Monday, February 13th, 2012
Mediterranean is the melting pot of Europe, Africa and Asia. The three continents meet here. Today, with 24 countries, diverse people, culture, religion and language, the region accounts for seven percent of the global population, consuming about 8 percent of the world’s primary energy demand. While the population is set to swell by another 90 million
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Spatial quality is about strategies, policies, design and effective creation and use of spaces. It applies to buildings, landscapes and infrastructure. While spatial data quality is also important, it is not spatial quality, but can be considered an important aspect of good spatial quality. Effective design will have higher spatial quality as functioning increases, use
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Large portions of the western half of the U.S. do not have access to 3G or faster mobile broadband service, according to a new map released by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. The map, released by the FCC Friday, shows large parts of Alaska, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, Texas and Montana as not having 3G or faster mobile
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Bentley Systems today announced two key initiatives to support the construction phase of Crossrail – Europe’s largest construction project. The initiatives are aimed at integrating the whole Crossrail supply chain to create best practices in information modelling for construction. Moreover, they are in keeping with the U.K.’s Government Construction Strategy, which calls for replacing adversarial
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
A new £50 million centre aimed at accelerating the commercialisation of green technologies will be based in Glasgow. The Government announced yesterday the so-called Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult will have its headquarters at the city’s Strathclyde University, with a second base at the National Renewable Energy Centre in north-east England. Read More Read More
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
U.S. Ambassador to Norway Barry B. White says there is no competition for resources or a race for the Arctic. “We all have a common interest in preserving the Arctic area even as we pursue sustainable development.” Barry B. White participated at the large Arctic business- and energy conference taking place this week in Kirkenes, near
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Russia is to pump another $12bln into the development of the GLONASS satellite navigation system slated to compete with America’s GPS. The additions to the programme has been approved by the Russian Space Agency and the Economics Ministry and now awaits Government’s approval, reports Kommersant daily. Read More
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Contractors have laid the foundation for Grand Cayman’s digital weather radar station. However, the operating date of the early warning radar has been pushed back again, and its debut is now not likely to occur until after this year’s hurricane season. In December, officials said the Doppler radar would arrive in July, coinciding with the
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
The state government has initiated steps to reclaim the land which was handed over to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) four years ago in Ponmudi to set up the space institute. Sources told TOI that district collector will soon slap a notice on ISRO authorities to reclaim the land. Read More
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked for a nationwide review of land management procedures and said local authorities made mistakes in a land acquisition case in the northern port city of Haiphong, according to a statement on the government’s website. Read More
