Monday, June 28th, 2010
All German government topo maps (Includes 1:25,000, 1:50,000 and 1:200,000 scale topo maps from Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie) are now available for use with Fugawi Global Navigator,Fugawi Marine ENC and Geonav MapMaster. Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Downloadable Navionics® charts from Fugawi X-Traverse are now compatible with Fugawi Marine ENC and Geonav MapMaster software for Windows 7, Vista or XP (Download Update Here) as well asMacENC for Mac OS X. Navionics Gold, HotMaps® and Fish’N’Chip charts are all available for direct download. No more time spent waiting for your charts to arrive or shipping costs to
Monday, June 28th, 2010
TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY – Veolia Water will acquire a controlling (58 percent) stake in Sofiyska Voda, the company operating water supply and treatment services for the City of Sofia, Bulgaria, which serves 1.3 million inhabitants. Coming after successful developments in Central Europe around major capitals such as Berlin, Prague and Bucharest, this process will further Veolia’s
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
GFZ POTSDAM – The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) is a German hyperspectral mission, scheduled for launch in 2012. The primary goal of EnMAP is to offer accurate, diagnostic information on the state and evolution of terrestrial ecosystems on a timely and frequent basis, and to allow for a detailed analysis of surface parameters
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Environment-oriented traffic management zoning (TMZ) provides an important way to study spatial variation of urban traffic environment. The TMZ can be used to manage the urban traffic environment and establish regional improvement strategies. In this study, a spatial immune cluster method based on aiNet (Artificial Immune Network) is designed to facilitate the traffic environment zoning.
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
BBC – Together with its twin satellite TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X will spend three years collecting stereo radar data for a global digital elevation model of the Earth’s entire landmass. This DEM will feature a global homogeneity and a relative accuracy of better than 2 m (10 m absolute) for a 12 m grid. Infoterra will be
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
“Fire management” is the discipline of using fire to achieve land management and traditional use objectives, while safeguarding life, property, and resources such as forests and other vegetation in rural areas. It encompasses prevention, preparedness, early warning, detection and mobilization, suppression, and restoration (including research and technology transfer). It entails the appropriate use of natural
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) recently announced release of the first public version of Louisiana Earth, an emergency planning resource to provide public access to near real time mapping information during disasters. The application relays critical information on response and recovery efforts for the Deepwater Horizon Rig incident, providing the
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
NOVINTE BULGARIA – Bulgaria has joined formally EUREKA, a Europe-wide network for market-oriented industrialresearch and development and innovations, becoming its 40th member. The agreement for accession to EUREKA was signed on Friday in Berlin, Germany, by Bulgaria’s Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Evgeni Angelov, and Germany’s Federal Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan. Read More
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
INDEPENDENT UK – A utility firm hit by north-west England’s driest start to the year since 1929 wants to take more water from lakes and rivers. The Environment Agency (EA) said United Utilities, which supplies water to the area, will apply for a drought permit tomorrow after many reservoirs dropped to under half of
