Monday, December 13th, 2010
Virkisjökull is an outlet glacier draining the western flanks of Oraefajökull, the southern extremity of the Vatnajökull ice cap in south-east Iceland. The glacier is sensitive to climatic forcing due to a relatively low accumulation–ablation area ratio and significant altitudinal difference between summit and margin. The long-term BGS monitoring project at Virkisjökull aims to quantify glacial and geomorphological
Monday, December 13th, 2010
AME INFO – Keynotes and Case Studies, which were discussed during the congress, branched out to include a variety of tools that can be used to protect such infrastructure from acts of terrorism, sabotage and natural disaster. This timely Congress provides essential support to key public and private sector practitioners as they seek to protect
Monday, December 13th, 2010
The rehabilitation and upgrade of the Agus and Pulangi hydroelectric power facilities will cost around P3 billion, an official said. “The rehabilitation work needed to put up an additional 100 to 200 megawatts will cost around P2 billion. If we would like to add or uprate some of the facilities, for instance Pulangi, which will
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Mr. Michael Engelskirchen, GTZ Transport Advisor, was invited to make a presentation about the Rea Vaya BRT system in Johannesburg as a best practice example for the implementation of BRT in African cities. The presentation was held in the Public Transport, Modal Choice and integration session on 5th October 2010 and was attended by more
Monday, December 13th, 2010
GTZ – To combat non-compliance with right-of-ways and red traffic lights, the main reasons for accidents, Münster implemented new transport infrastructure and intensified traffic regulation and monitoring. In the scope of these measures cycle-paths along main roads, extended cycle high ways with a minimum width of 5meters and cycle-bridges and -tunnels at intersections were constructed. Read
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Deere & Co. completed the $900 million sale of its wind-energy business to a subsidiary of power generator Exelon Corp. The company said Friday it sold John Deere Renewables LLC to focus on its core farm-equipment business. Exelon, which is renaming the business Exelon Wind, said it was new to owning and operating wind projects
Monday, December 13th, 2010
ARAB NEWS – An integrated policy should be adopted for a sustainable Saudi Arabia, said Prince Faisal bin Turki Al-Faisal, president of the Saudi Strategic Studies Institute (SSSI), at the inauguration of a workshop in Riyadh on Sunday. The event was also attended by Prince Turki Al-Faisal, chairman of the King Faisal Center For Research and Islamic
Monday, December 13th, 2010
LE MONDE FRANCE – Brazil has successfully launched Sunday a medium-range rocket, intended for scientific experiments and reached an altitude of 241.9 km for a 18-minute flight, said the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB). The launch took place on the base of Alcantara, in the State of Maranhão (Northeast). The type of rocket VSB-30 has a flying range of
Monday, December 13th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised on Sunday new high speed rail services between the 2018 World Cup host cities. He made his statement after joining Finnish President Tarja Halonen for an inaugural journey on the French-made high speed Allegro train linking Helsinki to St. Petersburg. The two leaders arrived in Russia’s former imperial
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Geographic information systems (GIS) have evolved from being desktop focused software to become internet oriented and offered as web services. Today many people actively engage GIS through web services delivered over the internet. These activities are continuing to expand and will undoubtedly offer the widest variety of spatial information services well into the future, providing
