Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Travelers to Israel can now participate in a new reforestation project, “Forester for a Day,” every Sunday through Friday in northern Israel’s Carmel Forest region. Initiated by the KKL-JNF, the project allows participants to assist park rangers in clearing underbrush, pruning trees and preparing fire breaks and forest paths in the Carmel Region. The three-hour program is
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that it will be holding its 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning User Meeting on June 26-27, 2012 in Nice, France. End-users and selected experts in both static and mobile terrestrial laser scanning will present practical, real-world projects and
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The thousands of 2011 extreme weather records broken in all 50 states will be detailed for the first time in a new interactive mapping tool and year-end review from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher® cartographic software for Adobe® Illustrator® and Geographic Imager® geospatial tools for Adobe Photoshop®, celebrates its world-wide recognition from the International Map Trade Association (IMTA) as a top producer of cartographic software and innovative technology winning the coveted ‘IMTA Global Award’ at its November conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Accepting the
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The Department of the Interior today released the first in a series of regional studies measuring the amount of carbon stored in U.S. ecosystems. Published by Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the study examines the current and projected future carbon storage in the Great Plains region, as part of a nation-wide assessment.
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The stream of news from Japan has dwindled, and the sensational imagery that had once gripped the world has lost its hold. An organization known as the Nagasaki Archive works to counter the fading impact of such watershed historical events through the creation of interactive, digital maps. Starting with the atomic bombing of Nagasaki over
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The multidimensional concept of sustainability has been integrated as a central aspect of contemporary urban planning and policies in various ways across the Nordic Countries, Europe and beyond. Although a kind of definitional consensus could have been developed in the meantime, emphasising the integration of economic, social and environmental issues in a cross-generation perspective, the
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The BBC News website’s crash map, which shows all recorded deaths on Britain’s roads between 1999 and 2010, has been enormously popular. As a result, we have received hundreds of emails asking a range of questions. Here are the answers to some of the most frequent. Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
NASA scientists have successfully completed flight tests in preparation for deployment of a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of air entering the tropical tropopause layer of the atmosphere. NASA’s Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment (ATTREX) will conduct the science campaign over the Pacific Ocean from three locations in 2013 and
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Keystone Aerial Surveys, Inc. has purchased its Correlator3D™ product for deriving accurate digital elevation models (DEM). With Keystone’s growing production requirements, it was necessary to use robust photogrammetry software able to handle large statewide and multiple county projects. SimActive’s Correlator3D™ was perfectly
