Monday, March 19th, 2012
The Federal Cabinet adopted the German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess) today. The goal of the Programme is to continuously increase raw material productivity in German industry through market incentives, research and innovation and advice, and thus to promote a further decoupling of our growth from resource consumption. ProgRess is the first comprehensive programme by the
Monday, March 19th, 2012
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today released a major update of pollution data reported by industrial facilities in Canada, Mexico and the United States at the Globe 2012 conference on business and the environment. The CEC’s updated website—Taking Stock Online—allows companies, communities, and the public to track the release and transfer of pollutants across
Monday, March 19th, 2012
A conference entitled “GMES in Action” will take place on 4-5 June 2012 in Copenhagen with the objective to highlight the economic impact and strategic value of GMES and inform about the benefits of GMES for Europe from the users’ perspective. More information is available either on this website (here) or on the EC DG ENTR
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Sokkia announces a new reflectorless total station – the FX – that includes on-board MAGNET™ Field application software, a telematics-based communications module TSshield, and a long-range wireless communications system utilizing Bluetooth® Class 1 technology.
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Just days after the somber one-year anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly 16,000 people in 2011, Japan was struck by two new earthquakes.On Wednesday, a 6.8 magnitude quake hit Japan‘s northern Hokkaido Island. It was followed hours later by a 6.1 magnitude tremor in the Chiba Prefecture, which is directly south of Tokyo
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that ProjectWise V8i and Bentley Navigator V8i have each won a commercial 2012 Constructech Top Products award in the “Trusted Products” category. The award honors technology solutions that have demonstrated the greatest innovations geared toward the construction market. Products and solutions eligible for the Trusted Products category comprise core technology offerings
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Russia plans to install ground support stations for its GLONASS global satellite positioning system in 34 countries across the globe, Russian Space Systems General Director and General Designer Yury Urlichich said. “We are considering 34 countries in which the stations can be installed. There are a lot of such countries. Negotiations with Australia are likely
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
On the FIG web site we publish each month a paper called the Article of the Month. This is a high-level paper focusing on interesting topics to all surveyors. It can be picked up from an FIG conference or another event. The Article of the Month in February 2012 is written by Chryssy Potsiou and Ifigenie Boulaka Greece:Informal Development
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
The Esri UC is a special time for us. It’s when our team and the Esri user community come together to build solutions that strengthen operations and decision making. We are busily preparing for the 2012 conference. We’re building an agenda of sessions and face-to-face activities that will help geospatial professionals like you take new solutions
Friday, March 16th, 2012
OpenGeo, the open source technology leader behind the OpenGeo Suite, will have a strong showing at the inaugural2012 FOSS4G North America conference. With Gold Sponsor status, and eleven sessions on the program, OpenGeo is sure to make an impact at the conference. The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial – North America (FOSS4G-NA) conference
