Saturday, March 24th, 2012
Leaders of the aviation industry meeting in Geneva, today sent a reminder to governments of the vital role the sector plays in economic growth, providing jobs whilst taking its environmental responsibilities seriously. Chief Executives and Directors General from 16 global aviation companies and organisations signed the Aviation & Environment Summit’s Declaration as a joint message
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
Landmark Information Group has launched its latest environmental report for high value residential properties or homes with extensive land. Based on detailed data and expert interpretation, ‘Envirosearch Prime’ is the UK’s most comprehensive residential environmental report. The report fulfils the requirements of Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 by ensuring that environmental risks are
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
This is my last Perspectives column at Vector1 Media and I thought I would share a few thoughts on lessons learned and observations made over the last five years while writing this column every other week. Geospatial media has changed remarkably over the years. Many of us in the media began writing on paper, but
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
The image shows the longest bridge in Europe (including viaducts),located in the Portuguese capital. At the North of the image shows the mouth of the Tagus river. Read More
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Spanish construction company FCC has erected the last pole of the so calledDanube Bridge 2, the so second bridge linking Bulgaria and Romania across the Danube. The last beam of the Vidin-Calafat bridge completed on Wednesday is 44.76 m in height, the FCC company said. The builder is working on completing the bridge platform, the road lanes, and the railway line. As of the end of February 2011, Danube
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
GRAPHISOFT Spain will train the university’s educators, who in turn will begin training the students on the use of the award-winning architectural software. Architecture & design students and teachers are entitled to receive the fully-functional education version of ArchiCAD for free. Students and teachers are entitled to 1-year free education licenses of ArchiCAD after showing proof
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
On Thursday, March 22, the Honorable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, will address the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the speech. A photo opportunity and media availability will be held later in the day as the Minister tours the Rodren Drilling Ltd. Facility, a Manitoba-based exploration diamond drilling company
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Astrium Services’ GEO-Information team has now taken satellite-based monitoring to a new level. Based on cutting-edge satellite imagery, standard and advanced image analysis, processing and interpretation, the new service Go Monitor provides high-quality change information for any area of interest worldwide on a reliable and cost-effective basis. Read More
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
A new study says the cost of damaging our oceans could run up to $2 trillion. Pollution, overfishing and climate change are severely compounding each other and shouldn’t be tackled individually, the report warns. Pollution, overfishing and climate change are just some of the environmental pressures that are amplifying each other more than previously assumed, according
