Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
A German-Italian joint venture that includes Finmeccanica SpA won a 194 million-euro ($271 million) contract to support the European Union’s flagship satellite project, moving the EU closer to creating a rival to the U.S. GPS system. SpaceOpal GmbH, established by the German Aerospace Center and Finmeccanica’s Telespazio SpA unit, received the contract for the operations of the space
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Károly Róbert College tasked Envirosense, Hungary, to acquire the first hyperspectral and Lidar imagery of the disaster area. First ever “red mud” hyperspectralimages in remote sensing history enable to access the area of contamination with toxic spill in Hungary.SPECIM´s AisaEAGLE hyperspectral system from the College has been chosen to providethe complete coverage of the territory
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
REUTERS AFRICA – Russia’s space command Tuesday ordered the International Space Station to change its orbit slightly to avoid collision with a piece of floating debris that could cause serious damage, officials said. Officials ordered that rockets be fired for 180 seconds at 11:25 a.m. to shift the orbit by 700 metres, mission control said in
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
DAILY MIRROR – Today, environmentally and economically friendly power generation concepts have provided much attention with the global promotion of a ‘greener world’ agenda. Scientists are now gradually moving their attention from traditional power generation sources such as coal and crude oil to freely available resources such as wind, solar power and sea current to be
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Murcott to the role of Geospatial Standards Leader within the New Zealand Geospatial Office (NZGO). Richard joined Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and assumed his new role on 18 October. Representing a new position within the NZGO, the Geospatial Standards Leader administers the standards stream of
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
The 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition will take place in Berlin Germany (Conference: 6-10 June 2011 – Exhibition: 6-9 June 2011). The Technical Programme is coordinated by the European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
SWEDEN GOV – In Nagoya, Japan, the world s nations are engaged in talks on how to conserve and sustain biodiversity. The high-level segment will begin on Wednesday, which means that the environment ministers will enter into negotiations. Read More
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
The Glossary is a comprehensive reference guide aimed to provide a greater understanding of REDD terminology. The Glossary contains content related to verification, validation, carbon finance, voluntary market standards, and more. The aim of the document is to provide up-to-date, clear and succinct descriptions of emerging themes and concepts. The glossary is an ideal tool for
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
At the 7th Annual Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards, AAM was the recipient of both theJ.K Barrie Award: Overall Winner of all submissions in 2010 and the Infrastructure andConstruction Award. The J.K Barrie Award represents the pinnacle of achievement in the spatialindustry and is the highest award the national panel of judges can confer. Given JK
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Alibre Inc. www.alibre.com, the award-winning developer of the world’s most affordable professional 3D design solutions, today announced a huge leap in 3D CAD design performance with the release of its latest version, Alibre Design 2011. Alibre Design 2011 now makes 3D designing easier and more robust with major enhancements, including a complete top to bottom