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Monday, November 15th, 2010

Autodesk Sponsors Carbon Disclosure Project CDP Cities Program

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) enables organizations to report green house gas (GHG) emissions and their strategies for addressing climate change.  3,000 organizations in 60 countries report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies through the CDP. Read More

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

Access to the Seismic Event, BroadBand and Strong Motion Data of the European Seismologic Station

Thanks to a unique joint initiative by observatories, research institutes in and around Europe a broad set of seismological data is becoming available. Within NERIES, the seismic portal has been developed as a single point of access to diverse, distributed European datasets, and is now, after an experimental phase, available for general use at www.seismicportal.eu The

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

GOES High Data Rate (HDR) Transmitter

The Stevens GOES HDR (high data rate) Transmitter (Model GHT) provides access to the NOAA/NESDIS GOES Data Collection System (DCS) and the EUMETSAT / METEOSAT Data Collection System for Stevens or third party data loggers and sensors deployed in environmental monitoring and data acquisition applications. Read More

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

Geohazard Supersites

“Geohazard Supersites” is a an initiative in the sprit of GEO,  providing  access to spaceborne and in-situ geophysical data (multi-sensor SAR, GPS, seismic, etc.) addressing earthquake, volcano, and other hazards. The space component of the initiative is led by ESA and NASA; easy access to Earth science data will promote their use and advance scientific

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

Eneco Selects BMT ARGOSS to Deliver Accurate Weather Forecasts for its Onshore and Offshore Wind Production

BMT ARGOSS, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has secured a contract with Eneco, one of the leading energy companies in the Netherlands to deliver accurate wind forecasts for the Dutch energy provider’s onshore and offshore locations. This service will allow Eneco to better anticipate changing conditions and adjust planning when necessary. Generators of wind

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

EUROFLEETS Ship-based Training Course, for Scientists and Technicians, in Multibeam Echo Sounder Technology

A three day ship-based multibeam training course, organized within the EUROFLEETS programme, and with an instructor from Kongsberg Maritime, will be held in Bergen, Norway on board R.V. G.O. Sars. from the 25th to the 27th January 2011. This practical ship-based training course will allow technicians and scientific personnel to acquire the practical skills necessary

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

International Competition Open to Malaysian Professionals with an Interest in Road Engineering and Road Transport Sectors

The Road Engineering Association of Malaysia (REAM) has committed to participate in the above competition. As required by the World Road Association (PIARC), a National Level Competition will be held for the participation of interested Malaysians. As such, the rules of the competition will be in tandem with those set by PIARC. Read More

Friday, November 12th, 2010

Oil & Gas Map of Russia/Eurasia & Pacific Markets – First edition

All major oil and gas/condensate fields, all major oil and gas pipelines including those under construction and planned, LNG import and export terminals, gas processing plants and underground gas processing facilities and oil refineries and tanker terminals. Read More

Friday, November 12th, 2010

Mapmaker AND completes Digital Map of North America

AND Automotive Navigation Data, the independent Dutch mapmaker of navigation mapping data, has completed the map of North America. The full Digital Map of Canada and the USA is now available for commercial use. The vector-based digital map has more than 11.5 million kilometer. The map contains all roads, streets, house numbers, cities and villages.

Friday, November 12th, 2010

Sweden – New National Elevation Model – Presentation

The Climate and Vulnerability Commission recommended in their report (SOU 2007:60) that Lantmäteriet should be commissioned to produce a New National Elevation Model (In Swedish: Ny Nationell Höjdmodell) with high accuracy. (Standard error should be better than 0,5 m for grid points in a 2 metre grid). During 2008, Lantmäteriet prepared a production plan for