Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Scientists from the University of Maryland and Beijing Normal University are partnering to track and predict the impact of climate change internationally. When fully developed, the project will provide monitoring and predictive tools that can help, for example, predict crop failure and changes in commodity prices, and aid in preparations for shortages, organizers say. Read More
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Government agencies with geospatial or data visualization requirements might want to take at a close look at Microsoft’s Kinect for Windows, the motion-sensor peripheral originally created for the Xbox 360. Read More
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Timmons Group recently developed and released a field inspection and data collection mobile application for Prince William County, Virginia. The solution is tablet-enabled and allows Prince William field staff to realize significant return on investment (ROI) by using their iPad2 tablets to streamline their daily inspection workflows. Approximately one thousand storm water management ponds needing
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Beginning in March, the Missouri Department of Transportation is aggressively attacking potholes across the St. Louis area and commits to filling the holes with asphalt with 24 hours when they are reported to MoDOT on weekdays. Read More
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
A flurry of map-making by Kansas House members left their Redistricting Committee with 18 proposals Friday for redrawing the state’s congressional districts, creating the possibility of a drawn-out debate over picking one. Read More
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Backcountry skiers and snowboarders have a new tool to explore regional daily avalanche-danger levels. A web-based map, created by students and faculty at Western Washington University (WWU), takes the regional avalanche forecasts issued by the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center and displays the same information spatially. Read More
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
This abstract describes a systematic procedure for analysing corrugated asbestos-cement roofing sheets with Remote sensing test, Open Source data and other analysis (e.g. chemical and medical test) in order to analyse the asbestos fiber air dispersion that can cause lung cancer. To develop this procedure, we should implement test field and laboratory measurements and gathered airborne hyperspectral
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
It would be profitable for Iceland to sell electricity to Europe through undersea cables; although more than one new power station would need to be dedicated to the project to make it worthwhile, a new report claims. It has long been thought possible for Iceland to sell electricity under the sea to other European countries, but
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry has embarked on an ambitious plan to save on its electricity bills by going green in Istanbul museums and buildings linked to the ministry. The cost of lighting Istanbul’s large museums has become too costly, according to the ministry, prompting it to sign an agreement with a private energy firm to conduct
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Sewage can be used to generate electricity using a new device revealed by scientists on Thursday. It combines a fuel cell with other technologies to convert waste water treatment stations into power plants, which the researchers believe could provide the power for entire water grids. “We certainly could take care of the whole water system : the treating and pumping
