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Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Landsat Images Illustrate Flooding from Irene in New York State

Remnants of Hurricane Irene caused heavy flooding, as shown in this August 31 Landsat 5 image, in the hamlet of Pine Island in the town of Warwick (Orange County), New York. Sometimes called “the drowned lands” (long before Irene), the fertile black dirt region is the remains of a great shallow lake formed by receding

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Photogrammetric Flight in Argentina’s Chaco

The National Geographic Institute ( IGN ) ended onAugust 24 the photogrammetric survey conducted in the province of Chaco, through a cooperative agreement with the provincial government. The study will enrich the database of the province through the images taken, as well as update the national cartography. Thus, the province of Chaco will have a strategic tool for development and

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Oracle Announces Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11

Extending Oracle’s smart grid capabilities, Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The new modeling enhancements provide real-time views of grid activity to help properly align electricity generation with demand. Understanding potential outcomes under multiple possible conditions, such as storms, extreme temperatures and fluctuations

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Leaders Define Pathway to Restoring 150 Million Hectares of Lost Forests

A core commitment to restore 150 million hectares of lost forests and degraded lands worldwide by 2020 is launched today at a ministerial conference in Bonn. New analysis by IUCN estimates that restoring 150 million hectares would be worth US$ 85 billion per year to national and global economies.

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Navigation Conference to be Held as Part of INTERGEO

The Navigation Conference is being held as part of INTERGEO for the first time. The German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) and the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) are staging their conference in conjunction with the international leading trade fair and conference for geodesy, geoinformation and

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

NASA Earth-Observing Satellite Arrives in California for Launch

On Tuesday, Aug. 30, NASA’s next Earth-observing research satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to begin preparations for an October launch. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) is the first of a new generation of satellites that will observe many facets of our changing Earth.

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Developing Precision Irrigation in Horticulture – Engineering Variable Water Applications

Cranfield University is offering a scholarship for  a one year MSc by research in precision irrigation. Successful applicant  will focus on the hydraulic engineering aspects, conducting field based research and computer simulation modelling to engineer and test a control system for variable water application. For more details please check the following link:http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/postgraduatestudy/researchopportunities/page55093.html

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

UAV-g 2011 – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Geomatics

The program for the 2011 UAV-g conference has been updated and is available online under http://www.geometh.ethz.ch/uav_g/program. From September 14-16, 2011 more than 60 international presenters will contribute to the conference during the technical sessions on Wednesday and Friday as well as the live demonstrations at the airfield Birrfeld on Thursday. In addition to the 3-day conference, a

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Ordnance Survey Announces the 100th One Scotland Mapping Agreement Member

This month saw Ordnance Survey reach a milestone as the 100th member joined the One Scotland Mapping Agreement (OSMA). NHS Shetland joined the agreement and also became the seventeenth Scottish health organisation to become a member.

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Envitia Accepted as an Associate Partner on the (SESAR) Programme

Envitia is pleased to announce that as part of the MOSIA consortium, they have been accepted as an Associate Partner of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) programme.  This work aims to provide the technological dimension to the Single European Sky (SES) Initiative, a high-performance air traffic control infrastructure in Europe enabling the safe