Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The national forest certification systems of the Czech Republic and France have become the latest systems to seek PEFC endorsement for the third time. Stakeholders globally are invited to provide feedback on their compliance with PEFC International’s Sustainability Benchmarks by 28 October 2011.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
CARROT CITY’s collection of ideas promotes sustainable and healthy food production, and suggests dozens of ways to reintroduce urban agriculture to our cities. This book provides actionable examples of how to integrate local crops into dense urban neighborhoods and “food deserts” for cities and citizens accustomed only to their food arriving from hundreds or thousands of
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
nationalatlas.de summarizes information from the Leibniz Institute for Regional Studies together for the National Atlas of Germany and the cards from this advanced projects and provides an overview of numerous other national atlas works. A special service aimed primarily at teachers and journalists: The National Atlas archive all the maps and graphics makes the twelve-volume National
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The GIS Best Practice Award from the German DVW eV – Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management will be awarded for GIS projects that are exemplary and serve as models and reference examples. The Award is expected to increase the publicity of these projects and knowledge transfer is anticipated to be promoted in the use
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that its Chairman of the Board, Dr. Allan Carswell, has been invited to speak on the opening day of the 53rd Photogrammetric Week at the University of Stuttgart in Germany, September 5 – 9, 2011. This year’s topic
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) established the GIS Hall of Fame in 2005 to recognize and honor the most esteemed leaders of the geospatial community. To be considered for the GIS Hall of Fame, an individual’s or an organization’s record of contribution to the advancement of the industry demonstrates creative thinking and
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Esri Community Analyst is now available to qualified nonprofit organizations located in the United States for 50 percent off the regular subscription fee. Humanitarian, environmental, and conservation groups can implement this Software as a Service (SaaS) mapping and data analysis solution to better understand the populations they serve, track the effectiveness of their services, and
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Four days before Hurricane Irene struck eastern North Carolina and tracked northward, NOAA’s National Hurricane Center accurately projected the storm’s path. Even before then, forecasts showed that Irene would threaten the East Coast. This satellite animation shows Irene’s progress across the western Atlantic and how it followed the National Hurricane Center’s track issued at 11pm
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
TransCanada Corporation is pleased that the Final Environmental Impact Statement(FEIS) for the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline has reaffirmed the environmental integrity of the project.This is the third Environmental Impact Statement that the U.S. Department of State has issued on Keystone XL since the review process began in 2008.
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The initiative is justified, among others, by the need to “inter-condition the activities of MDRT and ANCPI” in view of achieving the common sectorial policy goals of regional development planning and systematic cadastral and land registration, and by the need to correlate territorial development policies with the land management activity, reads the act drafted by
