Monday, January 30th, 2012
Rail travel in Scotland requires twice the level of government subsidy than the UK as a whole due to the low number of passengers on most trains, Britain’s rail regulator has found. The cost to taxpayers of transporting a passenger one kilometre (0.62 miles) in Scotland is 15.5p, compared to a UK average of 7.5p, pushing
Monday, January 30th, 2012
“The Google Earth globe is made from a mosaic of satellite and aerial photographs taken on different dates and under different lighting and weather conditions. Because of this variance, views of the Earth from high altitude can sometimes appear patchy,” Google said in its Blog post. Read More
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Maxim Integrated Products announces that its G3-PLC(TM) protocol has been approved by the International telecommunications Union (ITU) as a new low-frequency, OFDM-based narrowband powerline communications (NB-PLC) standard. Read More
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Steno is famous for his ‘principle of original horizontality’ – the theory that rocks are formed in horizontal layers. From this, he concluded that unless they have been disturbed, the bottom layers are the oldest. In his time, this was revolutionary thinking. Read More
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve celebrates World Wetlands Day on 4 Feb 2012! The World Wetlands Day theme for 2012 is Wetlands and Tourism. Wetland tourism has benefits for people and wildlife in areas such as stronger economies, healthy people, quality of life and thriving ecosystems. Read More
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Very high resolution satellite images, acquired by OrbView-3 satellite in 2003-2007, have been posted in free access. This was announced at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on January 9, 2012. More than 180 000 scenes with the resolution of 1 meter (pan) and 4 meters (multispectral) of the territory of different Earth areas are now
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Very high resolution satellite images, acquired by OrbView-3 satellite in 2003-2007, have been posted in free access. This was announced at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on January 9, 2012. More than 180 000 scenes with the resolution of 1 meter (pan) and 4 meters (multispectral) of the territory of different Earth areas are now
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
The CMAP Board and MPO Policy committee have voted to approve the FY2012-16 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program. Through these transportation projects, residents of metropolitan Chicago will benefit from improved transit, roads, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities. The $411 million in federal transportation funds are being targeted to The $411 million in federal
Friday, January 27th, 2012
The country’s first 3D Map rendering, guided by Global Positioning System, has been launched on Tuesday, which features the latest and most detailed maps of Pakistan with a vast coverage of more than 100 cities and highways all over the country. With the launch of Trakker NAV (country’s premier GPS Navigation System), a new era for
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Isro’s Sathish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota is all set to launch five rockets this year. This includes three polar satellite launch vehicles and two geosynchronous launch vehicles, said director of SDSC M. Chandravadan Dattan at Shar on the occasion of Republic Day. Read More
