Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
This year, Esri is rolling out a number of significant, free upgrades to its popular Educational Site License Program. The additional software applications and data enhance an already comprehensive GIS suite and provide new solutions for educators who wish to share the power of spatial thinking across their curricula.
Monday, February 13th, 2012
With the realization of eGRIS, the information exchanged can be simplified in the land registry system by the introduction of a Switzerland-wide, electronic land information system (eGRIS). The Federal Office of Justice and the SIX Group run as a Public Private Partnership (PPP), the following projects: Read More
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Groundwater recharge caused by inefficient irrigation practices, high leakage rates from light textured soils, poor surface and groundwater drainage and inappropriate crop rotations caused rising watertables under the rice growing areas in southern New South Wales. Shallow watertable and secondary soil salinisation have a major impact on the long term sustainability of these areas.
Monday, February 13th, 2012
UBM plc announces that it has sold its UK agriculture and medical general practitioner portfolios – including the Farmers Guardian and Pulse titles – to the founders of Briefing Media Ltd for a total cash consideration of £10.0m*. The new business will be known as Briefing Media Group and is led by the experienced management
Monday, February 13th, 2012
The Cabinet yesterday approved three bills that will overhaul and streamline the National Land Management and Administration policies. The National Land Commission Bill 2012, the Land Bill 2012, and the Land Registration Bill 2012 now await publication and onward transmission to Parliament for debate. These are among the seven bills that need to be enacted
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Large portions of the western half of the U.S. do not have access to 3G or faster mobile broadband service, according to a new map released by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. The map, released by the FCC Friday, shows large parts of Alaska, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, Texas and Montana as not having 3G or faster mobile
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Bentley Systems today announced two key initiatives to support the construction phase of Crossrail – Europe’s largest construction project. The initiatives are aimed at integrating the whole Crossrail supply chain to create best practices in information modelling for construction. Moreover, they are in keeping with the U.K.’s Government Construction Strategy, which calls for replacing adversarial
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Ordnance Survey today celebrates an important milestone as the 2000th member joins the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA) just nine months after it was launched. Tatenhill Parish Council in East Staffordshire is the latest public sector organisation to sign up for the agreement, which is delivering improved planning and delivery of services through the use of digital
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Contractors have laid the foundation for Grand Cayman’s digital weather radar station. However, the operating date of the early warning radar has been pushed back again, and its debut is now not likely to occur until after this year’s hurricane season. In December, officials said the Doppler radar would arrive in July, coinciding with the
Friday, February 10th, 2012
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and privately-held SmartBin Corporation of Dublin, Ireland announced today that they have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of solutions that can leverage positioning technology, wireless communications, asset monitoring and fleet management capabilities to enhance productivity for professionals operating in the environmental services and recycling markets. Under the agreement, Trimble
