Sunday, September 19th, 2010
NORTH COUNTY TIMES – A land surveyor showed up for Palomar College professor Wing Cheung’s geography class this semester, along with an ecologist, a high school teacher, day care worker, munitions-disposal expert and other professionals. Cheung assured all of them that they’ll learn the tools to do their jobs better. The class introduces students to
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
U CHICAGO – Originally published to wide acclaim, this lively, cleverly illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically and promotes a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality. Monmonier shows that, despite their immense value, maps lie. In fact, they must. Read More
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
AVIATION WEEK – Barely days after ordering a new spacecraft for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) EnhancedView initiative, DigitalGlobe says it will lower the altitude of its WorldView-2 spacecraft, launched in 2009, to enhance spacecraft performance. The move, set for September 2011, will drop the satellite to 680 km. (420 mi.), from 770 km. now. To compensate,
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
MANITOBA HYDRO – Manitoba Hydro is offering you a way to save around 35$ a year and all you have to do, is ask . Manitoba Hydro is offering energy saving kits that will reduce your water usage and your water heating costs. Glen Schneider from Manitoba Hydro says water heating is the second largest user of
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
THE SCOTSMAN – Scotland’s bid to be at the forefront of the marine energy revolution could be thwarted by other countries, including Ireland and Portugal, which are fast catching up, a report warns today. Both the Scottish and UK governments need to come up with swift answers to problems such as how to connect large
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
ABS CBN – In a laboratory in northern China, technicians are breeding billions of micro-organisms in test tubes to create enzymes — proteins that can turn plant waste into clean-burning biofuels. The facility near the port city of Tianjin belongs to Novozymes, a Danish biotechnology company and one of a growing number of foreign firms in China
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
NORWAY NEWS – Norway’s Ministry of Transport wants to introduce a universal public transport payment system that can be used by passengers on all modes of public transport throughout the country. The ministry hopes to have established a new company tied to the county’s transport companies that can administer a joint ticket scheme by 2011 and
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
EL MUNDO SPAIN – The company decisions Geoconstructivas Almeria (DG) developed through an R & D funded by Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía (CTA), a ‘software’ that will allow governments to respond to emergencies created by an earthquake in question seconds and optimize available resources. The project, called ‘Seisem’ and is expected to be completed at the end
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
SWISSINFO – The final breakthrough of the Gotthard Base Tunnel on October 15 will be a day of rejoicing for Swiss transport policy and Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger. The celebrations will look back on the Gotthard Pass’s great historical and mythical importance to the Swiss, with all its associations with the birth of a nation. Read
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
PRAGUE POST – Prague City Hall has prompted a fresh wave of criticism against its long-troubled OpenCard project after announcing that existing transport passes will no longer be offered and that the personal details from OpenCard holders are being shared with advertisers. Read More
