Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Eniro, the Nordic region’s largest search company, has switched to C3 Technologies’ new oblique aerial imaging solution for Eniro Maps of the top 30 cities in Sweden. Oblique images allow users to see the sides of buildings and other objects, which makes it much easier to recognize an address or a point of interest. By switching to
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Information technology has changed significantly since its widespread adoption from the mid-80s onwards. Despite evolving to include online social networking, virtual worlds and gaming, it generally remains a socially isolating experience. With users seek to enter a digital world that removes them from their surrounding reality. However, this is certain to change over the next
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
A key policy issue in a national and European context is where does and should public money go and how can it be best used to influence the geography of growth? For the project ‘Secondary cities in Europe: Performance, Policies and Prospects’ the key question to answer is: ‘Are the benefits of a centralised urban system
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
NORDREGIO – The Nordic countries generate only moderate emission levels of greenhouse gases compared to other developed countries of a similar size. This is related to their lower dependency on fossil fuels. However, their consumption of energy per capita is among the highest in the world. Read More
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
The world’s population is now majority urban with the number of urban dwellers rising by nearly 60 million people per year. It is expected that in 2050, seven out of ten people in the world will live in cities. This rapid population growth has often outpaced the ability of local governments to provide basic public
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
EUROCITIES – Launched at EUROCITIES 2010 Zaragoza, this new publication addresses a series of related areas including what exactly is a city brand; how a city brand for a city identity can be built; and how cities can manage their brand. Read More
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
GEOINFORMATIKA – Those who describe the data for the whole country would be recommended by the Office of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre of the Slovak Republic to use the same geographical boundaries created by the Geodetic and Cartographic Institute Bratislava (GCO). Geographic bounding box is the primary coordinate system ETRS89 , because it supports search services and
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
This new book, edited by Professor John Catt, and now published by the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, was planned as long ago as 1950, with a first draft started by Percy Evans, who died in 1973 before it was finished. The project was revived by John, who persuaded several specialists to complete their long-promised contributions,
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
THE HINDU – India is all set to emerge among the top five nations in G-20 group in terms of clean energy investments worldwide and is likely to attract $169 billion in wind, solar, biomass, energy from waste, small hydro, geothermal and marine energy projects in the next decade. Read More
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
The Czech Republic is to host the headquarters of the European Union’s planned Galileo satellite navigation (satnav) system, EU member states agreed on Friday. The system is meant to give the EU its own worldwide navigation system, similar to the US GPS and Russia’s GLONASS. EU officials see it as a crucial boost to the bloc’s
