Monday, January 16th, 2012
Farming and the tropical timber trade are just the proximate threats to Laos’s forests. The ultimate problem is poverty. That’s why schemes to tackle logging and land clearance aim to provide locals with a livelihood for protecting their wilderness. They’re rendering services for elephants and fellow humans alike. Read More
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
The sprawling station, which dates to the 1890s, serves not only the AVE, or Alta Velocidad Espanola high-speed trains, but also the city’s metro subway and commuter trains. It sits amid a bustling district of offices, hotels, restaurants, museums and other businesses. Read More
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
The sprawling station, which dates to the 1890s, serves not only the AVE, or Alta Velocidad Espanola high-speed trains, but also the city’s metro subway and commuter trains. It sits amid a bustling district of offices, hotels, restaurants, museums and other businesses. Read More
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Central Visayas will fasttrack the cadastral survey in at least four municipalities in Cebu. For this year, DENR-7 Regional Executive Director Maximo Dichoso said they aim to cover 73,661 hectares with a total budget of P163,090,115.76 for certain municipalities in Central Visayas. Read More
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Most events connected with spatial data infrastructure (SDI) related projects and work involve government organisations and institutions. In principle, SDI are still very young and adapting – they have yet to form closer links and governance ties, although many existing projects have had some industry participation. Current worldwide economic conditions could act as a spark
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Simon Winchester writes about the Atlantic Ocean from it’s beginning as a geological event to the rich history involving explorers, scientists, cultures, geodesy, and events through time. He describes the basalt formations of eastern Canada to similar formations in Morocco, the beginning of bathymetric mapping, and how Benjamin Franklin became the father of oceanography. Leif Eriksson appeared
Friday, January 13th, 2012
Politicians in the British capital are staunchly in favor of a high-speed rail project that would link London with northern England. But those who live near where the tracks would run aren’t so sure. Though the government gave the enterprise the green light this week, many are hoping to block it. Read More
Friday, January 13th, 2012
One of the more tenacious consumer groups in the residential energy-management realm has been the stop-smart-meters movement. In fact, there is a nonprofit called Stop Smart Meters! Based in California, Stop Smart Meters! is one of more than 50 groups and individuals nationwide advocating against utility-installed, wirelessly connected “smart meters.” These folks have been tirelessly calling
Friday, January 13th, 2012
The Russian news agency Interfax informed that from 2013 all new Russian-made cars will be equipped with the ERA-GLONASS by default, quoting Yaroslav Domaratskiy, Director of Customer Equipment R&D Centre at NIS-GLONASS. GLONASS is the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System. All new cars to be sold from the beginning of 2013 must be equipped with a navigation
Friday, January 13th, 2012
Possibility to carry out space imagery of the Extreme North areas in the conditions of insufficient illumination has been confirmed. In late December 2011 ScanEx Research & Development Center conducted satellite imagery of the Oriental Angel injured ship, thrown onto the coast of the Chukot Peninsula (62.5 degrees of north latitude). Elevation indicating level of illumination constituted
