Friday, October 5th, 2007
Methods for interactive map animations are still in an early stage compared to more traditional cartography, and the potentials for improvements are significant. This paper focuses on better design for map animations, particularly for the portrayal of the information regarding the temporal dimension. A series of animations are presented and discussed and subsequently introduced to
Friday, October 5th, 2007
The NVRG/Sarepta is an implementation of a terrain model server based on a global variable resolution grid. Access to the system is through a web service, which makes it essentially platform independent. The grid tiles are quadrilaterals of nearly homogeneous size across the globe. Finer resolution levels are generated by regular subdivision. The terrain data
Friday, October 5th, 2007
South Africa adheres to global Sustainable Development initiatives, and acknowledges through its 2006 draft publication A Strategic Framework for Sustainable Development in South Africa (NFSD) that the Government through various Acts has a legally binding obligation to take responsibility for the environment, the economy and society. In applying these principles as an emerging nation, South
Friday, October 5th, 2007
RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY – Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Netherlands Railways – NS) runs trains over 2000km of electrified railway, and conversion of the overhead from 1500kV dc to 25kV ac is planned to massively improve the quality of service. The changes are needed due to acute, and worsening, capacity problems. Since the 1980s, the drive to increase the
Friday, October 5th, 2007
SCOTLAND GOVT – The Scottish Government today set out its blueprint for the future of North Sea cod stocks. Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, said: “Scotland has a responsibility to achieve a sustainable cod fishery and that is a responsibility that our fishermen have demonstrated in recent years having bent
Friday, October 5th, 2007
EVENING TIMES – It has taken seven years to plan and build, but a new £120million water treatment plant is ready – and it has been claimed 700,000 households in west Scotland will now have the cleanest, freshest water in the world. Read More
Friday, October 5th, 2007
GOVT CANADA – The sun is supplying as much as 90 percent of the space heating in this community, and 60 percent of the water heating. Put that together with the energy efficiency that’s built into these homes, and you’ve cut greenhouse gas emissions by five tonnes a year per house. Read More
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
The Mersea project includes demonstrations of the use of Mersea ocean forecast products in marine oil spill modelling and forecasting. A number of demonstrations will be performed during the Fall 2007. In September and October, there will be two deployments of oil-emulating drifters in the Mediterranean Sea for the purpose of validating the forecasts from
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
A number of 20 modelling tools are described in so-called ‘standardised model descriptions. The models described in this manner have been selected based both on the primary model foci and lack of coverage in former model reviews at the EEA. These templates are based on information available in reports or other publicly available documentation. (Download
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Our environment is changing at faster speed than ever. Decision-making has become far more complex and uncertain since socio-economic developments are no longer as stable and predictable as in the past. At the same time, many of today’s adressing policy problems are of long-term nature, for example climate change or the ageing of societies in
