Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
The Government of Canada is investing in Domtar Corporation to improve the company’s environmental performance and help drive the evolution of Canada’s forest sector. Domtar will receive $700,000 in funding under the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program (PPGTP) to replace the aerators at its mill in Espanola with more energy-efficient models. “Investments in projects like this
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of cloud-based spatial technology solutions, today announced RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI) selected DMP’s development platform, SpatialStream™, to power the mapping in its cutting edge real estate analytics offerings. RBI, a data analytics company and wholly owned subsidiary of Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc (MRIS), is using SpatialStream™ to
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – The temperature in Moscow reached 11.9 degrees Celsius (53.4 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday setting the first record in the fall of 2010, the Fobos meteorological center said. “The record of 1952 when the temperature reached 11.7 degrees Celsius was beaten at 7.00 p.m. Moscow time,” the center’s spokesman said. Read More
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
There are only some days left until AGRO-ICT conference opens its doors in Uganda. If you have not registered yet, please do it at: http://www.progis.com/events/uganda2010/registration.html . Since our last message, we have upgraded the program with some very interesting topics. Please look at:http://www.progis.com/events/uganda2010/program.html
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
The establishment of a “Commission agriculture at the Federal Environment Ministry (KLU) to strengthen environmental protection and agriculture. Head of the KLU Lutz Ribbe, Director of the Foundation is EURONATUR. “The effects of agriculture on our climate, soils and waters continue to cause major environmental problems that must be addressed urgently. The Agriculture Commission is to advise the
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Developed and published by Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the U.S. Government, LandScan™ comprises a worldwide population database compiled on a 30″ X 30″ latitude/longitude grid. This unique and highly valuable dataset covers the entire globe, excluding Antarctica, and is updated annually. East View Cartographic is the only value-added reseller of LandScan licensed to subdivide
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Producing 3D models from high-resolution stereo imagery is a proven method for the creation of 3D city models. Unfortunately, it is also proven that this method is very costly and can be out of reach for many that would otherwise benefit from its features. To bring the benefits of the 3D city model to a broader
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – Part of the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), the new railway designs are to connect some of the major cities of Ethiopia. From Mekelle up North; Galafi and Djibouti in the East; Awash and Sebeta; and Jimma down South, the 1,833.6km-long railway will be providing service to these locations. The Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC)
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
NVIDIA today announced the latest consumer GPU based on the NVIDIA® Fermi architecture, the GeForce® GTX 580, which has been reengineered from the transistor-level up to deliver increased power efficiency and performance over previous generation products.
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
“Zebra Imaging is a pioneer in the development of both holographic print and motion display technologies with a broad portfolio of intellectual property including more than 80 issued and pending patents”, said Al Wargo, Chairman and CEO of Zebra Imaging. “Real-time, full-parallax 3D display products, not requiring any special eye-wear for viewing, are our core
