Monday, August 16th, 2010
NPR – Renewable energy installations in the U.S. nearly tripled between 2000 and 2008, driven in large part by the clean energy goals that states are setting. The first map shows how states are planning on putting more clean power on the grid, and the second map shows what percentage of a state’s total electricity currently
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Clark Labs is pleased to announce the release of another CD in their Global Data Archive Series. This new CD includes monthly global precipitation and sea surface temperature data, critical for climate monitoring and research. The CD is available for only $30 plus shipping and handling. It is also available as a downloadable product.
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Leica Geosystems announces the update of its ATHENA Program, the Leica Geosystems program involving GNSS and Structural Monitoring for non-profit organizations, with the latest future proof Leica GR10 and Leica GMX902 GNSS receivers and the Leica AR10 and Leica AS10 GNSS antennas. ATHENA stands for ‘Advanced Technology for Higher-Education and Non-profit Associations’ and has the
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has launched a REDD+ online database. The purpose of the database is to make information on REDD+ readiness activities and projects readily accessible for analysis and learning. The database mainly provides profiles of REDD-plus projects using a common template, but the intention is to also provide country summaries
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce Leica GNSS Spider v4.0 as part of the new reference station software update that also includes Leica SpiderWeb v4.0 and Leica SpiderQC v4.0. Leica GNSS Spider v4.0 features an all-new Business Center web portal for all GNSS Services. Additionally advanced support for the new GR10 “plug’n’play” reference station receiver,
Friday, August 13th, 2010
The Instituto de Información Territorial del Estado de Jalisco is a government organization which was founded in 1998 to share geographical information between the government agencies of Jalisco in México. Within the years, the institution has gathered loads of information in several formats such as SHP, DWG, DXF, GeoTIFF and ECW, among others. So, what we
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Three years ago, GE scientists discovered that nanostructures from wing scales of butterflies exhibited acute chemical sensing properties. Since then, GE scientists have been developing a dynamic, new sensing platform that replicates these unique properties. Recognizing the potential of GE’s sensing technologies for improving homeland protection, DARPA is supporting further research. Radislav Potyrailo, a principal scientist
Friday, August 13th, 2010
To celebrate National Science Week 2010 (14-22 August), CSIRO is stagingevents across the nation designed to both showcase its accomplishments andinspire members of the public to begin their own journeys of scientificdiscovery. Read More
Friday, August 13th, 2010
“Our focus on growing our revenue base while controlling costs resulted in better than expected revenue and profitability in the second quarter,” said Carl Bass, Autodesk president and CEO. “Although the pace of the global recovery is varied by country, we are pleased that we achieved revenue growth in all of our major geographies. We experienced
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Following on from the success of previous events, gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets can today announce the next date in its popular series of Gazetteer Best Practice Days. Specifically for the Welsh Gazetteer community, this best practice day will be held at the Media Resource Centre in Llandrindod on 2nd November 2010 and will see
