Thursday, September 1st, 2011
A state chapter of MAPPS, the association of private sector geospatial firms, was announced today at the GIS in the Rockies conference in Denver, CO. Speaking at the conference, MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello and Gary Outlaw, Merrick & Company (Aurora, CO), the first President of CO-MAPPS, said the chapter will, “Promote the significant cluster
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
FM:Systems today announced continued global expansion, signing on partners Precision Design Solution in Malaysia, Geomap GIS America in Montreal, PX Engineering in Norway and Crown Systems in Singapore. This comes on the heels of FM:Systems’ recent partnership with Shanghai, China-based FacilityOne. Read More
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The Australian metropolis topped the Economist Intelligence Unit’s global livability survey of 140 cities, ahead of the Canadian city which dominated the rankings for almost a decade but is now third behind Vienna, the Austrian capital. Australian cities featured prominently in the top 10, with Sydney ranked sixth and Perth and Adelaide in joint eighth place, according
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The European Commission congratulates the International Maritime Organization and its Member States on this first and major achievement on a technical measure to limit CO2 emissions from international maritime transport – the adoption of the Energy Efficiency Design Index. It is the first globally binding measure to improve energy efficiency of new ships and limit CO2 emissions
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The bill for ignoring nature’s services may not be affordable if we don’t start paying now, says ‘total capitalist’ and environmentalist Pavan Sukhdev. ‘The belief that private financial markets can solve all our problems is the witchcraft of our age.” Those are not unusual sentiments to hear since the global financial turmoil began three years ago, yet
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
During the first half of 2011, the share of renewable energy sources used by Germans in their total energy mix grew to one-fifth — a hefty boost over 2010. It’s a small step toward Germany’s ambition to phase out nuclear power. Read More
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Although hurricanes often call to mind raging winds and toppling trees, some of the worst destruction caused by these storms comes in the form of rain. Hurricane Irene, which roared up the U.S. East Coast in late August 2011, was no exception. Flooding was reported from North Carolina’s Outer Banks to New England. This color-coded
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Sean Hogan, the recently appointed Chairman of NI Water has a simple, slightly surprising, but laudable ambition: to return NI Water to the anonymity of a well-functioning organisation that no one notices! His determination is to see NI Water working so that it justifies a degree of anonymity. Of course, he is reacting to the high
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
In an effort to bring down power prices and increase carbon-free energy production, Estonia may get a underwater pump hydroelectricity plant along its northern coast. The plant which will be about 200 m below water and produce 300 mw of electricity, although the Ministry of Economy is questioning the need for such large power capacity. Businessmen
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
For years, regional government has been promising to simplify the legislation, which currently covers 1,183 separate articles but successive urban development councillors have only succeeded in adding articles rather than reducing them. But it seems all this will be consigned to the dungeons of history as new regional urban development councillor, Isabel Bonig, announced this week
