Monday, November 8th, 2010
Tekla and Autodesk work together to enable better compatibility between Tekla and Autodesk’s respective building information modeling (BIM) software platforms. As a first step, the companies have collaborated to introduce new features that allow for the exchange of structural data between Revit and Tekla software. Read More
Monday, November 8th, 2010
SMH – A Google Maps error is being blamed for Nicaraguan troops accidentally invading Costa Rica last week. The troops have been accused of crossing the hotly disputed Nicaragua border into Costa Rica and setting up camp for the night after taking down a Costa Rican flag and raising the Nicaraguan flag. Read More
Monday, November 8th, 2010
Mapping Solutions, LLC is proud to announce its newest product, MapperD, a low cost demographic report generator for MapInfo Professional 9.5 or newer. Reports are sold on a per report basis.You only pay for reports you actually need and generate, and not for data you may never use. Read More
Monday, November 8th, 2010
WIND ENERGY – The outlook for Northern Europe’s offshore wind industry couldn’t be any stronger. With £60 million pledged from the Coalition Government, the UK is now not only the largest offshore wind market globally, but is also moving from strength to strength, growing in confidence, and here to stay. Read More
Monday, November 8th, 2010
Technology is enabling architecture and interiors to be much better. Once you get into a space, it speaks to you in a different way than on drawings – even 3D drawings. So with computer-aided design you can invite your clients to look at images on a computer screen and create the feeling that they are actually walking
Monday, November 8th, 2010
BBC – Essential web services have come under simulated attack as European nations test their cyber defences. The first-ever cross-European simulation of an all out cyber attack was planned to test how well nations cope as the attacks slow connections. The simulation steadily reduced access to critical services to gauge how nations react. Read More
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – The agreement between Russian and Norway on delimitation of the Barents Sea will result in Norway concentrating on more easily accessible resources and withdrawing from the development of the Shtokman gas field, a Russian scientist believes. Vladimir Selin, Chief Research Scientist at the Kola Science Center, believes that the agreement on delimitation of the
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
The Global Fire Information Management System (GFIMS) integrates remote sensing and GIS technologies to deliver MODIS hotspot/fire locations to natural resource managers and other stakeholders around the World. GFIMS is a monitoring system hosted at the Department of Natural Resources (NRD) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This product derives from the
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
INHABITAT – Estuaries may be good for more than harboring wildlife and creating beautiful scenery; they could also supply power to the grid, according to researchers at the Dutch Center for Sustainable Water Technology, the University of Groningen and the University of Twente. Read More
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
CABE – There were no fewer than 750 entries and they present a striking urban kaleidoscope from across the country, from Holbeck in Leeds to Weymouth harbour in Dorset. People find beauty in carnivals and colourful street markets but many more entries celebrate nature in some way, from the well groomed Cambridge Backs to weeds randomly
