Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Geographical information has been key to the healthcare sector since Dr John Snow mapped cholera outbreaks in London in the 1850s. But with expertise in geographical information systems (GIS) concentrated within public health departments of primary care trusts (PCTs), which are due to move from PCTs to local authorities, there is concern that GIS skills will be
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
The NaturNet Plus, SDI-EDU, EnviroGrids BlackSee, Briseide, Plan4all and Habitats teams would like to invite you for the “Spatial Data Infrastructure for Agriculture and Environment” workshop, which will be part of EFITA/WCCA 2011. EFITA/WCCA 2011 conference is focused on Digital Agenda for 2020, ICT-technologies and knowledge management for integrated and sustainable farm management in the
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
GeoEye, Inc. announced that it has signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement with its Russian partner, ScanEx Research and Development Center, to provide more than 50 million square kilometers of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery for international customers in Russia and its neighboring countries.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Sparx Systems today announced a partnership with Geoplex. The partnership follows the ongoing success of Sparx Systems’ flagship modeling platform, Enterprise Architect, within the geospatial sector. Widely used within the geospatial community to manage information architectures, Enterprise Architect has been adopted within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to maintain all ISO19100 family models for
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
The Centre and Isro on Tuesday announced an upgraded remote sensing data sharing policy, making the process of accessing images easier. The previous policy allowed Isro to release data of up to 5.8 metre resolution, instead of 1 metre now. An Isro official told TOI, “Considering the availability of data on commercial websites, the government has decided to provide
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
The Government of Alberta has taken another step toward realizing its climate change goals by signing a final agreement with Shell Canada Energy for the Shell Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. The project will capture and store more than one million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year from the Scotford Upgrader and its
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Energy efficiency is good for the climate, and its a money-saver, too. Those are two major arguments in favor of companies switching over to energy-saving technologies – something that is being done in Serbia. Modernization in that country’s energy sector is urgently needed; energy usage is rising fast, but the sector is plagued by inefficiencies. Now,
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Thames Water wants to build the sewer from west to east London to stop millions of tonnes of sewage leaking into the River Thames every year. The Thames Tunnel Commission, sponsored by Hammersmith and Fulham Council, will examine whether the 20-mile (32km) tunnel is the best solution. A second phase of consultation on the plan is due
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
While performing satellite imagery of the Black Sea water areas on June 24 the specialists of ScanEx Center detected an extensive slick on the sea surface of ship origin. As of the moment of detecting the slick, in an intricate elongated form, outstretched 119 km within the Russian sector of the Black Sea 155 km
