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
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
The CMAP Board and MPO Policy committee have voted to approve the FY2012-16 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program. Through these transportation projects, residents of metropolitan Chicago will benefit from improved transit, roads, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities. The $411 million in federal transportation funds are being targeted to The $411 million in federal
Friday, January 27th, 2012
The country’s first 3D Map rendering, guided by Global Positioning System, has been launched on Tuesday, which features the latest and most detailed maps of Pakistan with a vast coverage of more than 100 cities and highways all over the country. With the launch of Trakker NAV (country’s premier GPS Navigation System), a new era for
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Isro’s Sathish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota is all set to launch five rockets this year. This includes three polar satellite launch vehicles and two geosynchronous launch vehicles, said director of SDSC M. Chandravadan Dattan at Shar on the occasion of Republic Day. Read More
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Earth Observation (EO) products and services – which use orbiting, remote sensing satellite technology to monitor and map the environment – have huge potential for business and social use in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). And steps are underway to address the bottlenecks holding back use of this technology, through a major European Commission project known as
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Russia will boost its coal production with 30 percent. A significant share will be taken from Arctic mines. The world´s sixth biggest coal producing country will boost its annual production by more than 100 million tons by year 2030. Visiting Kemerovo, the centre of the coal-rich Kusbass region, the country´s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said
Friday, January 27th, 2012
German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen has said he wants to cut subsidies on installing solar panels sooner than planned as the number of people taking advantage of the incentives continues to soar. As do costs to electricity customers. Read More
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
With HTML5 & WebGL it is possible to render 3D content directly in the Webbrowser without the need for Plugins or Applets. A demonstrator has been put online by the GIScience Research Group (http://giscience.uni-hd.de) at the University of Heidelberg, that shows how to stream large point clouds that have been derived from laser scanning with
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The Environment Ministry has announced it is to cut 115 positions from three different agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency will lose 15 jobs, around 80 positions will be cut by the Nature Protection Agency and another 25 in the Mapping and Surveying Agency. Read More
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The completion of the Ilısu Dam will flood parts of the historical town of Hasankeyf in the southeastern province of Batman but will provide a significant boost for Turkey’s economy, according to an experts’ court report. “The Ilısu Dam is expected to provide significant contributions to the social, economic and cultural development of the region
