Monday, August 30th, 2010
RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that it is celebrating its second year in space after its successful satellite launch in August 2008.As a major milestone, RapidEye imaged its one billionth square kilometer of the surface of the Earth this year
Monday, August 30th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – The number of hotspots, visible in infrared light and possibly indicating wildfires, grew from 121 to 131 on Sunday, the fires.kosmosnimki.ru website receiving data from two NASA satellites said. The number of wildfires, which stood at 400-500 in early August, has been gradually decreasing in the past weeks amid a cold spell
Monday, August 30th, 2010
NEW STATESMAN – The UK’s tax authority, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), has said that it will launch reverse value-added tax (VAT) charges for carbon emissions trading from 1 November, replacing a zero tax rate put in place in July 2009 to check fraud. As per the proposed implementation of a reverse charge accounting mechanism,
Monday, August 30th, 2010
ST PETERSBURG TIMES – Buckwheat disappeared from some St. Petersburg stores this week as prices for a number of basic food items in the city grew by an average of 12 percent in August. The reasons behind the shortage are not only the drought, which has damaged many crops in Russia this summer, but also
Monday, August 30th, 2010
DLR – The “chatter” of the satellite is limited, although the exchange of synchronization signals – “Hi there I am!”, But that is enough for the coordination of the first simultaneous recordings of TerraSAR-X and X-TanDEM. Since 22 of July, TerraSAR-X flies at a distance of 20 kilometers in front TanDEM-X, that is, in a formation
Monday, August 30th, 2010
ECONOMIST – Why all the fuss over a firm that focuses on the seemingly humdrum business of storing data? Part of the answer is that the amount of information being generated by governments, firms and individuals is growing incredibly fast, driven by such things as online videos and file-sharing. Read More
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
UCL LONDON – Cities Methodologies 2010 presents recent innovations in urban methods from current researchers at UCL. Through the juxtaposition of installations, films, maps, models, objects, performances, photographs, poems, talks, texts, walks, websites and workshops, visitors will encounter a diverse array of cities and urban conditions – from literature in London, to flyovers in Mumbai, from movement
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMINE- For ten years, a search and collect in the oceans of the world. Now the first census is nearing completion, “Census of Marine Life”. In her first account, the marine scientists are looking forward for many new discoveries. Nevertheless, the World Atlas of sea peoples huge gaping holes. Read More
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
HELSINGIN SANOMAT – The better maintenance standards would apply to just over 3,000 kilometres of highway. Finland has a total of about 13,000 kilometres of main roads, and just under 51,000 kilometres of asphalted roads. The plan stems from the uncertain economic situation. Highway funding is not expected to increase in the future, and it could actually
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
NOVINTE SOFIA – Bulgaria’s energy production from renewable sources by the end of 2010 will be 3 times more than the one in 2009, according to Plamen Dechev from the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR): In 2009, Bulgaria produced 800 thousand MGWH from green sources while for the first six months of 2010, this
