Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
There were reports in the press this week that Polish citizens could see the price of water rocket sky high over the coming four years. According to an article in TVN24’s business section, if tens of billions of zlotys are not spent on upgrading the country’s sewage system and sewage treatment plants, then Poland may find
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
During a meeting in CNET’s offices, Kanwar Chadha, CMO of CSR Technology, noted that all content is becoming location-aware. Smartphone apps and navigation devices can tailor information to a user’s personal surroundings. Taking advantage of that trend, Chadha’s company, which provides GPS chips for navigation devices, has developed a new generation of products that can
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
The Siberian State Academy of Geodesy and the International Exhibition Operator “InterGeoSiberia”, and World Trade Center-Novosibirsk would like to take this opportunity to invite you to participate in the 8th International specialized exhibition and scientific congress “Interexpo GeoSiberia-2012” which will be held on April 17-19, 2012 in the centre of Novosibirsk at the Business Center
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
The first European Conference on GeoDesign will be held together with the 13th annual International Conference on Information Technology in Landscape Architecture at Anhalt University in Bernburg and Dessau, Germany from 31 May – 2 June 2012. According to Ervin (2011) Geodesign projects leverage the powers of digital computing and communications technologies to foster collaborative, information-based environmental design,
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Today, Esri released the second portion of its Census 2010 data that combines the PL94-171 file and variables from Summary File 1 (SF-1) into a single database. Demographic categories include population, age, race and ethnicity, household type, household size, family, housing, and mortgage status.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Virtual Geographic Environments, from Esri Press, is a collection of key papers written by leading members of the geospatial community that examines the relationship between GIS and virtual geographic environments (VGE). Edited by professors Hui Lin and Michael Batty, the book is organized into five sections, beginning with a primer on VGEs and followed by
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
OpenGeo, the open source technology leader behind the OpenGeo Suite, has announced changes to senior management in anticipation of significant growth. Drawing from its pool of talented employees, OpenGeo has named geospatial veteran Eddie Pickle as Chief Operating Officer, Tim Schaub as Chief Technology Officer, Ken Bossung as Senior Vice President, and Alyssa Wright as
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
The Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre (COSMC) launched a new version of its Geoportal system http://geoportal.cuzk.cz using Intergraph’s GeoMedia SDI suite. By doing so, the Office becomes one of the first national mapping agencies to fulfil its obligations arising from the INSPIRE Directive of European Parliament.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Giant “Mountain Chicken” frogs, the 25 million bird island, and a rainforest the size of Portugal are increasingly threatened by the impacts of climate change and in need of greater protection, according to a new report published by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
