Friday, September 14th, 2012
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announces the formation of a new OGC Land Information Domain Working Group (Land Info DWG) to address CAD, Land Information System (LIS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) interoperability challenges facing industry domains concerned with the built environment.
Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman and founder of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), yesterday accepted the 2012 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Systems award for the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC).
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
MDA’s Information Systems Group (MDA) is pleased to announce two important expansions to its international network of RADARSAT-2 ground stations.
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
Workforce development is a problem-solving approach that is often used to enhance a region’s economic stability and prosperity. To help the governments in Taiwan understand more about the current situation of labor markets to enhance capital competitiveness of regional talents and receive clear information for effective decision making, Taiwan Training Center Bureau of Employment and
Monday, September 10th, 2012
GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced an agreement with Fugro for online imagery dissemination through Fugro World, Fugro’s global portal for delivery of data and solutions. GeoEye’s EyeQ platform will be integrated with Fugro World to support online access to satellite imagery.
Monday, September 10th, 2012
Built by Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, the SPOT 6 Earth observation satellite has been successfully launched by a PSLV launcher from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. It will join in orbit Pléiades 1A, the very high resolution Earth observation satellite with products distributed by Astrium Services. Both satellites will first work together and will form,
Monday, September 10th, 2012
Today, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, IUCN awarded its two highest medals to outstanding individuals of the conservation world, and eleven other conservation greats were granted honorary membership of IUCN.
Monday, September 10th, 2012
At the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) is warning of the growing threats faced by many existing World Heritage sites and is calling for stronger measures to guarantee their future.
Friday, September 7th, 2012
Protected Areas –parks, nature reserves and other natural areas– assist in reducing deforestation, habitat and species loss, and support the livelihoods of over one billion people, while containing 15 % of the world’s carbon stock, according to a new report released today at the World Conservation Congress.
Friday, September 7th, 2012
U.S. Geological Survey researchers are among an international group of scientists setting sail Aug. 25 on a voyage to explore the Arctic. This will be a five-week expedition aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy.
