Sunday, March 27th, 2011
Our region took what could be a huge step forward this month as the Capital Regional District board unanimously approved a motion from the transportation and planning committee asking for a staff report on establishing a regional transportation function. Essentially, this means examining how the CRD could take over planning and decision-making for a truly regional
Sunday, March 27th, 2011
Airports around the world are faced with several significant challenges. As their sizes grow, the need for improved strategies and tools to manage spaces directly impacts the ability to generate revenue. The infrastructure required to support many buildings, runways and accessibility is also under pressure to increase efficiency. Meanwhile, energy, emergency and critical response functions
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
Needham third graders explored the geography and history of Needham by creating their own hand drawn maps that are currently being displayed around town, thanks to the Needham 300 Committee and a grant from the Needham Education Foundation. The program, called Magic of Maps, allowed the students to meet with a professional cartographer who taught them
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
Climate change could cause temperatures to rise 3 to 4 degrees Celcius and rainfall to drop 40 percent by the end of the century, if the people of Santiago continue their current habits, says a recent Universidad de Santiago de Chile study. University scientists launched a study into the effects of these changes on the city’s
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
For so many of us, it’s nearly impossible to understand the devastation that occurred in Japan following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami — images from the disaster may be the closest many of us may come to comprehending the scale of destruction. MapQuest recently obtained aerial images from our partners i-cubed and GeoEye, and we
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
Siemens AG plans a radical restructuring aimed at better positioning the German engineering giant in the growing market for green infrastructure, especially in the world’s expanding urban areas, according to people familiar with the matter. The reorganization plan, which Chief Executive Peter Löscher is expected to present at the company’s supervisory board meeting Monday, would essentially
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
In this day of social media, traditional face-to-face meetings are few and far between. Needless to say, when they do happen, they are most often fruitful. When our Africa Office Director, Joe Njangiru, walked into the offices of the national mapping agencies of Uganda, he walked out with a set of 1:50,000 topographic maps from
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
The first regional headquarters branches for Moroccan bank, BMCE (Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur) have opened in Rabat and Casablanca, with a further branch in Fez due to complete shortly – they are the first buildings by Foster + Partners to be completed in Africa. The banks’ contemporary interior is wrapped by a traditional, energy
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
Esri Press has released the fourth edition of Thinking About GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers, the seminal book on planning and implementing a geographic information system (GIS). Roger Tomlinson, widely known as “the father of GIS,” has updated this edition to include the latest trends in geospatial technology.
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
“The county council is already investing £16.3 million in road improvements this financial year which is enough money to pay for 200 miles of resurfacing. That’s about the same distance from London to Manchester. This extra funding from Government will allow us to do much more and go some way to making good the damage
