Saturday, December 24th, 2011
Virtual globes have increased in popularity since the first online offerings appeared in 2004–05. Since its release in mid‒2005, Google Earth has been downloaded over one billion times (Official Google Blog 2011), and there are now numerous virtual globe software applications available that cater to different audiences and industries.
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. Read More
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Autodesk, Inc. has named UK-based Green Structures as Autodesk Inventor of the Month for December 2011, citing the company’s use of Autodesk Inventor software and a range of other Autodesk Digital Prototyping technology in transforming the way energy systems are planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated within the built environment.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies introduces SuperGIS Spatial Analyst 3, the spatial processing tool working with SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 to complete advanced spatial analyses and tasks. Designed for deriving information from geo-applications, the newly developed SuperGIS Spatial Analyst 3 provides users with various analysis methods such as geographic attributes and geometry relationship.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
It is my pleasure to announce that the call for papers for the 1st Global Thematic IASC Conference on the Knowledge Commons is nowlaunched: extended deadline 31st of January 2012 for the abstract submission (deadline for full paper submission 31st of July 2012).
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
The Netherlands is capable of achieving an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is possible by implementing a mix of reduced energy demand, use of biomass, carbon capture and storage, and clean electricity generation accompanied by an increased share of electricity in final energy demand. Read More
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Following development of the BlomURBEX API, v3.1 of the BlomDESKTOP™ Viewer is now available. BlomDESKTOP Viewer is Blom’s stand alone geospatial data viewer and offers advanced measurement and interrogation capabilities. The latest release has largely focused on the addition of new features and the integration of BlomSTREET™, powered by Cyclomedia, ground level imagery technology.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
ESA’s CryoSat mission has been gathering detailed information on the thickness of Earth’s ice since its launch in 2010. Through international collaboration, this state-of-the-art mission is soon to be used to monitor conditions at sea for marine forecasting. CryoSat was built to measure tiny variations in the thickness of Earth’s ice. As a result, the mission
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
The University of Georgia, in collaboration with Washington State University, the University of Florida and various other institutions,will host a Training Program on DSSAT entitled “Assessing Crop Production, Nutrient Management, Climatic Risk and EnvironmentalSustainability with Simulation Models” from May 14 through May 19, 2012 at the University of Georgia Campus in Griffin, Georgia, USA. The overall goal of the
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Second Call for Papers – Audience. The interdisciplinary GI_Forum focuses on an international audience, communicating in English, and sharing an interest in translating theory, methods and techniques into a broad range of GI application domains. Young researchers are especially invited to contribute and discuss their research; together with established scientists they will find a vibrant community
