Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Slogging through the process of professional certification solo can sometimes feel like a marathon effort. I’ve been collaborating with the NZ SSSI representatives to pull together these workshops, initially in Wellington, which have been designed to help you sprint through preparing your GIS-AP certification portfolio. GISP-AP (GIS Professional – Asia-Pacific Certification) is software-independent professional certification for
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Delegates have ended Brazil’s Porto Alegre World Social Forum with calls for sustainable alternatives ahead of the UN’s 20th anniversary environmental summit in June. They condemned Brazilian forestry and dam projects. Read More
Monday, January 30th, 2012
The Executive Council recently approved a number of projects that support the UAE’s global role as an energy provider. The Shams solar power plant is scheduled to be operational by August and will contribute 100 megawatts to the Abu Dhabi power grid. Approval has also been given for the construction of the Sir Baniyas wind farm. Read
Monday, January 30th, 2012
The first such satellite, Chibis-M, was launched from the Progress M-13M cargo spacecraft this morning. According to scientists, six satellites will be needed to verify the theory that greenhouse gas emissions emanate from marshes which are believed to be the main source of methane. Read More
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Rail travel in Scotland requires twice the level of government subsidy than the UK as a whole due to the low number of passengers on most trains, Britain’s rail regulator has found. The cost to taxpayers of transporting a passenger one kilometre (0.62 miles) in Scotland is 15.5p, compared to a UK average of 7.5p, pushing
Monday, January 30th, 2012
“The Google Earth globe is made from a mosaic of satellite and aerial photographs taken on different dates and under different lighting and weather conditions. Because of this variance, views of the Earth from high altitude can sometimes appear patchy,” Google said in its Blog post. Read More
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Maxim Integrated Products announces that its G3-PLC(TM) protocol has been approved by the International telecommunications Union (ITU) as a new low-frequency, OFDM-based narrowband powerline communications (NB-PLC) standard. Read More
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Steno is famous for his ‘principle of original horizontality’ – the theory that rocks are formed in horizontal layers. From this, he concluded that unless they have been disturbed, the bottom layers are the oldest. In his time, this was revolutionary thinking. Read More
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve celebrates World Wetlands Day on 4 Feb 2012! The World Wetlands Day theme for 2012 is Wetlands and Tourism. Wetland tourism has benefits for people and wildlife in areas such as stronger economies, healthy people, quality of life and thriving ecosystems. Read More
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Very high resolution satellite images, acquired by OrbView-3 satellite in 2003-2007, have been posted in free access. This was announced at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on January 9, 2012. More than 180 000 scenes with the resolution of 1 meter (pan) and 4 meters (multispectral) of the territory of different Earth areas are now
