Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
The Netherlands’ natural gas fields in Groningen will generate record sales of €14bn next year, economic affairs minister Maxime Verhagen said on Monday. The Slochteren gas fields, which are among the biggest in the world, are now two-thirds empty. Read More
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Children at state and independent schools across Britain have begun learning with the most highly detailed Ordnance Survey digital maps under a new ‘mapping on demand’ agreement. Local studies, field work and controlled assessments are all being supported by the move which widens an existing map subscription service to include all schools, academies and teacher training
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC) announced today that it will hold its Annual General Meeting in Ottawa, on Wednesday November 23, 2011 followed the next day, Thursday November 24, 2011 by its annual GIAC Day-on-the-Hill event. “There has been a lot of activity this year in promoting and gaining broad support for GIAC’s advocacy agenda
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Foresight’s two year study into Migration and Global Environmental Change has examined how changes in environmental conditions such as flooding, drought and rising sea levels will influence and interact with patterns of global human migration over the next 50 years. These patterns of human movement, 75 per cent of which is inside national borders, will
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Defra’s Landscape Strategy and Policy Team describe how the recently created Green Infrastructure Partnership will support the creation of more green space for England’s towns and cities, bringing the benefits of connecting with nature to more people and meeting a key commitment of the Natural Environment White Paper. Read More
Monday, November 7th, 2011
Vietnam is a narrow and long country lying along a north/south axis. The Country has multitudinous climatic and geological conditions. Therefore, Vietnam has a relatively higher risk of the incidence of natural disasters in the world. Particularly, typhoons and floods and other hydrological events are serious problems. Losses from these natural disasters are nearly 1.5%
Monday, November 7th, 2011
Rand McNally and Navistar, Inc. have reached an agreement to make Rand McNally’s award-winning IntelliRoute TND truck GPS units available as an in-dash option in International trucks starting next year.
Monday, November 7th, 2011
A giant floating wave machine that can generate 750kW of electricity and provide enough power to supply approximately 500 homes a year has set sail from Leith to Orkney. The P2 Pelamis project is part of a unique cross-industry collaboration with a similar device managed by E.ON. Read More
Monday, November 7th, 2011
The 1977 discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems that obtain energy through chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis greatly expanded the perception of life on Earth. However, an understanding of their underlying microbiology and biogeochemistry still remains elusive.
Monday, November 7th, 2011
IEEE announced work has begun on revisions to Secure Authentication (SA) protocols contained in its IEEE 1815 Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3) standard. The SA Version 5 revisions will help bolster overall security for data information gathering, exchange, and use in applications like supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Read More
