Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Are spatial data infrastructure (SDI) worthwhile? A survey was made of users for a Geoportal in Spain recently. The feedback results were tabulated for 80 users (65 Catalans) of the Geoportal IDEC and its services provides an important glimpse into the value of SDI.
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
KYODO NEWS – Traffic increased significantly on expressways in Japan on Saturday as two-year toll discounts on weekends and national holidays started as part of stimulus measures to buoy the sluggish economy. Read More
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
"Watch out for those doom and gloom types – they are 180 degrees to where the geospatial world is heading. Stay away from them. Avoid them. Cast them away on large drifting icebergs and turn your attention to the real opportunities ahead. Negativity breeds its own destiny."
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Ocean going ships are not presently required to carry tracking devices. But renewed interest in safety and security issues is generating growing interest in knowing where these vessels are located, and which is soon to be required. This poses many challenges because a system needs to be developed that integrates this information internationally, yet, remains
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
HURRIYET – Norwegian state-owned electricity company Statkraft signed an agreement with the Global Yatırım Holding, a Turkish diversified holding company, to take over the Turkish firm’s hydropower projects, according to a statement Statkraft published yesterday on its official Web site. Read More
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
DUTCH NEWS NL – Road tax is set to rise an average of 6.7% this year, with car owners in Zuid-Holland province paying the most, according to figures from central statistics agency CBS. Read More
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
PR – Penobscot Bay Media LLC (PenBay), a GIS solutions company, has collaborated with Skygone Inc., a GIS hosting and managed services firm, to help bring PenBay’s In-Vision Portal (IVP) to market. PenBay will deliver In-Vision Portal on Skygone’s Infrastructure On-Demand (IOD) framework, a flexible and cost-effective preconfigured hardware environment for robust GIS web applications.
Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Cities are evolving systems. We have little understanding of their behaviour. We know that they are highly dynamic, in that they face changing environments and inputs, and adapt to these changes. Over a longer historical period, cities have always successfully adapted to changing environmental conditions and thus have been extremely resilient. From 1100 to 1800,
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
"Digital city models are much better known than digital rural models. While buildings and infrastructure are likely to be modeled within cities, land and associated land operations and environmental parameters are more likely candidates for modeling the digital pathways stretching across rural and remote areas. They are not two disconnected parts though. They interface each
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
PR – Spectral Imaging, Ltd., a leading provider of Hyperspectral Imaging technology and solutions, announces the release of AisaEAGLET, a Hyperspectral Imaging airborne sensor specifically designed for small aircrafts and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). AisaEAGLET will be officially presented at the EARSEL Imaging Spectroscopy workshop in Tel-Aviv, Israel, 16-19 March 2009.
