Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
When the Airports Company of South Africa decided to use geographical information systems (GIS) to track and manage its infrastructure, it started a journey that has seen spatial awareness improve nearly every part of the business, from infrastructure development through maintenance and engineering to commercial endeavours. Read More
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The coalition government unveiled a new strategy to protect England’s habitats and species, which follows up the groundbreaking global agreement reached at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference held in Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010. “Our wildlife is not only something that we should value because it’s nice to look at. Nature underpins our very
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Scientific Research Institute of Space Technologies is to be set up under cooperation between the Skolkovo fund and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. The agreement to that effect has been signed at the international aviation and space salon MAKS-2011 in the town of Zhukovsky, Moscow region.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Members of the driving force behind ESA’s SMOS mission have been awarded the prestigious Certificate of Recognition by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society for their leadership in developing the first synthetic aperture microwave radiometer in space and for the success of the mission. Read More
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The editorial of this issue of Forest Cover deals with the road to Rio+20 and the important role of civil society. The article “REDD and the Feeling of Standing Barefoot in a Peatswamp” reports on a number of REDD-related meetings in June and the current REDD-depression in the light of the low expectations for the
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Intergraph and ERDAS announce the Synergy Series, a set of webinars that showcases collaborative innovation. During the webinars, Intergraph and ERDAS will highlight workflows employing the technological strengths of the combined portfolios and provide a forum to answer attendee questions.
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
The project for the underground network of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia is exemplary, according to a source in the European Commission, reports Bulgarian EU Funds Minsiter Tomislav Donchev. According to Donchev, the DG Regional Policy representative has said that anyone building a city metro should go to Bulgaria to learn from the way the Sofia network is being built. Read More
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Statoil has announced that the major oil find in the North Sea made public 10 days ago, is much larger than first estimated. It is probably the largest offshore discovery in the world this year. Statoil says that communication between the Aldous and Avaldsnes oil discoveries in the North Sea has now been confirmed. In combination
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Some 400 million people in Africa live in urban areas, according to United Nations statistics – but as of 2008, 55 million of them lacked access to clean drinking water. A study by two UN agencies, released Monday to coincide with World Water Day on March 22, highlighted a troubling trend: As Africa’s cities grow more
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Commuters in the capital area can look forward to less delays after the Danish rail company invested nearly two billion kroner to upgrade the signaling system used by the S-train network. Banedanmark has signed a contract with Siemens Mobility to cover the supply and installation of a fully automatic train control system in Copenhagen. Additionally,
