Thursday, April 7th, 2011
The Norwegian Civil Aviation Board (Avinor) has announced that passengers must be prepared for delays in air traffic on Thursday, due to the introduction of a new arrival route system in the airspace. Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL) asks that passengers are prepared for delays. Rygge and Torp airports will also be affected. Other airports may also experience
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Russian Federal Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov said on Wednesday the agency’s scheduled events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin’s historic first space flight will go ahead as planned despite rumors of his imminent retirement. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov confirmed earlier on Wednesday rumors that Perminov, 65, will soon retire. State officials
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
The OSGIS conference series has a strong international focus and takes a holistic approach in bringing together speakers and delegates from government, academe, industry and open source communities. High profile speakers from all over the world are invited for giving presentations and running hands-on workshops for the conference series.
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
A partnership has been established to tackle the range of threats facing forests in the Mediterranean region, such as water scarcity and fires. Each year, wildfires in the region claim up to 1m hectares of forests, at an estimated cost of 1bn euros (£870m). The new partnership was launched at the 2nd Mediterranean Forest Week, which is
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Following on the heels of Google’s Streetview launch in Germany, Microsoft says it plans to add a similar service to its popular Bing Maps service. The company is also trying to avoid the privacy issues and public debates that contributed to delays in the introduction of Google’s pioneering service. Read More
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI), a global leader in customer data, analytics and customer communication software and services, has successfully deployed and mobilised Confirm OnDemand – PBBI’s on-demand asset maintenance and management system – for the Birmingham Highways Maintenance and Management Service, a £2.7bn project run by Amey in partnership with Birmingham City Council (BCC).
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
We expect about 200 highly interesting presentations from all over the world, keynote speeches by Henk OVINK (NL), Bernd STREICH (DE) and TSENG Tse-Fong (TW), input from leading decision makers and experts from the Ruhr-area and North Rhine-Westphalia as well as tours on world heritage site Zollverein. Like always we will try our best to arrange – hopefully with support of the participants – attractive social events and a good mood and creative spirit during the conference.
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Increasingly, when applying for permits, designing housing estates, integrating new development projects, … a 3D representation is demanded, which clearly shows the newly developed situation. We often got the question from our customers to develop a module that generates this 3D model in a simple way. So today, Pythagoras bvba presents, with great pride, the
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Pythagoras is a standalone CAD program that focuses on markets concerning surveying, constructing, engineering,… Powerful and user friendly drawing and calculation functions give the user the possibility to treat measurements accurately and to finish drawings swiftly. Thanks to the modular system, the user can compose a software package according his or her needs. Digital terrain models, road design, importing
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Attendee levels for the Aligned Assets sponsored Street Naming and Numbering Best Practice Days have now passed 200. With over 120 local authorities represented, the five events, being held across the country will see almost one third of all Street Naming and Numbering departments in attendance.
