Thursday, October 18th, 2007
For five successful years, the Sustainable City Awards have remained at the top of their field by constantly re-inventing themselves and this year the awards have a new name and new categories to better reflect current issues in the field. Most responsible organisations now understand that sustainability lies at the heart of long-term business success
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
In the frame of the European Global Navigation Satellite System Evolution Programme, ESA is launching a call for ideas for advanced radio navigation applications concepts. ESA is currently initiating system studies aiming at defining the directions that should be taken for the evolution of the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS): Galileo as the global
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
PEOPLE’S DAILY – China’s wind power capacity could reach 10,000 megawatts by 2010, exceeding previous government targets, as the renewable energy industry continues to grow quickly. Read More
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
DEUTSCHE WELLE – German Education and Research Minister Annette Schavan has announced the launch of a new strategy to improve climate protection technology and boost Germany’s industrial competitiveness. Read More
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
To reward a recent innovative scientific contribution on the structure and functioning of the North Sea ecosystem. The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) awards a scientific prize to foster innovative fundamental or applied research on the structure and functioning of the North Sea ecosystem, with emphasis on coastal and estuarine areas of the Southern Bight and
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
The Biodiversity Indicators website summarizes facts and figures about nature and nature policy in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium. They are structured along the ‘EU Headline Indicators’. The EU Environment Council adopted this set of 15 indicators in June 2004 to monitor progress toward the 2010 biodiversity target. In 2001 the EU Council of
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
The Police Cantonale de Genève, serving the half-million residents of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, has successfully transitioned to Intergraph’s integrated suite of emergency incident response, planning and reporting solutions. More than 1,000 police officers will leverage Intergraph’s solutions to serve and protect those who live and work in the Canton of Geneva, as well
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
TENET Technology partner with BKS Surveys to provide an automated PAI solution for Countryside Council for Wales TENET MapRite has been instrumental in providing an automated solution to PAI projects awarded to BKS Surveys by Countryside Council for Wales (CCW). BKS were awarded the following Positional Accuracy Improvement (PAI) projects by CCW: Sites of Special
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Yesterday Microsoft officially became a member of the OGC, rejoining after a multi year hiatus. VE’s Vincent Tao and Ed Katibah from the SQL Server team were instrumental in working with the OGC to resolve the issues needed to rejoin. More news on this is on the way jointly from Microsoft and OGC Read More
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
REUTERS – Canada will map its entire Arctic sea bed as part of a plan to boost sovereignty over the remote, resource-rich region, the government said on Tuesday. “As part of asserting sovereignty, our government will complete comprehensive mapping of Canada’s Arctic seabed. Never before has this part of Canada’s ocean floor been fully mapped,”