Saturday, February 26th, 2011
The Baltic Sea currently has the most extensive ice cover that it has seen in 24 years. On Thursday, 310,000 square kilometres of the sea were covered in ice, and the area is growing. The ice is at its thickest in coastal areas of the northern reaches of the Gulf of Bothnia, where it has
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
The risk that people will commit fraud with the new public transport smart card is not enough reason to keep the paper ticket system, transport minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen said on Friday. The minister had halted the scrapping of paper tickets in Zuid-Holland province because of revelations about how easy it is to travel for
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Firms should be forced to pay rent to dig up Glasgow’s roads in a bid to halt the growing pothole crisis. The call was made by the city’s roads boss Robert Booth after it was revealed utility companies could be rewarded for doing their jobs. Read More
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Last December, IGN France International was awarded the technical assistance contract for the supervision of work leading to the update of the country’s geodetic network. The work will be completed by the Fugro Geoid company. The Ministry of Land Affairs (MINDAF) in Cameroon, who had undertaken the updating of its geodetic network, inaugurated the first pillar in Yaounde
Friday, February 25th, 2011
Within the DFG Initiative for Excellence, Global Networks funding scheme, outstanding international research collaborations are funded. The initiated Global Network “Airborne Laser Scanning for 3D Vegetation Characterization: Set-up of an International Signature Database” allows intensifying the collaborative research of the Chair of GIScience with the Vienna University of Technology (Prof. Pfeifer) and the University of
Friday, February 25th, 2011
The interactive map is both available as OGC-conformant WMS (Web Map Service) as well as a TileCache version. The data update has been automated which allows a weekly update of the OpenStreetMap data for the whole planet into an internal specialized database schema. The initial database features among others about 30 Mio buildings, 36 Mio
Friday, February 25th, 2011
A leading map specialist has launched a comprehensive worldwide gazetteer with immeasurable potential for search and reference applications. Multi-award winning Europa Technologies is aiming its Global 360 product at any business that needs to search, reference and geocode locations worldwide. With a range of entries from countries down to localised places of interest, Global 360 can be used
Friday, February 25th, 2011
According to international studies, Peru is among the countries hardest hit by climate change. The general population regularly struggles with the fall-out from natural disasters, water shortages and agricultural degradation. But experts believe that there is substantial potential for gaining electricity from hydropower in the South American country – which already depends on hydropower stations for 60
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
The trade corridors are: phase two of the Mozambique Spatial Development Initiative (SDI) programme, phase two of the Tanzania SDI, phase two of Democratic of Congo (DRC) SDI, phase one of the Angola-Namibia-South Africa SDI and phase one of the Zimbabwe SDI. Read More
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
A follow-up performance audit on the progress registered in the exploitation of renewable energy sources in Malta has been presented to Parliament by the Auditor General. The study was requested by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee during its deliberations of the performance audit report: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Malta, published in September 2009. Read
