Saturday, November 6th, 2010
RELIEFWEB – The analysis has been conducted over a period of years, and it brings into light new aspects of pirates’ behavioural patterns. The output of this particular activity of UNOSAT consists of periodical updates and maps including statistical analyses as well as evidence based conclusions that in some cases challenge common perceptions concerning the security
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
Ag Leader Technology, Inc. introduced its latest GPS offering, the GPS 2500 all-in-one antenna and GNSS receiver. The new GPS 2500 features a dual frequency receiver and the capability to receive WAAS/EGNOS, OmniSTAR XP/HP/VBS and GLONASS satellite signals. The receiver also supports e-Dif for areas where other differential signals aren’t available. “Providing the option for OmniSTAR
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
The OTrack-32™ is a highly integrated baseband chipset with low power and high-performance GPS/GLONASS/BD solution. Owing to over than 1 million powerful correlator designs, OTrack32 is capable of receiving multi-band GNSS radios simultaneously up to four groups and processing signals concurrently to make multiple constellation navigation possible within a single chip. Read More
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
Engineers at Microsoft Research Asia are analyzing GPS data culled from 30,000 Beijing cab drivers, hoping to find faster and shorter routes. They built a software program called T-Drive that uses real cabbies’ trajectories gathered over a period of three months. On average, the cabbies’ routes shave off 16 percent of a trip, saving 5 minutes
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
Alberta has access to twice as much wind power now that a 90-kilometre transmission line is up and running between Pincher Creek and Lethbridge. AltaLink CEO Scott Thon says the 240-kilovolt line strengthens the existing electrical transmission system in the southwest part of the province. Read More
Friday, November 5th, 2010
As part of the Planning in Practice Graduate Programme hosted by the Directorate for the Built Environment at the end of June, the Architecture and Place Division ran a one-day Masterplanning class with 25 planning graduates. The workshop encouraged the graduates to apply their planning knowledge to a practical design exercise with an emphasis on
Friday, November 5th, 2010
As part of the Scottish Sustainable Communities Initiative (SSCI), a Charrette Series was held between 1 and 25 March 2010. The SSCI Charrette Series provided a unique and innovative opportunity for Scotland to develop new approaches to sustainable planning while enabling a new level of public engagement in the place-making process. A ‘charrette’ is an
Friday, November 5th, 2010
BUSINESS NEWS – Russian regions will be see a network of service centers. These centers will check and provide services, maintenance and repair of the GLONASS / GPS-equipment. Read More
Friday, November 5th, 2010
BRICKHOUSE SECURITY – The two German satellites, TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X, will fly slightly apart in a helix motion and record how long it takes for a signal to reach earth and then bounce back to the satellite. The satellites don’t invade anyone’s privacy and only capture geographical data such as where there are mountains, ditches, oceans,
Friday, November 5th, 2010
PHYSORG – Using Google Earth, Bing Maps, and active fieldwork, a UCD Geography PhD student has catalogued the trees between the Grand and Royal Canals in Dublin’s city centre. This is the first time a comprehensive survey of trees in the city centre has been completed. The survey findings published in Irish Geography show over 10,000 trees
