Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Romania currently hosts the largest on-shore wind park in Europe. Wind energy is booming in the economically weak country, yet investors remain worried about a lack of clear regulations. Strong winds and strong state support: Romania is on its way to becoming wind energy’s paradise. Back in 2008, the Bucharest government agreed on a law to
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Innovations in technology development are altering the ability to capture, manage, model and represent surveying data today. The fact is, surveyors operate under different regulations, perspectives and domains globally. Moreover, there are differences between companies that offer surveying services with some following traditional domain approaches, while others venture across disciplines and successfully engage new multi-disciplinary
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Barcelona recorded over 480 million journeys on public transport during the first quarter of 2011. The figure represents a growth of 2% on last year’s number and equals the figure for 2008. Public transport in the Barcelona area recovered, during the first quarter of this year, the number of journeys recorded in 2008, before the start
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Lebanon is at least seven years behind Israel in terms of developing its maritime natural gas and oil fields, Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported United Nations special representative Michael Williams as saying Thursday. Williams urged Lebanon to begin passing laws that would allow energy companies to begin searching for oil and natural gas in Lebanon’s Mediterranean
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
In an effort to clean up the international reputation of its oil sands, Canada’s federal government said Thursday it will launch a new air- and water-monitoring program for the industry. The plan marks a significant change to regulatory oversight of the oil sands, an industry that has boomed in recent years amid sky-high oil prices and
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
With approximately 600 articles in 4 volumes, Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive review of key biological and geographic classifications tied to the high-school and college curriculum. The reference work will cover the broad scope of biomes and ecosystems around the world, from puddles on the street to coral reefs in Australia to rain forests
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The Institute for Photogrammetry, Univ. of Stuttgart is pleased to continue its series of successful tutorials as pre-events of the Photogrammetric Week Series. This year’s tutorial is held on Sunday, Sept. 4th, 2011 and will lecture “All About Point Clouds” (see attachment). You are cordially invited! Just in case, you have not yet got the
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Satellite navigation system maker TomTom posted a loss of €489m in the second quarter of this year, due to a one-off impairment charge of €512m as the market for personal devices continues to decline. Second-quarter turnover was down 13% on a year ago at €314m. In June, TomTom reduced its full year sales forecast to between
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Russia’s legendary Mir submarines have been used to reach the ocean floor beneath the North Pole, film the Titanic in its watery grave and search for the sunken treasures of Czar Nicholas II in Siberia. Now they are exploring the gigantic underwater gulches of Lake Geneva. Read More
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Dielmo Server Technology is a new server technology that allows remote access to geographic information as LiDAR data (original point cloud) and raster layers, for expernt and non-expert users, allowing the visualization, analysis and distribution over the internet at an incredible performance and with no limits. Read More
