Friday, October 29th, 2010
Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC), the agency responsible for the future of Abu Dhabi’s urban environment, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development (ADCED), has unveiled “CitySense”, an innovative urban indicator initiative, during a plenary session at the ongoing World Economic Forum being held in Marrakech, Morocco. Under the theme ‘purpose,
Friday, October 29th, 2010
DEFRA – The Government has today committed £100 million to international forestry projects which provide specific benefits for biodiversity. The money comes from the new international climate finance included in the Comprehensive Spending Review, which will include new money for the UK’s contribution to REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), a programme which aims to
Friday, October 29th, 2010
The Russian President has again stressed a high priority of energy efficiency program in the country. The government recently adopted a new state program on energy efficiency which will result in a 13,5 percent decrease in the energy intensity of the country’s GDP. Read More
Friday, October 29th, 2010
EUROGEOGRAPHICS – Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council has recognised EuroGeographics’ members for their ‘invaluable’ commitment to making geospatial data more accessible and readily available across the European Union (EU). Opening the 2010 General Assembly in Brussels, Mr Van Rompuy told heads from national mapping, land registry and cadastral agencies that geographical information is crucial
Friday, October 29th, 2010
HELSINGIN SANOMAT – State and municipal public services are now available through a single website. The Suomi.fi portal gives access to various municipal and state services. The portal contains e-services and forms, information links, information packages, legislation, and news from different areas of public administration. Read More
Friday, October 29th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreaker Rossiya has successfully completed its Arctic expedition by returning to the northern port of Murmansk, RIA Novosti correspondent reported. The expedition, led by the president’s envoy to the Arctic and Antarctic, Artur Chilingarov, delivered a drifting research station onto an ice floe to carry out a study on the Arctic’s water
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Rolta today announced that it has acquired the complete portfolio of CommandBridge™ security technologies, including source code, design and software architecture, under an agreement with The Mariner Group, LLC of the United States, with perpetual exclusive rights for world-wide markets, except for non-exclusive rights for North America and certain European countries.
Friday, October 29th, 2010
LMKR, a global provider of geotechnology and information technology services, will showcase the latest geographic information system (GIS) and field planning solutions from GeoGraphix® at the 2010 Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) International Exposition and 80th Annual Meeting in Denver, Oct. 17-22, 2010. Conference attendees are invited to join GeoGraphix product experts at Booth 2462 in Hall
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
3TIER released wind performance maps for the third quarter of 2010 covering both Europe and North America. It is the first such map 3TIER has produced for Europe after strong interest in the analysis in North America. The maps reveal that much of North America experienced higher than average wind speeds during the quarter. Meanwhile virtually
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
The Rural Regeneration Centre at Hadlow College in Kent is a showcase of low carbon and renewable technology. One of the top threeagricultural colleges in the UK, the Rural Regeneration Centre will use just 10% of the typical energy consumption of a modern building and is the first such buildingin the UK to be constructed