Friday, October 1st, 2010
NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has been chosen by Agence des Aires Marines, the French agency for the protection of marine areas, tasked with the conservation of the marine environment, to implement a secure videoconferencing system. Agence des Aires Marines is responsible for the creation of a network of conservation areas, the management
Friday, October 1st, 2010
The SOIL Action of the Joint Research Centre’s Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit has just completed a comprehensive collaborative project focusing exclusively on life in the soil. One of the resulting outputs is the first ever European Atlas of Soil Biodiversity. The atlas is a visually stunning publication of 128 pages, using striking photographs, informative texts
Friday, October 1st, 2010
With the number of active Nokia service users now reaching 140 million worldwide, the company today announced that more than 200,000 people are currently signing up daily to Ovi, and that Ovi Store has reached the milestone of 2.3 million downloads per day. Available in more than 190 countries, Ovi is discovered through Maps, Music, Messaging, Store
Friday, October 1st, 2010
A committee of independent scientists will be created to review water monitoring data collected from Alberta’s oil sands region. “Understanding the impact of the oil sands industry on the watershed of northeastern Alberta is absolutely critical. We need to have total and complete assurance in data before we make decisions on how best to balance
Friday, October 1st, 2010
The German Agricultural Society has once again set up an impartial and international commission of experts who has assess the innovations submitted by EuroTier exhibitors up to the beginning of September on the basis of strict criteria and has awarded now 3 gold and 18 silver medals. Read More
Friday, October 1st, 2010
RapidEye 5m orthoimagery now extends across New Zealand. Earlier this year, national coverage was placed in the archives ready for purchase. Most areas of New Zealand have significantly less than 5 or 10% cloud. “The quick collection of satellite imagery by RapidEye has demonstrated one of the systems advantages. RapidEye can routinely capture large areas
Friday, October 1st, 2010
The Board of the Scottish European Green Energy Centre (SEGEC) is pleased to announce that Chris Bronsdon has been appointed as Chief Executive of SEGEC from 1 October 2010. Chris brings broad experience of the energy scene from his work with British Energy, the Scottish Energy and Environment Foundation and SQW Energy. In new role
Friday, October 1st, 2010
NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on Friday agreed to update the International Space Station launch schedule. The target launch dates for the last planned space shuttle flight, STS-134 on Endeavour, will be Feb. 27 and the Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) will be Feb. 15. Read More
Friday, October 1st, 2010
For the first time, scientists are using advanced technology and an innovative vessel to study, image, and map the unexplored offshore Northern San Andreas Fault from north of San Francisco to its termination at the junction of three tectonic plates off Mendocino, Calif. The expedition team is using high-resolution sonar mapping, subsurface seismic data and
Friday, October 1st, 2010
ESRI Canada today presented an Award of Excellence to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s Geomatics Services Group for improving access to the province’s agricultural spatial data using ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology. In 2008, the Ministry launched the Agricultural Crown Land Map Viewer, an online mapping application that allows the public to search and view
