Saturday, January 29th, 2011
OnAsset Intelligence Inc.announced its participation in the upcoming M2M Evolution event, taking place February 2-4, in the Miami Beach Convention Center as part of ITEXPO. Exhibiting in Booth 228, OnAsset will showcase its SENTRY™ family of wireless telemetry devices for GPS tracking, remote sensing, and the monitoring of fixed and mobile assets on the ground, in
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
When we talk about infrastructural development, what generally comes to mind are road construction, water supply, power grids, sewers, telecommunications, schools, hospitals etc. Those are regarded as basic necessities for continuous survival of any society. This is to say that infrastructure is the basic physical and organisational amenity needed for the operation of a society. Read
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Arctic research institutions want to buy a former submarine base in Northern Norway and make it into a center for research in the High North. The Norwegian Ministry of Defense supports the plans of the Norwegian Polar Institute and the Institute of Marine Research to buy the huge Olavsvern Naval Base outside Tromsø. Read More
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Roads built to the same standards as the scorching south of France; fish moved from the overheated Lake District to cooler waters in Scotland; lighthouses threatened by rising seas. From measures in use already to seemingly far-fetched scenarios for the future, these are some of the findings in the first batch of climate adaptation plans
Friday, January 28th, 2011
AeroGRID has signed a data distribution agreement with BlomInfo to distribute its aerial imagery of Denmark via its WMS server. The growing AeroGRID library of highly accurate aerial imagery is being made available via WMS, the standard protocol for streaming georeferenced map imagery over the Internet to web based applications, GIS and CAD software.
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Link your Mac with GPS receivers. Whether it’s a daylong hike, 4×4 excursion, geocaching quest, ski trip or sailing voyage — you’ll always know where you’ve been, where you are, and where you’re going.
Friday, January 28th, 2011
The European Commission expects Galileo and EGNOS to help secure a bigger share of the space technology market and bring European independence in a sector that is important for its economy and for the well being of its citizens. Its new mid-term review also confirms considerable progress for the EGNOS programme, which increases the accuracy
Friday, January 28th, 2011
The Finnish Meteorological Institute is coordinating a project that demonstrates new methods for mitigating climate change in the Arctic. The project begins in January 2011 and is co-financed by the EU LIFE09+ programme. Read More
Friday, January 28th, 2011
National Forest Programmes (hereinafter “NFPs”) are presentlyviewed as concepts designed for the implementation of sustainableforest management and long-term enhancement of forestry competitiveness in a manner respecting national sovereignty. NFPs form part of the national forest policy and they concurrently serve asa platform for the fulfilment of the European Union Forestry Strategy. The 1998 Community Forestry Strategy
Friday, January 28th, 2011
A first official version of the data portal for the Scheldt estuary is online. This portal was developped within the ScheldeMonitor project with funding of the Maritime Access Division of the Department of Mobility and Public Works. Prospects are that further developments will take place in collaboration with the M working group. Read More
