Thursday, April 21st, 2011
In 1922, when the tomb of Tutankhamen was discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the tomb was full of treasures, artwork, and other artifacts. In most other tombs that archaeologists discovered, these things had been stolen or vandalized before preservation-minded people could protect them. Tutankhamen’s tomb has stayed largely unmolested up to this day,
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Google is going after the enterprise geospatial market with a planned launch of Earth Builder, a tool that allows companies to overlay data on Google Earth and Google Maps. With the move, Earth Builder will compete with geospatial desktop software. Google plans to take Earth Builder to key verticals such as oil and gas and
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Andrew Bridgen, Member of Parliament for North West Leicestershire in England, has taken time out of his busy schedule campaigning for local elections and the referendum on voting reform to visit aerial surveying company Bluesky. Mr Bridgen made the visit to the company’s headquarters in Coalville, Leicestershire in order to get a greater understanding of
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
The article is a contribution to develop models for transferring cadastral information at international level. In Europe, INSPIRE theme Cadastral Parcels has introduced a model for cadastral spatial data. Work with a wider perspective is currently taking place as ISO work, where the objective is to provide an international standard for the information used in
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
The latest technology is being used to produce an accurate map of the area between Flamborough and Spurn Point. Coastal engineers will use the data to help them take more cost-effective, preventative action to combat coastal erosion. According to government figures the Holderness coastline is one of the fastest eroding areas in Europe. Read More
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has had the final word on the rivalry between Ankara and İzmir over the EXPO 2020 fair, opting for the Aegean city as Turkey’s candidate to host the international event. “The necessary initiatives will be taken and support will be given to have EXPO 2020 held in İzmir,” Erdoğan said
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
German scientists and industry had been hoping that carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could help the transition to a low-carbon future. But a new bill drawn up by the German government has put the brakes on the technology before it was even properly tested. Read More
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Tanzania will take sometime to develop and implement Spatial Data Storage Infrastructure (SDIs) in municipal councils, private firms and even government departments due to lack of supportive technical framework from the central government, it has been learnt. A research carried out by a senior lecturer in Geomatics at Ardhi University, Dr Martin Hagai, on SDI implementation
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
That was the reaction this week from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee in its latest report on the post 2013 CAP, which has slammed the European Commission’s proposed sweeping reforms of the CAP that would see the current complex and bureaucratic system of direct payments replaced by one that could be even worse. The
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Joint with Russia programmes in the aerospace industry will only strengthen Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych during his working visit to Donetsk region past weekend. He noted that during a recent visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to Ukraine the issues were discussed on joint development of the aerospace
