Friday, May 21st, 2010
The 4th Geoinformatics Forum welcomes the international GIS community from academia, industry and government to the world cultural heritage city of Salzburg. The English speaking symposium runs concurrently with the highly regarded German language conference on Applied Geoinformatics (AGIT), sharing the innovative AGIT EXPO exhibit. Read More
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Prelaunch operations with RS-20 rocket continue at Baikonur. The rocket is intended to loft German radio location satellite TanDEM-X.The launch is aimed at disposing RS-20, with an auxiliary purpose to loft the German satellite. The launch from the underground pad is to take place on June 21. TanDEM-X container was delivered to the filling station
Friday, May 21st, 2010
ARS TECHNICA – The grand master plan for European broadband is out, and one target leaves the United States in the digital dust—a goal of 30 Mbps “or above” for all Europeans by 2020. So says the European Commission’s Digital Agenda for Europe, which also wants 50 percent of EU households subscribed to links of
Friday, May 21st, 2010
BBC – From electric cars to wind turbines, environmentally-friendly technology around the world needs rare earth metals. But China – where over 90% of these minerals are mined – is saying it now wants to keep more for its own industry. Read More
Friday, May 21st, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – A basic device is helping Indians get online without being in front of a computer. The Question Box lets users tap into the Web via telephone operators. Its founders say it could help bridge the world’s digital divide. Read More
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – “Ukraine needs an alternative – apart from GPS, the GLONASS system is needed. This fits with the national interests of Ukraine – we cannot depend on only one system,” Semynozhenko said at a news briefing. Russia has proposed setting up a joint venture with Ukraine for the development and implementation of the
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
ENV COMM ONTARIO – Ontario’s land use planning system shapes how our communities develop and what activities may take place on the broader landscape. At the core of this system is the Planning Act, which is the primary land use planning law that affects municipalities and privately-owned lands. Under the authority of this law, detailed
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Geneq Inc., the pioneer in SBAS-based sub-meter GPS mapping systems, announced they have integrated a DGPS Beacon receiver inside their SXBlue II GPS product. Named the SXBlue II-B GPS, it expands the SXBlue II sub-meter GPS mapping performance to over 38 countries around the world wherever a DGPS beacon transmitter is broadcasting. Read More
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
HINDUSTAN TIMES – Geography as a discipline is an interesting and useful course dwelling on natural attributes, human dimensions and interrelations between both that is nature and man. The subject along with theoretical aspects also deals with applications and practical work. It instills in you the holistic vision if you want to deal with any
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
con terra GmbH announces a major new release of sdi.suite licenseManager, the solution for adding eLicensing and price model calculations to Spatial Services. Many organisations with obligations to deliver data and services under INSPIRE have valid concerns about protecting their intellectual copyright on the data and products they create, often a hindrance to full
