Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Landscape Analysis has traditionally been primarily a map reading task. Today, maps and mapping are digital, as are geographical information of many other types. Geographic information systems (GIS) make efficient management of data possible, thus facilitating many different types of analysis and modelling. Landscape change, environmental monitoring and mapping, as well as environmental issues in
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
For updating to the 5.* version from 4.* key reprogramming is required. Please send inquiry in technical support for updating. The 5.* version will be installed into the new directory. Possibility of work with the existing version of the system remains. Read More
Friday, December 24th, 2010
The AA has today launched New Zealand’s leading traffic flow and congestion information service. The service provides motorists with information on traffic flows and congestion for all state highways and arterial roads across New Zealand. It is updated every five minutes using data collected from thousands of vehicles around the country. “Motorists will now be able to
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
ESA’s 2009 global land cover map has been unveiled and is available on the ‘GlobCover’ website. The map was produced using 12 months of data from Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer at a resolution of 300 m. Learn More
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
BAE Systems has chosen Jordan Becker as head of its geospatial-intelligence, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance business, the company announced this week. In his new San Diego-based role, Becker will report to John Gannon, president of BAE’s Intelligence and Security division.Becker joined BAE as VP general manager in November, formerly serving as VP and CTO of SAIC’s
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
To sustainably manage Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), forest owners and administrators use ArcGIS to study forest conditions and surrounding infrastructure. GIS helps them identify areas that are most suitable for industrial timber production and make informed decisions for sustainable forest management. NRW has approximately 900,000 hectares of private and municipal forestland next to a high-density population
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Berlin-based map app service Skobbler wants to grab a share of the offline mobile map market before the other web giants wade in with their own connection-free platforms. Skobbler this week launched the latest version of its detailed map system, ForeverMap, giving users the ability to browse mobile maps of any country in Europe but
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Land use and land cover changes, including legal and illegal deforestation, are amongst the most important factors that contribute to the social and environmental challenges facing mankind in the 21st century. Deforestation alone is responsible for about 12% of the world’s anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, whereas another 6% stems from peat oxidation and fires
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
If guide books ever bothered being honest, they’d look a lot like Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, Rebecca Solnit’s dark, cartographic poem to the Bay Area. The book — a collection of maps and essays written by both Solnit and others — reads like an alternative field guide to a city known to outsiders primarily through
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Abengoa Solar announced today that it has finalized $1.45 billion financing to build Solana, the world’s largest parabolic trough concentrating solar plant. This plant, with a total investment of around $2 Billion, will generate 250 net megawatts (MW). Santiago Seage, CEO of Abengoa Solar, stated, “Solana is the first large scale CSP plant for Abengoa
