Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Oman has decided to invest US $2.9 billion in 13 new water and power projects that are commencing in 2012. According to the 7-Year (2011-2017) report from Oman Power and Water Procurement Company, demand for desalinated water and energy in the country is anticipated to rise at an average growth rate of approximately 9% annually
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
“Italian agriculture is now in a real situation of emergency. One farm out of three is at risk. Budgets are more and more ‘in the red’. Production costs (especially beacuse of the increase in the price of diesel), are uncomfortably soaring and so are contributions and the suffocating ‘weight’ of bureaucracy. In 2011, more than
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
According to The Huffington Post, a report commissioned by the Netherlands-based Wetlands International said Malaysia is uprooting an average of 2% of its rainforests in Sarawak every year, its largest state located on the island of Borneo, or nearly 10% in the past five years. Read More
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
An out-of-date chart at St Angelo airport may have been consulted by the pilot of a helicopter that crashed killing three men, an inquest heard. Charles Stisted, Ian Wooldridge, and their pilot Anthony Smith died when their aircraft hit Shanlieve Mountain in the Mournes in October 2010. Read More
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Satelite navigation systems are at risk from criminals, terrorists or even just bored teenagers, with the potential to cause major incidents from maritime disasters to chaos in financial markets, leading experts warned on Wednesday. From maps on car dashboards and mobile phones, to road tolls, aviation and marine navigation systems and even financial exchanges, much of
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
The climate of 2011 was dominated by two La Niña events: a strong event peaking over the summer of 2010–11 and a second La Niña which developed in late 2011. This contributed to record rainfall for Australia over a two-year period and cooler than average temperatures over most of Australia last year, particularly in the
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Any MAVinci customer will be able to upload Images into Icaros’ server for Orthophoto and DTM extraction, directly from MAVinci desktop application, creating easy integration and seamless workflow between the two platforms. MAVinci is now offering its UAV’s customers easy integration of all major processing SW companies and allows their UAV customers to choose the process
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (BORL) has implemented ProjectWise, Bentley’s collaboration and work-sharing platform, to facilitate the design, construction, and ongoing capacity expansion of its recently commissioned 6 million metric ton refinery in Bina, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Socium is pleased to announce that it has been successfully selected for the Software as a Service lot of the Government Procurement Service’s G-Cloud ITT. The opportunity to tender was published on the 18th October 2011 and following a successful bid, Socium’s Online Validation Service has been selected as an approved service on the G-Cloud
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Applications are currently being accepted for the SmartGeometry 2012 Workshop – an annual gathering of leading designers and researchers, programmers and artists, professionals and academics who come together for 4 days of intense collaboration, development, and design.
