Thursday, November 11th, 2010
REVERSE ZONE – The first task of an evidence-based plan is to set objectives. But the types of objectives that go into these plans have to be re-examined. I don’t mean that the objectives themselves have to be evidence-based. By and large in a democratic society it is a political process that should be setting objectives.
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
The OpenTopography Facility, a collaboration between the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego and Arizona State University, will participate in a five-year, $4.4 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to form a collaborative software framework for analysis of geographic data that will benefit many fields of research, from archaeology to urban
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Human perception and interpretation is an indispensable component in many aspects of remote sensing image analysis and other types of geodata processing such as GIS and cartography. The work of a human operator is often considered ground truth without any variability, but psychological studies in comparable areas suggest that this perfect picture is not completely
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin by his decree approved the development strategy of the Russian Federation in the Antarctic until 2020. and a more distant prospect. Reported by the press service of the Russian government. Under the decree, the objectives of the strategy are the realization of national interests of Russia in the Antarctic, in accordance with the norms
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
In recent years, the real time GIS Market has obvious tendency towards position availability, reliability and accuracy improvement. Many users are not satisfied with standard open sky meter level and seek for (sub) foot accuracy in real-time.
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
POWER GEN – The six dams have a total cost of 2.9bn reais ($1.72bn) and will have a combined capacity of 645 MW, according to official figures. During the inauguration, Mines and Energy Minister Marcio Zimmerman said hydroelectric energy “is much more than a renewable energy” source because it also “brings progress and development to the region.”
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
MONTREAL GAZETTE – The Quebec government unveiled its long-awaited new plan for the Turcot Interchange on Tuesday morning. The new plan is to cost $3 billion, double the price tag of Transport Quebec’s original project, unveiled in 2007. Read More
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
HCA – Reducing carbon is crucial to successful, sustainable place making. Our learning programme and resources provide practical solutions to support professionals to adapt communities to our changing climate. Read More
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Motion F5v Rugged Tablet for field use now bundled with CRESTdata capture software Special CREST bundle* Crest is a powerful software solution for interactiveasset mapping, data capture & condition surveys. Designed to interface to a variety of asset management and corporate systems to take your office to the field.Crest is the ideal software solution for
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Earthscan is pleased to announce that review copies are now available for the following new books which investigate important issues in natural resource management.
