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Monday, August 16th, 2010

Mustad Longline Uses SolidWorks to Exponentially Increase Productivity

SolidWorks® software is helping a Norwegian company design and produce environmentally friendly fishing equipment fast enough to meet customer demands. Mustad Longline is the world’s largest manufacturer of longline fishing equipment, which is an alternative to environmentally destructive bottom trawling nets. Mustad Longline, launched in 1972, revolutionized and automated longline fishing practices that had been performed

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Indonesia Boosts 2011 Infrastructure Spending, Yudhoyono Says

Indonesia may increase capital spending by 28 percent next year as the government aims to build more bridges and roads to boost growth in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said. The economy may expand 6.3 percent next year from 6 percent this year, Yudhoyono told parliament in Jakarta today. Capital spending in the

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Germany – Special Achievement in GIS Award 2010

The energy group EnBW Regional AG and the fire brigade were in the city of Hamburg this year for their outstanding achievements with the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) award Award. Was presented the award at the ESRI International User Conference in San Diego by ESRI Inc. founder and president Jack Dangermond. To receive the prestigious award,

Monday, August 16th, 2010

National Renewable Energy Goals And Progress

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 Releases New Global Monthly Precipitation and Sea Surface Temperature Data for Image Time Series Analysis

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 Update of ATHENA Program for Academic and Research Organizations

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

IGES REDD+ Online Database

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 Introduces GNSS Spider v4.0

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

Working with QGIS in a Spatial Data Infrastructure of Jalisco in Mexico

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

GE Awarded $6.3 Million DARPA Grant to Develop New Bio-inspired Sensors

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