journal. Read More
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
The United Nations Economic and Social Council has voted to establish a committee of experts on global geospatial information management to better coordinate international dialogues on spatial data infrastructures and enhance international cooperation on the said matter between member states. According to the latest report from the office of the Secretary-General, at present, there is an absence of a
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
There was a time when geography was memorizing chief crops, major bodies of water and picking out countries on a map. Knowing that cloves came from places like Zanzibar and Madagascar or locating the Caspian Sea seemed all there was to this study. Not today. Anne Knowles, a geography professor atMiddlebury College, is using geographic information systems (GIS)
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
MecSoft Europe GmbH announced today that VisualXPORT is certified for use with Autodesk Inventor 2011 and 2012 mechanical design and engineering software under the Inventor Certified Applications Program. The certification of VisualXPORT gives Autodesk Inventor software users access to a family of CAM products that will help enhance their manufacturing processes. Read More
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
World-leading architects Foster + Partners and global infrastructure consultants Halcrow have been collaborating on a self-funded £100,000 study to produce a detailed vision for The Thames Hub – this would bring together rail freight connections between the UK’s main sea ports; a 150 million passenger airport to replace Heathrow; a tidal energy barrage and a
