Saturday, July 24th, 2010
CENTRE FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS – “If we look at the Indian scene and look at the actions being taken by state and central governments, it’s a little bit difficult to understand why it is so difficult to get strong legislation passed domestically in the United States,” said Arabinda Misrah, director of the Climate Change Division
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
SIFY – India is not meeting its infrastructure development targets and needs to rework its strategy of implementing mega projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Saturday while addressing the country’s top policy forum. ‘The state of infrastructure in the country is not good enough to achieve 9-10 percent growth over a sustained basis. We
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
AME INFO – Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has made its broadband service accessible to 92% of the Kingdom’s population, the company announced on Friday. Broadband connectivity allows users fast internet and value added services such as video telephony and mobile television. Read More
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
AVIATION WEEK – The new U.K. minister in charge of space, David Willets, says he will study the feasibility of providing Britain with an independent remote sensing capability. The remote sensing system would likely be patterned after EADS’ Paradigm’s Skynet 5 satellite telecom system, which provides secure communications to British armed forces on a private
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
EBR – Laredo Ridge Wind, an affiliate of Edison Mission Group (EMG) of Irvine, California, has broken ground on an 81MW wind project near Petersburg. For the Laredo Ridge wind project, which has been developed by Midwest Wind Energy of Chicago, the company has already entered into a 20-year power purchase contract with the Nebraska
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
THE STANDARD – A War of 1812 Bicentennial map has won first prize at the world’s largest geographic information system (GIS) conference. The map, launched by the Niagara 1812 Bicentennial Legacy Council, won first prize in the map category for best cartographic design at the ESRI International User Conference held last week in San Diego. It
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
TAMPA BAY BUSINESS -The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce has applied cartography in an effort to add value for its members. The 2010 Greater Sarasota Street Map and Resource Guide was produced in collaboration with the cartographic and marketing firm of Target Marketing Inc. Read More
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
WSJ – Vestas Wind Systems said late Wednesday it has received a 570MW order for 190 V90-3.0 MW turbines for Terra-Gen’s Alta Wind Energy Center near Tehachapi, California, U.S.A. -The order has been placed by subsidiaries of Alta Wind Holdings, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terra-Gen Power, LLC. Read More
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
EARTH TIMES – George Mason University’s Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science graduated its first cohort of students from its Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Intelligence program. USGIF President Keith J. Masback attended the department’s 2010 Awards and Convocation Luncheon Celebration where he presented 22 students certificates on behalf of George Mason University’s Geospatial Intelligence Certificate Program,
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
BC BUSINESS – The fragmented nature of Greater Vancouver – 21 municipalities, one electoral area plus a stunted regional authority – raises questions about the region’s ability to prosper in the global economy. Metro Vancouver’s draft regional growth strategy published last fall, entitled Metro Vancouver 2040: Shaping Our Future, is more a preservationist document than
