Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
In many cases, the claims management process is an insurer’s largest business expense. Mark McCoy, Esri’s global insurance industry manager, proposes a solution that will help improve costs with a workflow based on GIS, and he asks others to weigh in at the Spatial Roundtable.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The EURIPIDES Forum, the yearly conference organised by the EUREKA Cluster for smart system EURIPIDES, took place in Helsinki last June. The Forum attracted a large number of participants and high-level speakers. The Forum highlighted new technological trends in various application fields such as intelligent machines and sensing solutions, and in the markets of telecommunication, health and energy.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The African Regional Preparatory meeting of the Global Geospatial Management Initiative opened this Monday August 8 at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The three-day meeting – being attended by experts from African countries and from international organisations – will assess the key challenges, opportunities and constraints relating to geospatial information management in Africa;
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
New European research has shown that a North Sea wind farm has little negative effect on the fauna around it. In fact, researchers found that the presence of the wind farm actually provided a new natural habitat for organisms living on the seabed. Researchers in the Netherlands from IMARES (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies)
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The benefits of green space have been understood for some time. However, recent evidence suggests that the specific arguments in favour of green infrastructure, in the form of parkland, gardens, trees, and planting vegetation on walls, appears to be gaining momentum in the UK and internationally. A growing body of evidence suggests that increasing high
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Russia has secured Nokia’s backing of its GLONASS satellite navigation system, a major step forward for the country’s technology toward securing the number two global position after GPS. GLONASS, as well as European space program Galileo and China’s Compass, are set to break over 20 years of unrivalled dominance of Global Positioning System (GPS) as countries
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Projects and programs to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) provide a unique opportunity for Uganda to sustainably conserve forest biodiversity and generate real benefits for the country and its population. Successful implementation of REDD requires clear identification and nurturing of viable projects, as well as appropriate policy, legal, and institutional frameworks. Read More
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
The project partners have pushed the envelope by developing an inexpensive optical sensor system for the windshields of small and medium-sized cars. This driver-assistance system will help reduce the number of accidents on the roads. ADOSE (‘Reliable application specific detection of road users with vehicle on-board sensors’) is funded under the ‘Information and communication technologies’
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Scientists have proposed a viable solution to the growing problem of space junk. The idea involves launching a satellite to rendezvous with the largest space debris, such as spent rocket bodies. The satellite would then affix a propellant kit, driving the debris to its doom in the Earth’s atmosphere. Read More
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Capturing the greenhouse gas CO2 and storing it in underground reservoirs, a technology known as CCS, is highly controversial in Germany. But in France, the method seems to have fewer image problems. Few in the southwestern town of Lacq are aware of the experiment taking place below their feet. Read More
