Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Technip in association with Nénuphar, Converteam and EDF Energies nouvelles is launching the Vertiwind project to test a pre-industrial prototype of a vertical-axis offshore floating wind turbine. The partners of the project are Seal Engineering, ISITV, IFP Energies nouvelles, Arts et Métiers, Bureau Veritas, Oceanide. Free of the constraints related to the foundations of fixed
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
“All components are newly designed to offer the users the maximum performance at an affordable price,” said Tony Vanneman, TPS construction product marketing manager. “The RL-H4C is an addition to the popular RL-H series of rotating lasers, satisfying the increased demands for job site durability, range, accuracy, versatility and cost-effectiveness.” In combination with the new
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Fugro EarthData announced today it has delivered the first tiles of updated orthoimagery and digital elevation model (DEM) for the Alaska Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative’s (SDMI) multi-year program to develop new mapping of the entire state. Fugro is processing hundreds of Spot satellite images for the Statewide Imagery Acquisition project to be completed over the
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon outlines the United Nations Organization’s eight top priorities for the new year, ranging from empowering women to fighting nuclear terrorism. Ban Ki-Moon predicts that 2011 will be even more challenging that 2010 and calls on the “unrelenting determination” of the international community. Read More
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Brilliant Minds is a Tomorrow Today series introducing up-and-coming young scientists from all over the world who are living and carrying out research in Germany. This week we look at 30-year-old Alexandru Codilean, a junior professor at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, who is researching long-term landscape evolution. Read More
Monday, January 17th, 2011
We can easily imagine the whole picture, if a particular problem is sketched on a sheet of paper, or when the observed area is illustrated with a painting, in conjunction with understandable symbols. A map is therefore a visual representation of particular portion of space by means of symbolic delineation of properties and relations between
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Creatures that live in the muddy sediments of estuaries have given Aberdeen scientists new insights into how critical the relationship between organisms, and the structure of the habitat they live in, is for the maintenance of a healthy ecosystem. Read More
Monday, January 17th, 2011
The North East Sustainable Resources Board (NESRB) has launched a new interactive web tool to help generate investment across the region. The Geographical Information System (GIS) Resource Mapping Tool has been developed to allow users to examine the location of waste management facilities throughout the North East of England and also the tonnages of waste
Monday, January 17th, 2011
The Manchester Parish Council has praised the use of a technological system that has promoted sustainable development in the parish for nearly nine years. Geographic information systems (GIS) manages geographical information and helps individuals working in agriculture, environmental sustainability, retail and the Govern-ment, to make informed decisions as they relate to development. Read More
Monday, January 17th, 2011
At the EuroMold in December, Infotech presented a preview of the new CAD viewer Kubotek KeyView. Among their visitors, they drew a Kubotek KeyView Premium license, worth 1,850 Euro. Kubotek KeyView Premium includes the full package of available CAD importers, including CATIA V4/V5, SolidWorks, Parasolid, 3D PDF, Inventor, Unigraphics, Pro/E and many others. From more than 2,000 business cards that
