Sunday, July 4th, 2010
UCL – UCL today launches Mapping for Change, a social enterprise that will support sustainable communities through online mapping and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).Mapping for Change is a partnership between UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, and London 21 Sustainability Network, a charity that works across Greater London to help create a greener, healthier and
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
NOVINTE BULGARIA – Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry has unveiled plans to construct two “Rolling Highway” or “Ro-La” terminals, a combined system allowing the transport of trucks by rail. The first such Rolling Highway terminal will be constructed at the train station at the town of Dragoman in Western Bulgaria, which is located between Sofia and the Serbian border on the major
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – The credit crisis and collapse of the office property market has led Amsterdam city council to order an immediate halt to all building projects in the city, the Parool reports on Friday. Read More
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
ALL AFRICA . Similarly to other major towns in Tunisia, the Kairouan Regional Transportation Company has started outfitting its bus fleet with the latest cutting edge global satellite positioning (GSP) system. This system will allow more efficient exploitation of its 120 buses. The company also digitized electronic passenger information and it is currently working to
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
VIET NAM NEWS – General director of the Hanoi Department of Transport Nguyen Quoc Hung said transport infrastructure couldn’t be expanded because the city had only designated 6-7 percent of the capital’s total urban land area for use by the department. To deal with the city’s over 3.6 million motorbikes and 302,000 automobiles, the
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
GLASGOW HERALD – Ten turbulent years have passed since the Maltese-born Scot catapulted himself on to the world stage by taking the race leader’s yellow jersey with a win in an opening time trial at Futuroscope. Catching up with the 33-year-old this week, though, is to encounter a confident and mature presence, comfortable in his
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
World university community since 2009 can outfit universities with the technologies of middle and high resolution remote sensing data reception (EROS A, IRS-1D, SPOT 4). In June 2010 the universities obtained rights to operate with RADARSAT-1 radar data as well. An agreement was reached between the Canadian MDA (Operator of RADARSAT-1 satellite) and the Russian ScanEx Research & Development
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
SUTP – Johannesburg has become a meeting point for people from different countries and cultures, all connected to each other by their passion for the same sport. The good news is that the thousands of visitors to the four million metropolis do not need to worry about getting to the two stadiums, Soccer City and
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
SHAPING AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE – The National Water Commission recently released Australia’s first ever nation-wide baseline assessment of water interception activities, calling for all Australian governments to take action on this critical issue. The Surface and/or groundwater interception activities: initial estimates report shows that the total volume of water unaccounted for as a result of land
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
Urban planning can achieve many gains through closer connection to the remote sensing community and use of modern remote sensing technologies. While some projects, such as the European Urban Atlas extensively use remotely sensed data, the gradual commercialization of satellite or airborne earth observation since the 1970s and its prospects on performance and effectiveness have
