Friday, March 25th, 2011
Russian software makers and business people are beginning to recognize the important role of mobile applications for the new generation of smartphones. “On the Russian market, which simply ‘exploded’ after the start of official iPad sales, more and more companies are looking at mobile applications as a new medium for managing loyalty, a space for advertising,
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The Delhi Assembly approved the Delhi Geo-spatial Data Infrastructure (Management, Control, Administration, Security and Safety) Bill, 2011 by voice-vote. Speaking in the Assembly, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Delhi is the first state to enact such an important Act. Ms Dikshit said the Delhi State Spatial Data Infrastructure (DSSDI) project is one of the flagship
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Mayor Rob Ford has proposed a revision of the provincially-funded light rail transit plan for Toronto and a privately-financed Sheppard subway. This is the Pembina Institute’s analysis of this proposed plan and our recommendations to city council and the Metrolinx Board. The intent of our analysis is to determine benefits and shortcomings in the current
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
On April 7, 2011, Bentley Systems will hold a conference call and webcast to announce important and innovative enhancements to Bentley Map V8i, the only desktop GIS for infrastructure that is intrinsically 3D. Used by designers, engineers, and other professionals that map, plan, design, build, and operate the world’s infrastructure, Bentley Map is a fully
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
DAP Technologies today introduced its rugged M9000 tablet with breakthrough communications options including Wireless USB and integrated ZigBee® wireless technology, which are among the first applications of these technologies on tablet computers. It is also the first computer with the new Intel® E660T industrial processor and includes Qualcomm’s latest Gobi TM 3000 module.
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The digital mapping project is the result of a scientific collaboration between the Geophysics Service of the Department of Soil Protection in Ispra, Cartography and Remote Sensing Group, Department of Geophysics of the Lithosphere of OGS and Exploration & Production Division of Eni. The project stems from the need to provide the scientific world and, more
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) and the Malta Resources Authority (MRA) have launched the eagerly anticipated Water Catchment Management Plan for the Maltese Islands. Following extensive Public Consultation on the issues at hand, the document is Malta’s first ever integrated plan with clear objectives to manage and protect all waters, including coastal waters,
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The German Remote Sensing Data Center (Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum; DFD) and the German Space Operations Center (GSOC), both of which are part of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), are continuing to provide as much data as possible from the two German radar satellites, TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X, for the assessment of
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Open-cast mining in the lignite districts of central and eastern Germany has affected huge areas of land, leaving behind entirely new landscapes characterised by their unique yet typical forms, in some cases bizarre and striking surfaces, and the absence of human activity. What makes the eastern German mining districts particularly interesting is that at the beginning
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The 50th anniversary of the IOC International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) Programme will be celebrated this year. To mark this important milestone, IODE organizes a scientific conference on the exchange of oceanographic data in Liège, on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 March 2011. Between 23 and 26 March, the Member States of IOC
