Friday, November 26th, 2010
LE MONDE FRANCE – Astrium, a subsidiary of European aerospace group EADS Space, and the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology have finally sealed Friday in Hanoi a contract for the construction of a Vietnamese satellite observation of Earth. This contract of 56 million euros was signed during the visit of the new French State Secretary for
Friday, November 26th, 2010
European Space Imaging, a leading provider of very high-resolution satellite imagery, and Indra Espacio, a leading company in the Spanish space sector today announced that the two companies successfully completed a multi-year supply project to the Spanish Ministry of Defense. The supply project, with Indra Espacio as main contractor, started in September 2008 and involved the
Friday, November 26th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – It has been almost two years now, since the southern railway began the construction of an 18-m wide road along the city’s ambitious mass rail transit system, dubbed as the city’s first ever multi-modal transport system, primarily to help people to transfer smoothly between bus and rail transport. The integration of road and
Friday, November 26th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – A team of Meteorologists from the British Met Office are in the country to support the country’s capacity in climate science. A statement released by the British High Commission in Kigali indicates that the Met Office, UK’s National Weather Service, has been working on climate change for more than two decades. The meteorologists, one of
Friday, November 26th, 2010
VOR – We propose to create a “road map” of joint actions for the next decade and to define concrete steps to implement a program of trade and economic cooperation between the SCO member-states. I believe we have all the opportunities for such joint development, for instance huge transport and transit potential within the SCO. I
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
By Stan Aronoff and co-authored with Dr. Bob Ryerson entitled “Why where Matters: Understanding and profiting from GPS, GIS, and Remote Sensing”. This book is a less technical book addressed to the business and public policy communities and is also written for the general reader with an interest in how the new geospatial technologies including GPS,
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Over 900 abstracts and papers from 72 different countries have been submitted, showing a tremendous interest in the discpline and in the 25th International Cartographic Conference. The scientific programme is guaranteed to be as varied as substantial! Keynotes speakers from different areas of expertise have been invited to bring other perspectives, among them the geographer Jean-Christophe Victor, who
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
GRAPHISOFT recently announced that it has agreed with the Norwegian Building Industry Association (BNL) to provide all secondary schools in Norway with free ArchiCAD licenses. The BNL is encouraging the schools to use the money saved on licenses to pay for courses for teachers. As a result of this agreement, students are assured that they will
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Designs for the Zayed National Museum have been officially unveiled today by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Conceived as a monument and memorial to the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
The Society for Conservation GIS would like to invite you to the 14th Annual Conference that will be held from July 16th to 19th, 2011. The theme for the 2011 Society of Conservation GIS conference is “Building Strength”. The goal of the Society of Conservation GIS is to support GIS professionals and communities using GIS as
