Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) will from March migrate from terrestrial to satellite-based navigation, a development that will improve air safety. The new technology, popularly called Performance-Based Navigation (PBN), will see NAMA jettisoning most of its land-based navigational aids such as the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) and others which now serve
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
The metal and non-metallic mineral mining industry has a long history of providing wealth and employment to Canadians. From the Klondike gold rush in the late 1800s, to the large-scale development and production of potash in Saskatchewan, to diamonds in the Northwest Territories, the industry has maintained its lustre on the global stage. Read More
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
2010 was a very productive year for UK space science and the UK space industry. The images below represent some of the year’s highlights. Read More
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
It has been announced that Liverpool will trial 200Mbs broadband access for 1,000 homes in the city via powerline technology. One of the big ideas a few years ago was that it could be possible to receive broadband at superfast speeds using existing power cables. Broadband signals would effectively ride the electricity grid at different
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Now more commonly valued for their aesthetic appeal, old maps help capture the evolution of man’s view of the world and how subjective the drawings were depending on the dominant empire of the time. “This coast is dangerous and chiefly inhabited by pirates,” reads a note on a black and white “Gulf map” from 1816.
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
With the new interactive tool on VeniceConnected, you can take a virtual tour of Venice. Just click on the map, any point you like, and a picture will come up. Clicking and dragging, you can move in any direction and take a virtual walk through the city streets. Read More
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Every year, as you well know, is the International Year for Something or the Other. If you had forgotten, 2010 was the International Year of Bio-diversity, which, in common parlance, means the sum total of living creatures in an eco-system. This annual theme has a ring of irony for anyone in India—it’s been the year
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), the current December has been the coldest since 1978 in southern and central parts of Finland. In the monitoring period of 50 years, this December was the third coldest on record in these areas. The lowest temperature recorded was below – 36°C. The reading was taken in Utsjoki in the
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
The foundation pillar of the National Reference Geodetic Network on unadulterated land surveying was officially laid yesterday December 29, 2010. The Minister of State Property and Land Tenure, Jean-Baptist Beleoken yesterday December 29 in Yaounde officially laid the foundation or reference pillar of a land survey project that the government intends to carry out in
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
If you’re on Facebook or Twitter, you might have seen posts from friends using a service called Foursquare telling you that they’re at a particular bar or restaurant, or catching a hockey game. And you might have thought, “I bet these places just love the free advertising.” Read More
