Monday, April 11th, 2011
GTA and Procedural provide a solution to model large databases of real-world building data with more 3D detail. Special focus is set to add depth to the facade as well as details to the roof. CityEngine imports 3D buildings generated automatically with GTA’s software solution tridicon 3D, transfers detailed tridicon 3D facade description to CityEngine
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Nowadays safe, efficient public transportation is more than ever a crucial factor when it comes to the quality of life and competitiveness of many of the world’s cities and regions. Sustainable, optimally integrated mobility is one of the key issues of the 21st Century. Hans-Joerg Grundmann, CEO of the Siemens Mobility Division, said, “Efficient urban
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Dr. Alaaeldin Ali, Information Management Division Manager at ADEC’s Office of Strategic Affairs, said that ADEC is keen to provide school leaders and senior educators with advanced tools ‘&’ applications such as Geographical Information System (GIS) and Statistical Information ‘&’ Reporting Analysis System. These applications come in line with ADEC’s plan to take advantage of
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
China’s National Energy Bureau (NEB) is drafting new regulations to standardize the examination and approval of small wind farm projects, industry sources said. According to the rules, estimated to be promulgated in the first half of this year, local governments must first win approval of the NEB before they give licenses to wind farm projects that
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
DESA’s Statistics Division (UNSD) and the UN Cartographic Section/Department of Field Support organized the “Third Preparatory Meeting on the Proposed UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM)” from 4-6 April in New York. 60 leading experts from 20 Member States, six UN entities and 11 regional and international organizations participated actively in the
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
TINET, autonomous agencies per service for the Information Society (OASI) from Tarragona Province, Spain provides telematics services to the citizens of the Tarragona region to ensure access to the Internet and meet the local content of the territory with the objective to integrate citizens into the Information Society and promote awareness of the territory.Therefore, DIELMO
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Information System of the National Atlas of Spain (Sian)is a project of innovation and technological development that supports the production and publication of the National Atlas of Spain (NSA) and other products and services offered by the Department of Cartography National Atlas Thematic and IGN. Once the initial phase in the development of applications SIANE involved
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
With a land use model to simulate the future development of land use as well as the links between transport infrastructure and spatial development. The ARE has had to examine a concept study different models. Read More
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) are drainage solutions that provide an alternative to the direct channelling of surface water through networks of pipes and sewers to nearby watercourses. By mimicking natural drainage regimes, SuDS aim to reduce surface water flooding, improve water quality and enhance the amenity and biodiversity value of the environment. SuDS achieve this
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
There are, in our view, good arguments for nuclear power. They turn on the dangers of the hydrocarbons of burning fossil fuels, the dire scenarios many scientists predict for climate change or global warning and world’s unstoppable appetite for energy. The practical dangers of digging for coal are well established in Turkey, where scores of
