Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Travelers to Israel can now participate in a new reforestation project, “Forester for a Day,” every Sunday through Friday in northern Israel’s Carmel Forest region. Initiated by the KKL-JNF, the project allows participants to assist park rangers in clearing underbrush, pruning trees and preparing fire breaks and forest paths in the Carmel Region. The three-hour program is
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that it will be holding its 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning User Meeting on June 26-27, 2012 in Nice, France. End-users and selected experts in both static and mobile terrestrial laser scanning will present practical, real-world projects and
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The thousands of 2011 extreme weather records broken in all 50 states will be detailed for the first time in a new interactive mapping tool and year-end review from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Cities worldwide are facing rapid social, economic, environmental, technological and cultural changes such as: rapid urbanisation, aging of society, security issues, housing emergency, new solutions on mobility, integration of immigrants, food and water shortage, etc. Especially in times of economic crisis and demographic changes in cities, it is necessary to think about how to best handle what
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Nominations can now be made for the ISPRS awards which will be presented at the ISPRS Congress in Melbourne next year. Awards are available for various activities, so please read the terms of reference to ensure that nominations are made for the appropriate award. Full details of the awards can be found at www.isprs.org/documents/awards.aspx nominations must be made
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Remote sensing technologies are of strategic importance for our country development. I wish us success in long-term cooperation, – such were the welcome words to the participants of the 5th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” of Sergei Zhukov, Executive Director of the Cluster of Space Technologies and Telecommunications of the “Skolkovo” foundation. The
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Leica Geosystems announces that customers and prospective users will be convening for the international Hexagon 2012 conference, June 4-7 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV and that registration is now open. Once again, by bringing together the latest design, measurement and visualization technologies and user communities from Leica Geosystems, Intergraph®,
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Wetlands International will be present at the upcoming climate talks in Durban (28 November – 9 December). This global NGO will show the important role that wetlands can play to adapt to climate change, with specific attention for wetlands in the dry and vulnerable parts of Africa. Wetlands International also continues its call for incentives
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
There is still time to be a part of the global gathering of LIDAR professionals when they meet in Salzburg, Austria in less than 7 days. The European LiDAR Mapping Forum is being held from 29 – 30th November 2011 and will combine a technical conference of over 40 papers presented by Internationally recognised speakers and an
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. Read Moresatellites,earth observation
