Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Lockheed Martin and Esri will collaborate on technologies to put online geospatial apps and services in the hands of more military, intelligence, homeland security and emergency response users worldwide. Lockheed Martin recently joined the Esri Partner Network as a Gold Tier partner to offer powerful geographic information systems (GIS) tools and apps to a wide
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Project idea on developing methods for assessing land degradation in Thailand started after the disaster caused by landslides and followed by flash floods which destroyed lot of properties including loss of human lives in various places of Thailand in 2001.The heavy rains of 11 August 2001 caused landslides and flooding in the lowlands. Many trees
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The project DEMOCHANGE is co-funded by the “Alpine Space Programme”, the EU transnational co-operation programme for the Alps. The Alpine Space “DEMOCHANGE” project’s aim is to better understand the past, current and future regional and spatial impacts of demographic change specifically within the mountain regions. Therefore, it is allocated to the programmes priority “Competitiveness and Attractiveness”,
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The final report of the “Support study for development of the non-legislative acts provided for in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market” (referred often as EUTR Support Study) is available on the European Commission website.
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Bluesky Solar Maps are helping businesses in the South of England benefit from free or low cost electricity. Working with Tidebank Energy, Bluesky has identified commercial properties across Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex that have suitable roofs for arrays of solar panels. Qualifying businesses can enjoy free Solar electricity in exchange for renting their roof
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
With only three months before the start of our Banff 2011 Geotechnical Modeling workshop, we are now more than half full. Registration has been brisk, and we anticipate being completely full well before the October 17th start. If you are considering joining us in Banff this year to fine-tune your numerical modeling skills, please act quickly
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
As a valued customer, we hope that you’ll be able to attend our upcoming 2011 Airborne User Group Meeting. It will be held on Nov 15-17, in Toronto at the Toronto Rogers Centre / Renaissance Hotel, and will provide our customers and ourselves an excellent opportunity to share and learn, to hold in-depth discussions and
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Arctic Region attracts more and more attention every year. However, the seas of the Arctic – is not just the territory for industrial development, but the habitat of multiple species of mammals and fish. Head of the Marine Program of the WWF Konstantin Zgurovsky told on-air of the “Voice of Russia” radio broadcasting station about the bio-diversity
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Microsoft Corp. has entered into a licensing agreement with GeoVector Corporation, the world leader in Augmented Reality and pointing-based local search solutions for mobile devices. The non-exclusive multi-year agreement gives Microsoft rights to use concepts covered by GeoVector’s patents. “We are thrilled to have Microsoft join the growing number of GeoVector licensees,” said John Ellenby, GeoVector’s
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
IBM today announced the IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities, a new solution designed to help cities of all sizes gain a holistic view of information across city departments and agencies. By infusing analytical insights into municipal operations through one central point of command, cities will be able to better anticipate problems, respond to
