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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Bluesky Tree Map Helps Carlisle Make the Most of Green Spaces

A digital tree map layer, created by Bluesky, is helping Carlisle City Council maximise the benefits of urban green spaces. Following the publication earlier this year of ‘The Natural Choice’ a Government White Paper on the natural environment Carlisle City Council is using the Bluesky ProximiTREE data to map existing trees, highlight areas where additional

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

EULIS Service Launches a New Website

The European Land Information Service (EULIS) is the first and only service to offer direct access to cross-border official land registration information. EULIS is owned by a consortium of ten European land registry organisations, most of which are government departments. The website (www.eulis.eu orwww.eulis.org), launched at the beginning of February, explains the service with new innovative

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Hydrograph Day – Husum 2012

The Hydrographentag 2012 will take place this year from 11 to 13 June – in keeping with tradition – as a joint event held with the DVW. The venue was first elected in Husum, the city of Theodor Storm in the North Sea – and a center of German wind energy industry. The DHyG is specifically for the conference,

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

API Leipzig – Available Data

Independent of the Leipzig culture and creative industries, with the support of the “Leipzig Agenda 21” an interface ( API developed) to access data in Leipzig. This interface can be structured public data from the city of Leipzig is available for free use. External developers can now develop applications that use that data. Read More

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Leica Geosystems Signs Software License Agreement with John Deere

Leica Geosystems has entered into a software license agreement with Deere & Company to provide guidance software for a range of new AutoTrac Ready tractor models directly via the ISOBUS. To date Leica Geosystems precision agricultural solutions cover a wide range of John Deere models. The signed agreement enhances the level of further compatibility in

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Esri Announces Major Upgrade to Educational Site License Program

This year, Esri is rolling out a number of significant, free upgrades to its popular Educational Site License Program. The additional software applications and data enhance an already comprehensive GIS suite and provide new solutions for educators who wish to share the power of spatial thinking across their curricula.

Monday, February 13th, 2012

Switzerland eGRIS – Electronic Land Information System

With the realization of eGRIS, the information exchanged can be simplified in the land registry system by the introduction of a Switzerland-wide, electronic land information system (eGRIS).  The Federal Office of Justice and the SIX Group run as a Public Private Partnership (PPP), the following projects:  Read More

Monday, February 13th, 2012

Role of GIS, Remote Sensing and Hydrology in the Environmental Management of Rice Growing Areas

Groundwater recharge caused by inefficient irrigation practices, high leakage rates from light textured soils, poor surface and groundwater drainage and inappropriate crop rotations caused rising watertables under the rice growing areas in southern New South Wales. Shallow watertable and secondary soil salinisation have a major impact on the long term sustainability of these areas.

Monday, February 13th, 2012

UBM Plc Disposes of UK Titles for £10.0m

UBM plc announces that it has sold its UK agriculture and medical general practitioner portfolios – including the Farmers Guardian and Pulse titles – to the founders of Briefing Media Ltd for a total cash consideration of £10.0m*.  The new business will be known as Briefing Media Group and is led by the experienced management

Monday, February 13th, 2012

Kenya: Cabinet Approves Three Land Bills

The Cabinet yesterday approved three bills that will overhaul and streamline the National Land Management and Administration policies. The National Land Commission Bill 2012, the Land Bill 2012, and the Land Registration Bill 2012 now await publication and onward transmission to Parliament for debate. These are among the seven bills that need to be enacted