Friday, December 3rd, 2010
UC Santa Barbara Professor Michael Goodchild, a global pioneer in geographic information science, is the first scholar appointed to the Jack and Laura Dangermond Professorship in geography. The Dangermonds established the endowed chair with a major philanthropic gift to advance the development of geographic information system technology in an academic environment. They are co-founders of Environmental
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
WhiteStar Corp has named LandWorks as a reseller of the WhiteStar Exploration Cube™ product line. A developer of land asset management software for the oil and gas, pipeline and utility industries, LandWorks will bundle the WhiteStar map products with its popular LandWorks GIS software.
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
VOICE OF RUSSIA – Russia’ Public Chamber has considered the Social GLONASS project, aimed at using the national satellite navigation system GLONASS for the improvement of social life in Russia. The navigator, a device in the shape of a small box, is able to bring significant changes into the lives of millions of disabled people. Thanks to
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
BBC – Temperatures reached record levels in several regions during 2010, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says, confirming the year is likely to be among the warmest three on record. Parts of Russia, Greenland, Canada, China, North Africa and South Asia all saw the mercury soar to record levels. Read More
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
The development of EFI Regional Offices continues. The North European Regional Office – EFINORD was the latest office to be inaugurated on 17 November 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark. EFINORD is headed by Mr. Mika Mustonen and the two thematic issues facing EFINORD will be biomass production and ecosystem services, with cross-cutting themes of climate change,
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
HURRIYET TURKEY – The money will be spent on the ongoing construction of a dam and hydroelectric power station on Karasu River in the southeastern province of Erzincan. The facilities will produce 500 million kilowatts of electricity per hour, equivalent to meet the needs of more than 325,000 families of three. Read More
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
GERMAN ENV – Even today, some 60 percent of generated construction and demolition waste is utilised, but predominantly in the form of low-grade material in road construction and backfilling operations. A study commissioned by UBA has now determined the potential for high-quality recycling of construction and demolition waste. The results show that by 2020 construction waste could provide one-quarter
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
AOL Inc. announced Thursday that its subsidiary MapQuest is launching in the Netherlands and Switzerland, built on open technology and OpenStreetMap (OSM) data. Read More
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Rolta India Ltd., a maker of software for companies such as Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., expects to return to a profit growth this year on increased demand for its products from India’s military. Net income may rise 15 percent in the year ending March 31, said Hiranya Ashar, chief financial officer at the Mumbai-based Rolta. The
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
To further enhance the ability to detect explosives and other chemical threats, Headwall Photonics announced the availability of new models of the Raman Explorer platform for use in the UV spectral region. Available for laser excitation as low as 248 nanometers, the Raman Explorer extends the current analytical ability of customers in the defense and
