Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
DiMAC sprl, a leading manufacturer of high-performance digital airborne mapping cameras, is proud to announce that MapSoft Ltd. has purchased a new camera, mount and Flight Management System (FMS) combination. This is the first integration of a unique combination consisting of a DiMAC ULTRALiGHT+ camera featuring a 70-mm lens, an AeroStab-3 gyro-stabilized mount and the
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Twenty years ago, when Kevin Kee was still a student, he earned extra money guiding tours at a national historic site. Now, the Brock University history professor has developed an iPhone app that might have put his younger self out of a job – a GPS-guided interactive tour of War of 1812 sites in Canada, complete
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
The Russian Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Mapping (Rosreestr) summed up eight contests for the creation of digital navigation maps of Russia, reports Vedomosti. Half of all contracts, worth more than RUB 1.19 billion, will be provided by the company RTI Systems (to create maps of the Central, Volga, Urals and Northern Districts
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
NEW TIMES – Rwanda’s huge infrastructure gap particularly in areas of energy and transportation dampens private sector productivity and are a constraint to growth, a senior at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.This is in addition to higher transport, water and power costs that also are a major obstacle to economic development. Read More
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – The legal status of the five Caribbean islands which make up the Netherlands Antilles changes from October 10, five years after the process to draw up a new relationship between the islands and the Netherlands began. In the new set up, Curacao (population 142,000) and Sint Maarten (population 37,000) become independent countries
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Find out if your city is one of the 290 URBACT cities and discover our partners in the updated version of the onlineURBACT interactive map! The interactive map is updated with the new URBACT project partners. Do not hesitate to browse it regularly! You just have to click on “Search with the interactive map” on the URBACT homepage.
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
CCRE – The municipality of Segonzac is the first in France to become capital of “slowness”, having adhered to the movement. Cittaslow is an international movement of “slow cities”, its symbol being a snail.Read More
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
EUROCITIES – Bologna won the CIVITAS technical innovation award for its intelligent transport system (ITS) that integrates traffic monitoring and rule enforcement. Genoa won the CIVITAS City of the Year award, which recognises the CIVITAS network member which has been most active, responsible and progressive in developing sustainable mobility measures. Read More
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
In engineering and land surveying enough accuracy of the U.S. NAVSTAR GPS and Russian GLONASS system of 10 meters is not the best. A higher precision is ensured using SAPOS services of the Association of Surveying Authorities of the participating countries. The identification of coordinate differences to SAPOS reference points, the system calculates correction values. Read More
Monday, October 11th, 2010
The annual INTERGEO was held in Cologne, Germany last week where about 15,000 people were in attendance for the event under the theme ‘Knowledge and Action for Planet Earth’. Professor Karl-Friederich Thone, President of the German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management (DVW) initiated the event. He spoke about the strength of INTERGEO and
