Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Slogging through the process of professional certification solo can sometimes feel like a marathon effort. I’ve been collaborating with the NZ SSSI representatives to pull together these workshops, initially in Wellington, which have been designed to help you sprint through preparing your GIS-AP certification portfolio. GISP-AP (GIS Professional – Asia-Pacific Certification) is software-independent professional certification for
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Delegates have ended Brazil’s Porto Alegre World Social Forum with calls for sustainable alternatives ahead of the UN’s 20th anniversary environmental summit in June. They condemned Brazilian forestry and dam projects. Read More
Monday, January 30th, 2012
“Conserving the planet’s species and habitats is central to sustainable developmentyet the global decline in biodiversity is accelerating,” says UN Secretary General, Ban-Ki Moon. “The United Nations decade on biodiversity is an opportunity to reverse this trend, under the theme living in harmony with nature.” From 6-9 March 2012, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Governments of
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Over three miles above the Peruvian rainforest, a team of scientists crammed themselves into a small research aircraft along with a laser-emitting device known as a Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging). The Lidar was used to bounce laser beams off the lush green canopy below at a rate of 400,000 times per second, allowing the
Monday, January 30th, 2012
With HTML5 & WebGL it is possible to render 3D content directly in the Web browser without the need for Plugins or Applets. A demonstrator has been put online by the GIScience Research Group (http://giscience.uni-hd.de) at the University of Heidelberg, that shows how to stream large point clouds that have been derived from laser scanning
Monday, January 30th, 2012
AN Aylesbury mum has appeared in the Guinness Book of Records after having a hand in creating the world’s biggest atlas. Leanne Kelman, 38, of Hambledon Close, is just one of 88 cartographers worldwide to have been involved in the record-breaking project to create the Earth Platinum map, published last week. Read More
Monday, January 30th, 2012
The Executive Council recently approved a number of projects that support the UAE’s global role as an energy provider. The Shams solar power plant is scheduled to be operational by August and will contribute 100 megawatts to the Abu Dhabi power grid. Approval has also been given for the construction of the Sir Baniyas wind farm. Read
Monday, January 30th, 2012
The first such satellite, Chibis-M, was launched from the Progress M-13M cargo spacecraft this morning. According to scientists, six satellites will be needed to verify the theory that greenhouse gas emissions emanate from marshes which are believed to be the main source of methane. Read More
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Rail travel in Scotland requires twice the level of government subsidy than the UK as a whole due to the low number of passengers on most trains, Britain’s rail regulator has found. The cost to taxpayers of transporting a passenger one kilometre (0.62 miles) in Scotland is 15.5p, compared to a UK average of 7.5p, pushing
Monday, January 30th, 2012
“The Google Earth globe is made from a mosaic of satellite and aerial photographs taken on different dates and under different lighting and weather conditions. Because of this variance, views of the Earth from high altitude can sometimes appear patchy,” Google said in its Blog post. Read More
