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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

Friday, August 13th, 2010

CSIRO Celebrates National Science Week

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

Autodesk Reports 14 Percent Year over Year Revenue Growth

“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

One Wales – One Voice: Aligned Assets Announce Welsh Gazetteer Best Practice Day

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

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

IUFRO Seeks New Executive Director

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is seeking to appoint an Executive Director to serve as its chief executive officer based at the Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, as of 1 November 2010. Please go to http://www.iufro.org/news/article/2010/08/10/iufro-seeks-new-executive-director/ for the full announcement of the position which is based on secondment or a specific donor grant. 

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

UK AEC Industry Makes a Significant Move Towards Building Information Modelling

“The building design, construction and infrastructure industries must improve productivity, while at the same time completing complex projects on time and at or under budget,” said Jay Bhatt, senior vice president of AEC Industry Solutions on a recent visit to the UK.  He was speaking at a time when a string of big-name contractors and

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Carbon Monoxide over Western Russia

NASA — Even as Muscovites choked under a blanket of thick smoke in the first week of August 2010, concentrations of a colorless, odorless gas spiked to dangerous levels. A product of fire and a component of smoke, carbon monoxide is among the pollutants that wildfires spread across much of western Russia. This image, made