Monday, November 14th, 2011
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced a new offering based on its Solid Edge® software that makes professional-level computer-aided design (CAD) available to the design enthusiast at an unprecedented value. Solid Edge Design1 will
Monday, November 14th, 2011
Czech mountains are markedly less polluted than they were in the mid-1980s and the early 1990s and the Jizerské hory and the Krušné hory (Ore Mountains) in northern Bohemia whose forests were dying in the 1970s are among the cleanest now. Read More
Monday, November 14th, 2011
The final cost of the controversial Corrib Gas project is now set to be close to €3 billion and it may be late 2014 before gas is finally flowing from the field. The revised cost estimate emerges from documents just filed with the companies office here by Shell EP Ireland Ltd. The accounts show the total outlay
Monday, November 14th, 2011
The UAE’s election to the board of the UN educational, scientific and cultural agency is recognition of the respect the country has gained for its international efforts in a variety of fields, academics said yesterday. “It is a seat at the most senior position on Unesco that comes with privileges, influence and responsibility,” said Dr Christina
Monday, November 14th, 2011
Long before environmental protection and sustainability were the buzz words they are today, Sheikh Zayed, the founding President of the UAE, was creating the framework for Abu Dhabi’s green institutions. He was interested in modern agriculture and water management from his early days in Government, but observers point to the late 1970s as the start of
Monday, November 14th, 2011
One of the Norwegian expeditions on its way across the Antarctic ice is behind schedule, and may not make it in time for the 100-year anniversary of Roald Amundsen’s arrival at the South Pole on December 14th. The expedition has had a slow start, and was already one week delayed before they reached their starting point due to poor
Monday, November 14th, 2011
Brazil has been monitoring illegal logging in the Amazon with satellite technology for 23 years. Now, interest in this pioneering know-how is growing in other countries that are struggling to deal with deforestation. Read More
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
ASM Magazine: At INTERGEO recently, we had the opportunity to see the new GeoMax products. Can you briefly explain some of the main new features in some of the products? AG: We’ve been introducing during the INTERGEO our new robotic Total Station as well as our two new GNSS RTK systems beside new products for
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
GeoSciTeach is a teacher toolkit for integrating geospatial concepts into science learning. It is designed to be used by PCGE science tutors, pre-service science teachers, qualified science teachers and other science educators, and provides a comprehensive guide and step-by-step instructions for teachers and educators. Read More
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
British ministers are drawing up plans for a 50-billion-pound ($80-billion) housing and road-building programme harnessing private sector money, a newspaper reported on Sunday. With the euro zone debt crisis further clouding prospects for Britain’s economy, finance minister George Osborne is under intense political pressure to find ways of spurring growth when he presents his financial statement
