Monday, March 21st, 2011
Abdulla Al Hussaini, Qatargas’s LNG Portfolio Optimisation Manager, and the Secretary for the IGU’s LNG Committee, presented at the debate the Qatargas paper ‘LNG value chain regulatory path’ and further discussion covered topics, such as, the continued interaction between regulators and companies active in the natural gas industry, the regulatory influences on international investment and
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Norway is a major contributor to energy security, and its energy policies are a positive example for others to follow, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). As a major oil and gas producer as well as a strong global advocate of climate change mitigation, Norway holds a unique position in the global
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
Hundreds of surveyors from all around the United States will join NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey on Saturday, March 19, at exactly 1 p.m. EDT, in the first-ever Surveying USA Day, a kick-off event commemorating Surveyor’s Week coordinated by the National Society of Professional Surveyors. The event will provide professional, government and independent surveyors the opportunity
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The Agri-Trend Group of Companies have agreed to a channel distribution agreement with several major John Deere dealerships enabling them to enhance their precision farming services to farmers. Beginning with The Precision Management Process™ which is a fully integrated multi-product, precision ag program, Agri-Trend will extend its services including its agrology processes, through selected John
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The south-eastern parts of Iran (top) and the Arabian Peninsula are featured in this Envisat image. Iran’s landscape, comprising several rugged mountain ranges, a central high plateau, deserts, steppes and coastlands, differs from the Arabian Peninsula, which is dominated by the Arabian Desert. The closest point between the two Middle Eastern countries is the Strait of Hormuz
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The Scottish Government runs the Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning. Launched in 1998 they look to promote quality developments that have been achieved through effective planning processes. They celebrate the positive contributions that individuals and organisations in all sectors make to enabling high quality development in Scotland.
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
OSM-3D is becoming global. The interactive 3D web application has grown siginificantly from its original German coverage and covers now most European countries on a virtual globe. The virtual “osm.globe” combines the free geodata from OpenStreetMap (OSM) with digital elevation models offering a global interactive 3D experience made completely from free or crowdsoured geodata. OSM
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
This is the second part of the UK Location Data Sharing Operational Guidance. The guidance supports the UK Location Strategy by addressing business interoperability issues which could present barriers to the sharing and re-use of location data published into the UK Location Information Infrastructure (UK Location). One of the biggest current issues around data sharing is how the public
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Designed by Ondrej Cisler using ArchiCAD, the fountains were placed in the historical context of Republic Square. The oblong square is defined by the Gothic Cathedral of St. Bartholomew towers and a Baroque Plague Pole located in one corner of the Square. The architect’s proposal was to complement the remaining three empty corners of the
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Professional surveyors can download the most detailed and up-to-date UK maps directly into their workflows thanks to a breakthrough partnership between emapsite and Leica Geosystems. Under the agreement – the first of its kind between a hosted map provider and a major survey manufacturer – OS MasterMap data is instantly available via a tailored download from emapsite to
