Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
The Homes and Communities Agency will have a key role to play in Government plans to release enough public land to build up to 100,000 new homes by 2015, the Agency’s chief executive Pat Ritchie said today. Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced that four central Government departments – Health, Defence, DEFRA and Transport – have
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Cadenza is a platform for comprehensive reporting and analysis of factual and spatial data. Using Cadenza, all users can search for, analyse and visualise all kinds of data. Cadenza is not just a ready to use software product, but also serves as an integration framework for specific applications: Additional components can be easily integrated. Cadenza
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Policies for higher fuel efficiency in vehicles could contribute to reducing the carbon footprint of transportation, which is responsible for 23 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, according to experts at a meeting in the Mexican capital. Mexico emits some 709 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year, of which 60
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
The rehabilitation project of the Yona National Park will be launched this Tuesday, in Namibe City, in an initiative of the Environment Ministry, in partnership with Namibe Province Province. According to a press note from the Namibe government, the project will start with an international expedition to the park, a committee that will be made up
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Brisbane City Council’s Local Disaster Coordination Centre (LDCC), which is activated to respond to disasters such as floods and severe storms in the Brisbane area, is now better equipped after upgrading its printing services with a wide format Océ ColorWave 600. The Océ ColorWave 600 will enable an anticipated tenfold speed increase over existing resources in
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Geostar Navigation, a Moscow-based producer of navigation receivers for telematic services, will start mass production of a new GLONASS+GPS chipset as early as next spring. The announcement, reported by news agency RIA Novosti, was made at a press conference on Monday by NIS GLONASS General Manager Alexander Gurko. The low power chipset, named GeoC-3, will
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Available as a free download, MuraControl for iPad transforms your iPad into a touch-panel interface capable of remotely managing your Matrox Mura MPX-powered video wall and all the feeds being displayed thereon. MuraControl, Matrox’s first app for iPad, replicates the video wall on the iPad screen so that users can intuitively drag, drop, and tap
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Events of the 5th International Confernece “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” will be webcasted. The conference is to take place from November 29 until December 1, 2011 in the Moscow Region “Vatutinki” resort hotel, with the Web&GIS mini-conference on December 2. Video broadcasting will allow all those interested to watch on-line the
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
The GSDI Association desires to receive nominations to recognize globally an individual who has provided exemplary thought leadership and substantive worldwide contributions in (1) promoting informed and responsible use of geographic information and geospatial technologies for the benefit of society and/or (2) fostering spatial data infrastructure developments that support sustainable social, economic, and environmental systems
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
GIS and design professionals, academics, and developers will gather at Esri headquarters in Redlands, California, January 5–6, 2012, for the third annual GeoDesign Summit. The event is open to anyone interested in the field of GeoDesign, which integrates GIS-based spatial analysis into the design process. This year’s theme, GeoDesign in Practice, reflects a focus on
