Monday, August 8th, 2011
Experimenting with new methods of projecting geospatial information in a three-dimensional environment, digital map artist Nikolas Schiller creates these unique kaleidoscopic maps out of public domain orthophotography. I love how these seemingly simple aerial images are elevated to something much more beautiful with Nikolas’ keen eye for composition. Read More
Monday, August 8th, 2011
The office of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner’s Office (MPCO) has released a charter of short and long-term plans which includes moving the Nepalese police force towards a technology-based policing which will makes use of technologies such asCCTV’s, GIS, and GPS among others. Read More
Monday, August 8th, 2011
The United Nations has approved Russia’s request to explore one of the world’s largest untapped copper and gold deposits on the Atlantic Ocean bed, with reserves five to 10 times higher than that of onshore fields, Kommersant business daily said on Friday. “The development of the world ocean’s bed is a large geopolitical project to protect
Monday, August 8th, 2011
The last of four “green” flights arrived in Sydney from Abu Dhabi at the weekend. The Virgin Australia flight was the capstone of an experiment in increasing fuel efficiency. Department of Transport officials said that rather than use new technology, the green flights between the Emirates and Australia calculated the most fuel-efficient routes, even as the aircraft
Monday, August 8th, 2011
One of the largest offsite meetings on the Arctic was held in the Nenets Autonomous District by the Russian Security Council. Today, the Arctic territory is considered a zone of interest by several countries. And they are no longer simply claiming the Arctic shelf, but Russia’s Northern Sea Route as well. A number of countries are
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
For an agency responsible for the safety of millions, it should be an alarming statistic: Sixty-one per cent of Montrealers do not believe Transport Quebec when it says overpasses, bridges and tunnels have been inspected and are safe. But when asked about the Léger Marketing survey this week, Transport Minister Sam Hamad did not say changes
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
The development objective of the Integrated Land Administration System Project for Croatia is to modernize the land administration and management system to improve the efficiency, transparency and cost effectiveness of government services. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is land registration system development. This component will focus on further
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
As of 1 October, Siemens (ETR:SIE) will realign its renewables business into two independent units, announced the Erlangen-based company. The existing Renewable Energy Division shall be divided into two new divisions, Wind Power and Solar & Hydro. “We want to continue our success story in wind power business and establish the basis for further growth,” said
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Come 2016, Indian Railways will roll out coaches using German technology. Four coach factories will replace the indigenously-designed carriages with 4,000 Linke Holfmann Bush (LHB) coaches. However, the Indian Railways is not planning to make a complete shift to LHBs on rail tracks, but the Integrated Coach Factory (ICF)-designed old coaches will be phased out once
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
The Kamchatka Peninsula, along Russia’s Pacific coast, is currently the most volcanically active area in the world: four volcanoes are erupting simultaneously, and a fifth is showing signs of an impending eruption. Ash plumes from two of these volcanoes are visible in this natural-colour satellite image.Along the northern (top) edge of the imageShiveluch emits a broad gray
