Thursday, September 30th, 2010
COPENHAGEN POST – Climate sceptic says proposed solutions would shorten global warming by two weeks: The government’s Climate Commission released its much-anticipated report yesterday, stressing that the switch from fossil fuels to sustainable energy must begin immediately if the goal to be free of oil, gas and coal by 2050 is to be realised. Read
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – Swathes of land in eastern Germany are undergoing an ambitious facelift: Derelict open-cast mines dating from communist East Germany are being flooded, transforming the area into Europe’s biggest artificial lake district. Developers hope it will become a tourist magnet as well. What to do if you have a series of gaping hole
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
WELSH GOV – The fuzzy boundaries of the Spatial Plan Areas reflect the fact that people do not live their lives within neat, administrative boundaries. People might live in one area, work in another, and shop in a third. The fuzzy boundaries are intended to convey this spirit. Read More
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – Norwegian explorer Børge Ousland and his crew managed to sail around the North Pole in one season. It took their 31 feet sailboat less than three months to sail through both the Northeast and Northwest passages. Read More
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
BUSINESSWEEK – Smart grid is perhaps the “cloud computing” of the utility industry. It’s a wildly hyped idea that’s hard to define. When I’m asked to define smart grid, I give a slightly different answer every time. A good working definition for smart grid is a bi-directional supply chain to connect power generation to transmission,
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
VOICE OF RUSSIA – This has become a milestone event for the Russian company, marking its success in breaking into the European high-tech market, despite an extremely fierce rivalry and iron-bound traditions in this field of the aviation industry. It is now planned to equip EC135 civil helicopters with avionics produced by Transas, namely satellite
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
BBC – Germany’s government has given final approval to a plan to extend the life of nuclear reactors, reversing a decision of the previous government. It hopes to pass the measures into law without putting them before the upper house of parliament, where the opposition has a majority. Opponents say this is unconstitutional and have
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
TRADING MARKETS – GeoEye, Inc. a provider of satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, has completed the private placement of 80,000 shares of the company’s Series A convertible preferred stockto Cerberus Satellite LLC, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. Gross proceeds to the company from the private placement were $78 million. Cerberus Capital Management is
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
NSDI-TR – The Feasibility Study Workshop of Establishment of National Spatial Data Infrastructure of Turkey began on Monday, September 27, 2010 (yesterday) in Antalya. Read More
Monday, September 27th, 2010
The INSPIRE Directive lays down general rules for the establishment of an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe based on infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States. In particular Annex III includes the aspects about Area management/restriction/regulation zones and mineral resources themes. The Mining Cadastre in Spain has been developed based on the
