Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) today launched its first e-learning course and toolkit aimed specifically at those interested in or specialising in rural housing provision – including Local Authorities, Registered Providers and developers. Both tools aim to address the issue of provision of affordable housing, which is a particular challenge in rural areas.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Private Data Support: Keep proprietary data private and unsearchable by others. Now you can upload proprietary data, analyze it with other data and create compelling maps, charts and graphs all within a secure interface. Groups and Permissions: Allow others in your group or organization to access and collaborate with you. Enable permissions at various levels to
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Esri Map Book highlights the wide diversity of GIS applications in use today. From a detailed tourism map of the archaeological sites in Luxor, Egypt, to the scientific analysis of the iron and titanium concentrations on the moon, this year’s map book beautifully showcases the power and potential of geospatial analysis.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
earthmine, inc. today announced the immediate availability of the earthmine Widget for the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex, providing a simple way for earthmine and ArcGIS users to publish their geospatial data and earthmine 3D street level imagery to the web. The earthmine Widget is built with earthmine’s Software Development Kit (SDK) for Flash and delivers
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Ensuring community participation in the sustainable management of forests is one of the main challenges in REDD+ implementation, but the Philippines is leading the South East Asian pack with community rights already being legally incorporated into the REDD+ process, according to Yurdi Yasmi, Manager at the Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC).
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
The EFI FLEGT and REDD unit houses the EU FLEGT Facility and the EU REDD Facility, which support the European Commission, EU Delegations, EU Member States and partner countries in the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan and REDD+ activities. EFI is looking for a senior-level professional with strong international leadership and management experience
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
The Government announced a $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation as part of the package, to encourage investment in renewable energy. Andrew Richards of Pacific Hydro says the package will allow companies to better plan future projects. He says the $23-a-tonne a carbon price is key to creating a more stable market for investment. Read More
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
earthmine, a world leader in 3D street level imagery, held its first-ever Partner Conference last week, hosting nearly 100 current and potential partners representing 13 countries at the two-day conference. Kicking off the conference on Thursday, July 7, was the keynote presentation by Lawrie Jordan, Director of Imagery for Esri and founder of ERDAS. Throughout
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s clean energy company, has completed groundwork for what is to be the world’s biggest offshore wind farm – in London’s Thames Estuary – as it refocuses its strategy at home to include energy drawn from the skies. The company, which is building the 1 gigawatt array with partners Denmark’s Dong Energy and
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Finnish National Coalition party politicians led by Arto Satonen, the chairman of the parliamentary transport committee, on Friday slammed the new transport minister’s proposal to introduce a congestion charge scheme in the capital region. Merja Kyllönen, the transport minister, had told the Finnish News Agency (STT) on Thursday that a congestion charge scheme would reduce emissions
