Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Several factors underscore the relevance of discussions on the relationships among sustainable forest management (SFM), forest governance, REDD+ and livelihoods. Forests in Latin America are home to millions of people who depend directly on forest resources for their livelihoods. Current deforestation rates and their external drivers deprive these people of essential resources. At the same
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Abstract submissions are now being accepted for URISA’s Fifth Caribbean GIS Conference. The conference, themed “Geospatial Technologies: Connecting our Industries in Meeting the Region’s Challenges,” will take place December 6-10, 2010 in Trinidad. Abstract submissions are due on or before August 20, 2010. Learn More
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Leica Geosystems will hold their Annual Airborne Sensor User Conference in Orlando, FL October 25th – 27th, 2010. This year’s user conference will provide opportunities to learn more about the newest releases and configurations of Leica Geosystems Airborne Sensor products. In addition to user’s presentations, the conference will include a special bonus day of workshops
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
GIT4NDM 2010 has become a very important meeting due to the series of disasters shaking the Asian Region in 2008. We are still haunted by the calamity of Tsunami of 2004. Indonesia keeps on reeling under numerous earthquakes. The world scientific community has a great responsibility to enhance the effort on development of technology for
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
The International Conference on GeoInformatics for Spatial-Infrastructure Development in Earth & Allied Sciences (GIS-IDEAS) is scheduled to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, 9-11 December 2010. GIS-IDEAS 2010 is being organized by JVGC and Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG). GIS-IDEAS 2010 is the fifth in the series of very successful Conferences, with first and second been held
Monday, June 28th, 2010
As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to support women in computing, they are pleased to announce the 2010 ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS Google Female Student Grants to encourage more female computer science students to attend and participate in the ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 Conference, November 2-5 2010, San Jose, California, USA. The winners will receive funds
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Young engineers and scientists from all over the world will gather this summer in Denmark to study navigation by satellite, devising new scientific and technical improvements, products and services. A jury of experts from several European universities and Stanford University will select the best proposals. Read More
Monday, June 21st, 2010
GIS Development is pleased to announce that Map Africa 2010- 5th Annual African Conference on Geospatial Technologies and Applications is scheduled on 23-25 November in Cape Town, South Africa in partnership with Department of Rural Development and Land Reforms, Government of South Africa; Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, Kenya; and UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia. Read
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
The 6th Edition of the gvSIG Conference , organized by the Association for the promotion of FOSS4G and the development of gvSIG (gvSIG Association), will be held from December 1st until December 3rd at the Feria Valencia Convention and Exhibition Center (Valencia – Spain), and will once again host the MoskittDay-EclipseDay. Through the exchange of
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
At the INTERGEO preview, the world’s largest conference trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management, which will be held at the Koelnmesse exhibition centre from 5 to 7 October 2010, Greve called for a special lobby for driving forward environmental policies – namely, the informed citizen. It was a matter, he argued, of pooling
