Monday, March 12th, 2012
The Geoportal.DE has been established through the federal and state governments by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) (Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy) as the common information and communication platform of the GDI-DE in the internet. Federal Minister Dr. Friedrich stressed that “Geodata have become a guarantor and engine of our knowledge society. There is
Monday, March 12th, 2012
Teradata announced the immediate availability of the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse Platform 6690 (Teradata Active EDW), which offers the newest generation of hybrid storage that further enhances the data warehouse’s capability to help companies make the best decisions possible.
Monday, March 12th, 2012
Seamounts are considered as hotspots of marine biodiversity but remain poorly known. Component of the Global Census of Marine Life on Seamounts, the SeamountsOnline gathers data on species that have been observed or collected from seamounts and makes them freely-available online. You may search either a given taxon (all metazoan species are considered) or a
Monday, March 12th, 2012
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has postponed until 2013 the development of environment protection guidelines to regulate shipping in polar waters. Environment groups have repeatedly expressed concern about the grave risks posed by increased shipping to the fragile ecosystems in the Arctic. Friends of the Earth US and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society see
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, Alaska, has announced that it expects to award a discretionary cooperative agreement for opportunities for young adults and veterans to participate in developing leadership skills and gain experience with project planning, coordination and logistics. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $32,500, with a ceiling
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies (NEREUS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are inviting contributions for their joint publication entitled “50 uses of GMES across European regions”. This publication will document the accelerating growth in the number and quality of applications of GMES in the European regions. Through this publication, the two organisations
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS) 2012 addresses the latest research on wireless- and satellite-based positioning techniques to provide reliable and accurate position information with low latency. The emphasis is on the design of mass-market navigation receivers, related tools and methodologies. Read More
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Researchers have pieced together what’s believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic and became a legend. Read More
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
OpenGeo, the open source technology leader behind the OpenGeo Suite, announced changes to its senior management to build on the company’s significant growth. OpenGeo President Chris Holmes will move into the role of Chairman and Founder, with OpenGeo COO Edward Pickle becoming Chief Executive Officer. Vanessa Hamer, Director of Operations for OpenGeo parent OpenPlans, has
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Spatial Energy and Blue Marble Geographics today announced a new alliance to distribute content and software to the Energy market worldwide. Spatial Energy’s foundation imagery content will now be a freely available within the Global Energy Mapper™ software application. Blue Marble Geographics will speed development plans for Global Energy Mapper to integrate with cloud imagery
