Friday, December 4th, 2009
The engineering model of the first Galileo satellites has completed platform integration tests at the Thales Alenia Space facility in Rome. The platform is now undergoing functional testing. Delivery of the engineering model payload from Astrium UK is expected in December. Read More
Friday, December 4th, 2009
WALL ST JOUR – RWE Innogy said Friday it has placed an order for a naval vessel specially designed to install large offshore wind power turbines, aiming to significantly reduce waiting periods for the limited global transportation capacities of this kind. Read More
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Magellan® Professional announces the availability of the MobileMapper 6 GPSDifferential module for DigiTerra Explorer 6 software application. With the GPSDifferential module for the MobileMapper 6, sub-meter mapping is easy to achieve, even where real-time corrections are not available. The GPSDifferential module for the MobileMapper 6 is a software option that has been integrated into the
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
1Spatial, member of the ESDIN project consortium gave a presentation during the International Cartographic Conference 2009 in Chile, which took place from 15th – 21st November 2009. ESDIN project has been introduced within the presentation of Steven Ramage: ‘Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) and regional competitivness’ Read More
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Agri-Trend Group, CEO – Rob Saik The TCU Place conference hall in the center of Saskatoon, Canada was the location of the Agri-Trend 2009 Farm Forum Event held November 18 and 19. With about 1200 leading farm producers from across the Canadian prairies in attendance, this year’s theme was ‘Harvest A World of Ideas.’
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Smart Grids are a growth area. Increasing awareness about smart grid technologies and applications are resulting in new installations of technology that update one hundred year old infrastructure electricity generation and distribution models. V1 Energy editor Jeff Thurston interviewed Martin Ansell, general manager – Smallworld, GE Energy. He described Smart Grid technologies and how GE
Friday, November 27th, 2009
AFROL NEWS – The majority of the 1.5 billion people who live in the dark are in the least developed countries (LDCs) of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, according to the new report, The Energy Access Situation in Developing Countries: A Review Focusing on the Least Developed Counties and Sub-Saharan Africa. Read More
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Photogrammetry continues to evolve and today the study of photogrammetry remains important. Armin Gruen has previously served as Head of the Chair of Photogrammetry at the Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zuerich, Switzerland. V1 Magazine editor Jeff Thurston interviewed him recently to learn about his life long passion of
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
NORWAY POST – The North Sea has the capacity to store EU’s total production of CO2. Storage of carbon dioxide may become a major industry for Norway, SINTEF chief researcher Erik Lindeberg believes. Norway has gained acceptance for a proposal to change international regulations so that CO2 may be exported to other countries. Read More
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
SWEDEN GOV – The proposals put forward by the Inquiry give a clearer international perspective to Sweden’s system of environmental objectives. They define more precisely the role of the Riksdag (the Swedish Parliament), the Government and government agencies in bringing about the changes in society that need to occur within a generation. The importance of
