Friday, January 20th, 2012
Karlsruhe city is located on the right bank of the Rhein river on the territory of the Land Baden-Wurttemberg. From the bird’s eye view, 32 streets running from the central palace linked by two ring roads remind an open fan. Therefore the city is called the «fan» city. The Federal Constitutional Court, Federal Court, and the
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Today’s new world of shifting budgets has escalated the demands on GIS technology – and ramped up your need to collaborate with others in your field to redefine how business gets done. Attending the Esri International User Conference (Esri UC) will help you adapt to new challenges and reach your goals by learning how to:
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Foster + Partners, Halcrow and Volterra – the team behind proposals for the Thames Hub, which includes a new £20 billion, 150 million passenger estuary airport, a four track orbital rail line and utilities spine and a new Thames crossing and barrier – today welcomed reports that the government is considering a Thames Estuary Airport
Friday, January 20th, 2012
With the recent passing of longtime leader Kim Jong-il, the international community’s eyes are once again focused on North Korea. The succession of Kim Jong-un and military provocations over the past year with South Korea bring an uncertain status to the region’s stability. Now is the time for zealous study of this nuclear armed country. East View
Friday, January 20th, 2012
GEOCORE led by Envitia, including Helyx SIS Ltd, University of Nottingham, University College London (UCL) and QinetiQ has been awarded a two year £1.9M contract by Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), Advanced Geospatial information and Intelligence Services (AGIS) research programme. This includes the development of science and technology, methods and techniques to underpin and improve the
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
While many organizations see the clear advantages of establishing and using geospatial data standards, obtaining compliance from constituents continues to be a frustrating, and costly, problem. Users are frequently reluctant to adopt a new standard given the potential cost of modifying applications that use an existing, custom schema or simply having a ‘not invented here’
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
“We are obviously disappointed with today’s announcement regarding the Keystone XL pipeline. This project would create thousands upon thousands of jobs both in the US and Canada and would contribute to energy security in the US. We continue to believe this project is in the best interests of both countries. Our Government respects the right of the
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Around 1000 experts and users of geospatial technologies will gather together at Sul America Convention Center, Rio de Janeiro from August 15 – 17, 2012 to discuss, deliberate and evolve ways to create actionable knowledge for sustainable development at Latin America Geospatial Forum 2012. The conference is being organized by Geospatial Media and Communications, which is a leading geospatial
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Now it is possible to order RADARSAT-2 SAR images in detailed spotlight mode SPOTLIGHT A at the spatial resolution of 1 meter. The advantage of the RADARSAT-2 image with meter resolution is the big scene size. Its area covers 144 sq.km (18×18 km), which exceeds the size of scenes, received from other satellites with similar
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Residents of Treasure Beach in St Elizabeth, Bluefields in Westmoreland as well as Hope Bay and Winnifred Beach in Portland all came together recently to learn about the value of sea turtles and how to monitor the 2011 nesting season. Read More
