Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Evolution Robotics, Inc., a leading robotics technology company, today announced that Mint™, an automatic floor cleaning appliance designed exclusively for hard surface floor cleaning, has been awarded a silver IDEA (International Design Excellence Award) in the “Home Living” category by the Industrial Design Society of America. The 2010 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA®) competition is
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
On the evening 2nd July, Romanian authorities activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism requesting support in addressing the severe floods currently affecting the north-eastern part of the country. The request for assistance in form of inflatable dams, pumps, power generators, water purification systems, lighting kits and other material was immediately communicated to all Participating States through
Monday, July 5th, 2010
The Earth Gravitational Model 2008 (EGM2008), developed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), has been released. The model provides worldwide coverage of gravity data at 5’x5′ mean resolution with geoid accuracy of 15cm. EGM2008 is constructed from a combination of GRACE satellite data, topographic data, altimetry on sea, and gravity observations on land areas. EGM2008
Monday, July 5th, 2010
The National Geochemical Survey of Australia (NGSA) aims to produce the first geochemical atlas of Australia based on the multi-element analysis of transported regolith samples collected at the outlet of large catchments covering most of the continent. The project, which is funded by the Onshore Energy Security Program and the States and Northern Territory Geological Surveys
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Chronos Technology, the UK telecom network sync specialist, and designer and manufacturer of specialised GPS timing products, has appointed Andy Proctor as Divisional Manager, GNSS Applications and Solutions. Andy will manage the development and growth of the GNSS product and service portfolio within Chronos. He will also be responsible for Chronos’ eLoran solution portfolio and
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Scotland’s five UNESCO heritage sites are among ten of the country’s most important locations that will be the subjects of minute and comprehensive laser modeling surveys.The ten subjects – four of which have yet to be confirmed – will be scrutinised by cutting-edge technology to create exceptionally accurate digital models of them. The work is
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
EarthWhere, a web-based spatial data management system has dramatically expanded its support for common GIS formats, Vector map data, and introduced a new scalable distributed architecture for rapidly cataloging, provisioning, and disseminating geospatial data. Cataloged data can now be exported directly into Google Earth or exported to a GeoPDF map file. Peter Borissow, Vice President
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
It is written by Dr. Mohamed El-Sioufi, UN-HABITAT and was presented as a keynote presentation at the XXIV FIG Congress in Sydney 11-16 April 2010 in the plenary session on “The Big Challenges”. Dr. El-Sioufi is Head of the Shelter Branch at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT. Read More
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
UCL – UCL today launches Mapping for Change, a social enterprise that will support sustainable communities through online mapping and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).Mapping for Change is a partnership between UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, and London 21 Sustainability Network, a charity that works across Greater London to help create a greener, healthier and
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
World university community since 2009 can outfit universities with the technologies of middle and high resolution remote sensing data reception (EROS A, IRS-1D, SPOT 4). In June 2010 the universities obtained rights to operate with RADARSAT-1 radar data as well. An agreement was reached between the Canadian MDA (Operator of RADARSAT-1 satellite) and the Russian ScanEx Research & Development
