Friday, March 4th, 2011
The Belkomur railroad should end in Murmansk, not Arkhangelsk, a high ranking official in the Ministry of Transport believes. Railroad Belkomur which is supposed to connect the Urals with the White Sea should go to the port of Murmansk, not to Arkhangelsk, says Deputy Minister of Transport Viktor Olersky, according to RIA Novosti. Read More
Friday, March 4th, 2011
Last year my colleague Roseanna Cunningham wrote that over 1,100 schools and pre-schools had achieved the prestigious Green Flag, the highest award available with a strong focus on contributing to a sustainable, low-carbon society, now and in the future. This was a fantastic achievement and shows that a huge number of children and young people are
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Russia has come up with a global aerospace monitoring system that can be used to warn different countries as well as the whole international community about potential threats. Eleven countries have already shown their interest in the project. The project suggests that satellites, special airplanes, ground sensors and navigators will be transmitting all data concerning ongoing
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
The urban poor make up half the city’s population, early estimates of the 2011 census indicate. The headcount was conducted by the Pune Municipal Corporation between February 9 and February 28. “Detailed figures and census data will be available only after the Census Commission releases the official data,” said city census officer Praveen Ashtikar. He said
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Christchurch last week, there is such a prevalent feeling amongst those not directly involved in or affected by events, to offer help in some way. For those of us in the geospatial field disaster support often takes the form of facilitating data to help decision makers,
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Today, the EGNOS Safety-of-Life signal was formally declared available to aviation. For the first time, space-based navigation signals have become officially usable for the critical task of vertically guiding aircraft during landing approaches. By using three satellites and a 40-strong network of ground stations, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) sharpens the accuracy of GPS
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
In a report, the Commons Science and Technology Committee highlighted last April’s volcanic ash cloud – which grounded thousands of flights – as an example of poor risk assessment. The risk of such disruption had been been discounted only a year earlier. Read More
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
The Lagos State Government is poised to revolutionalise its land administration system, infrastructure provision and development by the planned opening of the state’s Geographic Information system (GIS/Digital Mapping) project on March 7. In a chat with The Nation, Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde Fashola on Mapping/Geographic Information System Project, Mr Monsurudeen Durowoju, said the GIS technology
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
The Government of Ghana is seeking an additional $168 million funding from the EXIM Bank of China to complete Ghana’s third hydroelectric power dam, the Bui Hydroelectric Dam in 2013. The Deputy Minister of Energy, Mr. Inusah Fuseini disclosed this to the Business Chronicle at the project site at Bui, in the Tain District of the
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
It was the fourth major purchase by a Chinese company of wine property in the famed Bordeaux grape region since 2008, and comes amid fast-growing investment by China across Europe. “The deal illustrates the growing interest of China in French wine-growing excellence in response to exponential Chinese demand for quality wines,” said top Paris law firm
