Monday, March 14th, 2011
The innovation prize is sponsored by 52°North GmbH, con terra GmbH, ESRI Deutschland GmbH, the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente and the Institute for Geoinformatics at the University of Muenster. The deadline for submitting digital applications is May 1, 2011. The winner(s) will be notified by May
Monday, March 14th, 2011
2013 will witness the appearance of a new 400 kg mini-satellite on orbit with small-size high resolution radar onboard, which will open new possibilities for operational detailed imagery of emergency situations. Radar small satellite has been developed at the British company SSTL since 2009, as Luis Gomes, SSTL RS Department Head, reported at the last
Monday, March 14th, 2011
Sustainable development implies consideration of environmental, economic and social factors. For engineers this leads to the design of infrastructure upon the landscape that meets the goals of sustainability. T.G. Carpenter takes it a step further and writes about the performance of sustainable infrastructure upon multi-discplinary approaches including hydrology, ecology and aesthetics.
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Britain risks losing hundreds of billions of pounds needed to build wind farms and other renewable energy resources if the Government fails to set up a Green Investment Bank, MPs have warned. The Coalition Agreement promised to put aside at least £1 billion to raise money from the private sector for building new green power sources
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
It appears the provincial government will get the final say after all on a controversial farmland rezoning proposal in the Annapolis Valley. The government announced Friday that the proposal will undergo a ministerial review. John MacDonell, the minister for Service Nova Scotia and municipal relations who is also the agriculture minister, has 60 days to make a
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
The international GEOSTAT summer school provides training for young researchers and interested users on open-source software tools to analyse geographical data (http://geostat-course.org/). The summer school is conducted annually by reputated scientists in changing international locations (e.g. Split, Croatia 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008). The GEOSTAT 2011 will be held at the University Koblenz-Landau in Germany and
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
At Nottinghamshire County Council, Julian Walters leads a team of 8 IT specialists, 4 of which are GIS experts. This team supports the implementation of a number of GIS packages across the authority and a collection of specific spatial applications. In 2009, Julian recognised the need to support the various GIS users with training to make the
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Automated extraction of objects from remotely sensed data is an important topic of research in Computer Vision, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Geoiformation Science. This joint conferenceof ISPRS working groups I/2, III/1, III/4 and III/5 held at Technische Universität München (TUM), discusses recent developments, the potential of various data sources, and future trends in automatic object
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
On Friday March 11, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and its Nepal partners organised a Nepal-Day knowledge sharing event on Enhancing Climate Resilience and Adaptive Capacity in Nepal. A large number of representatives from the government, diplomatic missions, donor community, and partner organisations took part in the event, including the Vice Chair of
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Detailed satellite images of the territory of Japan were received, where a series of earthquakes were registered on March 11 in its north-eastern parts. According to the Main Meteorological Service of the country the 8.9 magnitude earthquake was the biggest in the history of the country.
