Thursday, June 17th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – A railway connection from China, through Russia, the Nordic countries and to the Norwegian port of Narvik might not be far from becoming reality, Swedish Communications Minister Åsa Torstensson maintains. Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Do you want to know what people are think about that new town plan, do you want to ask peoples views on a new product, perhaps you are carrying out a straw poll or do you want to collect data to input into a scientific model? If the questions can be asked or surveyed, all
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
A slideshow presentation from the British Cartographic Society’s Annual Conference 2010, held in Nottingham. Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
IBM has upgraded their augmented reality application for the 2010 Wimbledon games. Named Seer, this application produces augmented reality views of geo-specific information, showing everything from the length of queues for Champagne or strawberries and cream to the location of the nearest cash machine. Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Professor Ian Dowman retired from UCL as a full time Professor of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in 2009. To mark 40 years of teaching and research at UCL the department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering will host a seminar with international speakers on Monday 28th June, followed by a reception. The topic of the
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
GERMAN GOV – A new biodiversity management handbook for companies was presented by parliamentary state secretary at the Federal Environment Ministry, Ursula Heinen-Esser, at an international business conference in Nuremberg today. “Private sector companies play an important part in conserving our natural foundations of life. Companies influence ecosystems and their services, but in turn often
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The Federal Government has said that the National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) and the 333 agricultural projects in the country have been considered for take-off. However, the government has also promised adequate funding of research institutes across the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development ,Prof Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah, disclosed this
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
LE MONDE FRANCE – The European Parliament voted Wednesday, June 16 for the compulsory indication on food labels, the geographical origin of all types of meat and dairy products. A novel regulation that will impose a unique nutritional labeling for foods and soft drinks sold across the EU and has led to sometimes heated discussions between
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Solar energy is coming to the Valley in a whole new way for homeowners looking to save money on their electricity bills. Today, getting a solar power system for the home is just about as easy as purchasing a book on Amazon, and is more affordable than ever before. Sungevity, the Oakland-based company that’s behind
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced that VxWorks has been chosen to run Logica’s Integrity Processing Facility (IPF) check set for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). The IPF, developed and delivered by Logica, is the crucial element that validates the information broadcast by the satellites to safety
