Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
WEATHERVANE – When discussing climate change, Mexico is usually not mentioned as one of the top power players in the ongoing negotiations to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions. It is not a member of BASIC. It is not in the G77, and it is not aligned with any particular Annex I country. Still, this year’s host of
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Understanding technology and business is key 17th November 2010 – Influential business leaders across the UK are calling for more graduates with advanced technology and business skills to help them use high-tech systems more effectively across their organisations. According to a survey by ESRI UK, four in five (82 per cent) businesses think the ideal
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, is thrilled to introduce its new reseller in South America. Information Technology & Services S. A. (ITSSA) has been authorized to distribute SuperGIS software in Argentina. Established in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ITSSA has the experience of more than 20 years in public service
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
PRAGUE DAILY MONITOR – Up to 8 percent of the Czech Republic’s territory are plots with unknown or unidentifiable owners and many of them are quite significant in economic terms, daily Lidove noviny (LN) has written. Thousands of hectares of land officially belong to nobody. Their owner is neither the state, nor a company nor a private
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
The OpenGeo Suite is an integrated package of best of breed open source geospatial software providing an easy to install Web-mapping and data sharing solution. It consists of several components. GeoServer is a map and feature server providing standardized Web access to underlying GIS data sources and cartographic quality maps. GeoWebCache is a Web map
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
NOVINTE – Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry insists on fast progress on the construction of the Nabuccogas transit pipeline after at the end of last week Turkmenistan announced it was ready to provide the project with more natural gas that it can handle. Read More
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC) has placed a EUR42 million order with Siemens Mobility for another 35 trailer cars for the Thai capital’s elevated rapid transit system, BTS Skytrain. Train service on the Sukhumvit Line is to start gradually from the end of 2012. In addition, the 5.25-kilometer extension of this line
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
GLASGOW HERALD – Oil and gas firms are set to ramp up activity in the North Sea in a development that could create the demand for thousands of skilled workers over the next five years. While much of the UK is braced for a tough time in 2010, research shows that the oil and gas sector
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
AfDB – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a two-year technical assistance program – the African Carbon Support Program, which is being implemented by its Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department. The program, launched on 4 November 2010, is geared toward assisting Bank clients in regional member countries to access carbon finance in order to
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – The volume is up more than 30 percent since last year, but there is still a long way from the peak before the economical crises. According to the foreign trade statistics published by Finnish Customs, the shipments of cars and vans from Europe to Russia via Finland almost doubled in July-September. Almost 56,000 cars were
