Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Hungary has joined the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania-Interconnection (AGRI) liquefied natural gas project, which is to build a pipeline to Central Europe. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary and Romania signed “A Joint Declaration” on theAzerbaijan-Georgia-Romanian Interconnector (AGRI) project in Bucharest on Monday, under which Hungary has become its full member, the Georgian Energy Ministry told the Baku-based Trend news agency. Read More
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Coverage via 3G mobile network is even worse. Connections fail or are very slow both inside and outside the enclosure. So, connect the hotels that are around the Plaza of Spain, where is located the Fira, is a real headache. The problem is that many of these hotels and in the Ayre , the headquarters
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
If the city of Bonn were located on the edge of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, in the Antarctic, its inhabitants would now be embarking on a journey through the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An iceberg with a surface area of 120 square kilometres – the size of Bonn – has calved in the Atlantic. Glaciologists at
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
The employers’ organisation wants a review of government policy to make sure Britain is making the most of its rubbish, in the context of 300 landfill sites set to close in the next 10 years, and the need for 2000 new waste management facilities to replace them, at an estimated cost of £10bn. Read More
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Destination Halifax has launched a new Halifax, Nova Scotia mobile website just in time for the 2011 Halifax Canada Games to ensure that the more than 10,000 visitors to the Halifax region will have easy access to information through their smartphones. Read More
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Getmapping plc has acquired Geosense Ltd, and its South African subsidiary. The deal was endorsed at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Getmapping’s shareholders on 11th February. The acquisition will allow Getmapping to continue to grow its UK business and operate on a truly international basis. Geosense has built up a reputation for delivering professional aerial survey,
Monday, February 14th, 2011
EUOSME is written in Java and based on Google Web Toolkit (GWT) libraries. EUOSME has been developed to help create metadata compliant with the INSPIRE Directive (2007/2/EC) and the INSPIRE Metadata Regulation (1205/2008).
Monday, February 14th, 2011
The European Open Source Metadata Editor (EUOSME) is a web application to create INSPIRE-compliant metadata in any of 22 European languages. It has been developed by the Joint Research Centre as part of the EuroGEOSS project. It is therefore a research outcome and not a production tool. Read More
Monday, February 14th, 2011
A new report by the Forest Peoples Programme analyses the FCPF process and sub-national REDD projects in Cameroon, in particular their treatment of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.
Monday, February 14th, 2011
The Assembly of European Regions’ peer review team presented a series of recommendations on how to improve the energy policy of the province of Vojvodina. Based on the observations made during an October 2010 audit, the report identifies the major strengths and challenges for the development of a green economy in the region.
