Monday, March 12th, 2012
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has postponed until 2013 the development of environment protection guidelines to regulate shipping in polar waters. Environment groups have repeatedly expressed concern about the grave risks posed by increased shipping to the fragile ecosystems in the Arctic. Friends of the Earth US and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society see
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, Alaska, has announced that it expects to award a discretionary cooperative agreement for opportunities for young adults and veterans to participate in developing leadership skills and gain experience with project planning, coordination and logistics. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $32,500, with a ceiling
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies (NEREUS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are inviting contributions for their joint publication entitled “50 uses of GMES across European regions”. This publication will document the accelerating growth in the number and quality of applications of GMES in the European regions. Through this publication, the two organisations
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS) 2012 addresses the latest research on wireless- and satellite-based positioning techniques to provide reliable and accurate position information with low latency. The emphasis is on the design of mass-market navigation receivers, related tools and methodologies. Read More
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Researchers have pieced together what’s believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic and became a legend. Read More
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
OpenGeo, the open source technology leader behind the OpenGeo Suite, announced changes to its senior management to build on the company’s significant growth. OpenGeo President Chris Holmes will move into the role of Chairman and Founder, with OpenGeo COO Edward Pickle becoming Chief Executive Officer. Vanessa Hamer, Director of Operations for OpenGeo parent OpenPlans, has
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Spatial Energy and Blue Marble Geographics today announced a new alliance to distribute content and software to the Energy market worldwide. Spatial Energy’s foundation imagery content will now be a freely available within the Global Energy Mapper™ software application. Blue Marble Geographics will speed development plans for Global Energy Mapper to integrate with cloud imagery
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP), which is now making global environmental observations. The satellite will provide scientists with critical insight into the dynamics of the entire Earth system, including climate, clouds, oceans, and vegetation. It will also gather enhanced data for improving our nation’s weather forecasting system.
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
International partners are looking ahead to the newest member in a series of weather satellites that deliver images to European forecasters: MSG-3 is set for launch this summer. The Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites are designed to improve weather prediction.The first in the series, MSG-1 – also known as Meteosat-8 – was launched in 2002. MSG-2
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
PCI Geomatics announced today that it was the co-recipient of a prestigious Synergy Award for Innovation for 2011, along with the University of New Brunswick (UNB). The Synergy Awards for Innovation were launched in 1995 by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to recognize partnerships in natural sciences and engineering research and
