Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
2010 was a very productive year for UK space science and the UK space industry. The images below represent some of the year’s highlights. Read More
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
It has been announced that Liverpool will trial 200Mbs broadband access for 1,000 homes in the city via powerline technology. One of the big ideas a few years ago was that it could be possible to receive broadband at superfast speeds using existing power cables. Broadband signals would effectively ride the electricity grid at different
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Now more commonly valued for their aesthetic appeal, old maps help capture the evolution of man’s view of the world and how subjective the drawings were depending on the dominant empire of the time. “This coast is dangerous and chiefly inhabited by pirates,” reads a note on a black and white “Gulf map” from 1816.
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), possibly the first scientist who devised a wireless world, looked at Science as a common service, a way to improve the lot of mankind, not just a means for enhancing wealth (less than ever, the wealth of the few), or to bend to compulsions of market economy. Geomatics and Geoinformation can give
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
On December 9, struck some 20 authorities to sign a contract for geodatasamverkan. It will mean new opportunities for access to spatial data, ie, map data and registry information by geographical location, by state authorities and municipalities. Such data are important in a variety of social functions, particularly at the municipal level where almost all activities
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Garmin Ltd. announced that the District Court of Düsseldorf has issued a ruling in the patent litigation initiated by Pioneer Corporation. The Court’s ruling, which is subject to appeal, found that the two patents asserted by Pioneer are infringed by certain Garmin software functionality. Garmin has already developed minor software revisions that eliminate the narrow
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
With the new interactive tool on VeniceConnected, you can take a virtual tour of Venice. Just click on the map, any point you like, and a picture will come up. Clicking and dragging, you can move in any direction and take a virtual walk through the city streets. Read More
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Every year, as you well know, is the International Year for Something or the Other. If you had forgotten, 2010 was the International Year of Bio-diversity, which, in common parlance, means the sum total of living creatures in an eco-system. This annual theme has a ring of irony for anyone in India—it’s been the year
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), the current December has been the coldest since 1978 in southern and central parts of Finland. In the monitoring period of 50 years, this December was the third coldest on record in these areas. The lowest temperature recorded was below – 36°C. The reading was taken in Utsjoki in the
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
The foundation pillar of the National Reference Geodetic Network on unadulterated land surveying was officially laid yesterday December 29, 2010. The Minister of State Property and Land Tenure, Jean-Baptist Beleoken yesterday December 29 in Yaounde officially laid the foundation or reference pillar of a land survey project that the government intends to carry out in
