Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Back home now and a new carbon abatement project in Central Australia is being touted as a large scale experiment in agricultural emissions trading. The Federal Government has announced it will fund two thirds of the purchase price of Henbury Station to help transform it into the world’s largest carbon farm. The agricultural company, RM Williams, will
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
The goal of the Alpine Space Project “ALPSTAR, Toward Carbon Neutral Alps – Make Best Practice Minimum Standard”, is to achieve climate neutrality in the Alps by 2050. At the initial conference on 27th and 28th October 2011 in Chambéry participants will discuss the policy requirements on energy, transport and the economy in order to
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
China is preparing to launch its ninth “Beidou” or Compass navigation satellite in the coming days, an official media report said on Monday. The satellite will be launched as part of China’s indigenous satellite-navigation set-up. A Long March-3A carrier rocket will launch the “Beidou” from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, a spokesperson
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Today’s mapmaker is a mix of social scientist, field worker, graphic artist, and techie. Looking for a more creative way to tell the stories of relief, recovery, and development, USAID—and in particular, the parts of the Agency that work in political transition and disaster response environments—have turned to such mapmakers and developed Geographic Information Units (GIU),
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Planning law rarely quickens the blood of the media. But every day, up and down the land, planning decisions are shaping the country, bringing joy to some and despair to others. Monday’s publication of government plans for a radical overhaul of the UK’s planning regime – tearing up 1000 lawyer-pleasing pages and putting just 52
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
In a phone call to the TV station, the Director of the Customs Agency, Vanyo Tanov confirmed the news, explaining the move means “Lukoil” is stopping operations in Bulgaria, because it can no longer produce fuels. The order stems from the fact the company failed to install devices that send data for the sales to the National Revenue
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government insists that electricity bills will only grow modestly as a result of the nuclear energy phase-out. Experts, however, disagree, with many pointing to Berlin’s massive subsidies for solar power as the culprit. Read More
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Property information service company, Hometrack, has signed an agreement* with Perth-based nearmap.comto use its photo mapping content for its Valuer product. Hometrack provides electronic valuations and risk analytics solutions to the Australian and UK housing and mortgage industries while nearmap.com captures, processes, stores and distributes high-resolution aerial maps known as ‘PhotoMaps’. According to nearmap.com CEO Simon Crowther, the deal with Hometrack continues
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
As an AGI member you could attend AGI GeoCommunity ’11 for as little as £255+VAT! (non member price £365+VAT). For this great price you’ll get access to the two days of AGI GeoCommunity ’11, one night’s accomodation on-site, a ticket to the AGI party, plus food and refreshments during the proceedings. If you want to go the
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Geomorphologically speaking, the territory displayed on the image is the interbedding accumulative alluvial valley with a complex of cryogen topographic forms. The Yana river valley features the topographic forms, typical for large valley rivers: meanders, bayou lakes, floodplains. Vegetation: low-bush cotton grass tundra. Read More
