Thursday, June 10th, 2010
SOFIA BULGARIA – Russia may indefinitely delay construction of an oil pipeline across Bulgaria and Greece if Sofia does not complete its revision of the plan in the next few months, the country’s energy minister has said. The possible demise of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis project would likely push Russia into the embrace of Turkey, which has
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
GRIFFITH HACK – According to this report, the UK patent office has launched a new data base cataloguing all the patent applications that are being processed through the fast track channel for clean and sustainable (or cleantech) applications. Under the fast-track scheme it can take as little as nine months to get a patent granted, compared
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
POPSCI – If you can’t make it to South Africa for the World Cup, you can at least take a virtual tour of all the stadiums before you watch the 3-D action. Google has a 3-D tour of all 10 World Cup stadiums and the nine host cities on Google Earth or Earth View in Google Maps.
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
On 11 May 2010 the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts announced a new initiative to address the environmental information needs of the nation. The National Plan for Environmental Information is the first step on a long-term commitment to reform Australia’s environmental information base and build this critical infrastructure for the future.
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
You are invited to the following event: Mapping for Change Launch Event
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Infotech Enterprises GmbH has announced that the next version of License Statistics from X-Formation, v3.5, is now available. The new version of License Statistics includes more than 500 changes. License Statistics can help companies optimize their license usage and realize enormous cost savings in license costs. Read More
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, which comes to Barcelona, Spain, 6-9 September 2010. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, tutorials and a code sprint. It is presented by the world’s best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and includes the latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs, business processes and
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
The Spectrum Technology Platform uniquely aggregates core data assets across the enterprise. For example, a major insurance carrier uses Spectrum Technology Platform’s data quality and location intelligence functionality to blend demographic data, customer profiles and other proprietary information to create compelling customer messages, which are incorporated in customer correspondence and statements. The Pitney Bowes Spectrum
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Open GIS Web Map Service (WMS) is the standard of internet map service defined by Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The standard provides a simple HTTP interface for users to acquire the map images, such as JPG, GIF, PNG from the published spatial database and display the images on the browser. Read More
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
L’MONDE FRANCE – The objective of the Ethiopian government does not lack ambition a few years into the impoverished country in hydroelectric power regional exporter of energy, so it is now one of those where public access to Electricity is among the lowest in the world. Read More
