Sunday, January 31st, 2010
The Association of Geographic Information (AGI) in the United Kingdom recently elected a new Chair. Andrew Coote brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position. AGI has been successful in promoting the use and application of geoinformation and geotechnologies across the country in recent times. The UK GI community is filled with discussion,
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
The GDAL/OGR Project is pleased to announce the release of GDAL/OGR 1.7.0. This is the first major new release since the 1.6.0 release approximately one year ago, though there have been a number of 1.6.x bug fixes releases during that period. The 1.7.0 release brings many new features, including a number of new raster and
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Cartography and geomatics are rapidly changing. These changes are impacting the needs for a highly trained and capable workforce. Education is attempting to adapt and to provide a solution to these demanding and changing circumstances. Education professionals in the Czech Republic have developed a unique geomatics curriculum on themes related to “the relation of cartography
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
As the chief seaport and capital city of Angola, Luanda is undergoing major reconstruction with the development of infrastructure projects that include new public housing, highways, and business and commercial space. The African nation was ravaged by 27 years of civil war before a cease fire was reached in 2002, and the Angolan government has
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Time changes and technology does as well. Over time the reasons we purchased a product also change. We learn, we grow and we development new thoughts about spatial data, maps and how new designs and applications can be created. Growth leads to new ideas and perceptions, suddenly what was acceptable appears blurs and becomes re-established
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
EU – The Energy Action Plan for 2010-2014, which includes sections on sustainability, the fight against climate change and security in energy supplies, among others, as well as the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan, will be the focus of the discussions at the Informal Council on Energy, which will begin this Thursday in Seville, in
Friday, January 8th, 2010
The World Forestry Congress (WFC) took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 18 to 23 October 2009. In this paper, we will set out some of the results and findings. We have attempted to identify a number of trends and to indicate what their significance may be for us as forestry specialists. We have had
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Registration is now open for the SmartGeometry 2010 Conference – the premier event focused on innovative design tools, technologies, and methodologies that allow and encourage new forms of architectural and structural expression. SmartGeometry 2010 takes place March 23-24 in Barcelona, Spain.
Friday, January 8th, 2010
How many times have you heard people say, “it’s a personnel, organisational or structural problem” as they began to run into a wall in terms of advancing a project more quickly or encountered resistance, sometimes even failure? Many of us have experienced this, and, the reactions can also be different with some walking away, others
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
In December 2009, Campbell Scientific replaced the CR200-series dataloggers with the CR200X-series dataloggers. The new dataloggers feature expanded memory for the program and operating system (OS).
