Monday, August 16th, 2010
The energy group EnBW Regional AG and the fire brigade were in the city of Hamburg this year for their outstanding achievements with the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) award Award. Was presented the award at the ESRI International User Conference in San Diego by ESRI Inc. founder and president Jack Dangermond. To receive the prestigious award,
Monday, August 16th, 2010
FIG – Terrestrial Laser Scanning is quite legitimately starting to take a larger stake in the domain of mainstream land surveying. This technological advancement is similar in significance for the industry to what RTK GPS was doing a decade or so ago, and it seems only logical that over the next decade 3D scanning technology will
Monday, August 16th, 2010
NOVINTE BULGARIA – The southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast continues to experience problems with the electric power supply, turning everyday life and vacation into an ordeal for thousands of residents and visitors. Areas north on the Black Sea City of Burgas and the historic beach town of Sozopol woke up without light, air conditioning and hot water again Monday
Monday, August 16th, 2010
ICENEWS – Due to extremely heavy rainfall predicted in South Iceland today, the risk of flooding from the Eyjafjallajokull glacier is considered high and such floods would be thick with mud and volcanic ash from this spring’s eruption. Read More
Monday, August 16th, 2010
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson as a member of the new UN High-level Panel on Global Sustainability. “I am tremendously pleased and grateful for the opportunity to be a member of this panel on an issue of such importance to all humankind. This is also recognition of Sweden’s
Monday, August 16th, 2010
he United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has established 15 Reference Centres worldwide on the basis of their recognised experience in desertification and land degradation issues. This is done in order to implement country reporting guidelines and development activities for a new indicator-based monitoring and assessment process at regional, sub-regional and national levels. Read
Monday, August 16th, 2010
JRC – During the last weeks, Portugal has seen conditions of high and very high fire danger. These conditions that favour fire ignition and spread lead to a number of simultaneous forest fires in Northern Portugal. Fire danger forecast provided by the European Forest Fire Information System. Read More
Monday, August 16th, 2010
BBC – The tour, in September, will see the prince joined for part of the trip by the Duchess of Cornwall to launch new initiatives and existing ones. They include a major scheme to encourage people in Wales to help sustain tropical rainforests. There are also much smaller-scale projects, including allotments in public spaces such as
Monday, August 16th, 2010
NPR – Renewable energy installations in the U.S. nearly tripled between 2000 and 2008, driven in large part by the clean energy goals that states are setting. The first map shows how states are planning on putting more clean power on the grid, and the second map shows what percentage of a state’s total electricity currently
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
NORWAY POST – In light of the many hijackings of ships in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia, a Norwegian security company has now developed a new method to help avoid pirate attacks. Jeppesen Marine, in cooperation with Bergen Risk Solutions (BRS), has created an interactive map that includes updated information about
