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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

‘Smart Meter Cities’ will thrive in the Midlands and Trans-Pennine Corridor

 Esri UK reveals that Nottingham is the UK’s #1 ‘Smart Meter City’ – based on the potential for smart meters to benefit consumers by reducing electricity consumption and household bills. The study conducted in partnership with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) identified two key zones of the UK as smart meter hotspots

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Russia’s 2nd GLONASS-K Satellite to Launch Feb 2012

Russia’s second Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) satellite with enhanced features, called GLONASS-K, is expected to be carried into orbit in February 2012, satellite maker Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems said, RIA Novosti reported. The exact date was not provided. The first GLONASS-K satellite was put into orbit in February 2011. Read More

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

AeroMetric’s BP Oil Cloud Computing Project Wins Grand Award in 5th Annual MAPPS Geospatial Excellence Awards

A project providing a cloud computing solution to geospatial data for BP Deep Water Horizon event has been selected as the Grand Award winner in the 5th Annual MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards. AeroMetric, Inc. of Sheboygan, WI was selected for “Geospatial Cloud Solution for Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration” at the presentation

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

55 EFI Technical Reports on Sustainability Impact Assessment

55 new papers on sustainability impact assessment have been published in EFI’s Technical Report series. The reports are deliverables and results from the EU FP6 Integrated Project EFORWOOD – Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Forestry-Wood Chain. EFI was one of the 38 partners in the project, which ran from 2005 to 2010.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

ROK-FOR: Building Regional Cooperation and Clusters

RoK-FOR is a three-year 1.7 million euro EU FP7 project, which aims to connect the forestry sectors of five partner European regions (North Karelia, Croatia-Serbia, Baden-Wurttemberg, Aquitaine-Basque country and Catalonia. It focuses on the fields of bio-energy, bio-based products and wood construction.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

The Importance of Transnational Cooperation for German Spatial Planning Policy

By supporting balanced spatial development, the Community Initiative INTERREG III B constitutes an important instrument for overcoming existing economic disparities and for better integrating the new EU members. Partners from 25 EU member states cooperate in transnational projects on economic, social, ecologic and cultural issues for (re)shaping their living space and economic area. The EU

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

2011 Awards Presented for Achievements in Earth Remote Sensing

NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior presented the 2011 William T. Pecora awards to Alan H. Strahler, professor of geography and environment at Boston University, and to the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing at a ceremony Tuesday in Herndon, Va.

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Esri Press Book Presents Latest Crime Mapping and Analysis Methods

GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, the new workbook from Esri Press, combines step-by-step tutorials with independent exercises to teach readers the skills needed to apply mapping and analysis to police work. Designed for both classroom instruction and self-study, the book includes a 180-day trial version of ArcGIS 10 for Desktop software and real crime data

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Leica Geosystems Users to Convene for Hexagon 2012

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®,

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Oliver Rothschild Joins Bluesky Board

Corporate Strategist Oliver Rothschild has joined the board of Bluesky. In his new role as Non Executive Director of the Leicestershire based aerial survey company, Rothschild will bring a valuable network of contacts, extensive board experience and a successful track record of business development. He is active in a range of industries and holds a