Thursday, July 7th, 2011
3-GIS, a GIS software development company and Gas Technology Institute (GTI), a research, development and training organization for the natural gas industry and energy markets, have partnered to develop an Android and iPad application for the gas pipeline and distribution industries.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Esri has released the new version of ArcGIS Data Appliance, an enterprise scalable solution that plugs right into an organization’s internal network and serves terabytes of worldwide map data including imagery, street, and topography. ArcGIS Data Appliance 4.0 includes many new imagery and basemap datasets, as well as data updates for tasks.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Rutland County Council is set to dramatically increase efficiency with a new gazetteer management system from Aligned Assets. Symphony iManage, the gazetteer management system in use by over 100 sites across the public sector, will be used by Rutland County Council for the management of their Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG), Local Street Gazetteer (LSG)
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
The UK’s new Land Cover Map is published today (Wednesday 6 July), providing a continuous coverage of habitat distributions across the countryside at a 25m resolution. The map was developed using a combination of satellite images and national scale digital mapping data. The new map is the third in a series produced by the Centre for
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
OpenGeo presenters will be easy to find this year at the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference in Denver, Colorado. In addition to six half-day hands-on workshops, a number of talks from OpenGeo presenters have been accepted in the program:
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
CloverPoint is pleased to announce one of our Spatial Systems Analysts, Laura Colquhoun, has won the 2011 GeoAlberta 2D and 3D Online Cartography Map Gallery Award. This award recognizes technical achievement in 2D and 3D digital presentations. The award took place in Edmonton at the annual GeoAlberta GIS conference.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Carbon footprint” has worked its way into the lexicon of a warming world, but carbon isn’t the only gas that can tell us about the health of our changing planet. Nitrogen is another worth tracking, especially when it comes to monitoring pollutants that can adversely affect an ecosystem’s soil, water quality, plant growth and biodiversity.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
The collection of stalled and wrecked policies accumulating on the shoulder of the road to meaningful climate action are not distracting project developers and market players who appear to be staying confident with eyes fixed directly ahead. In California, another firestorm of commentary and debate broke with news that the state will delay enforcement of its
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Nested approaches to REDD+ can potentially harness key advantages of both nationally-based and project-based approaches to reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation. A well-designed system for nesting REDD+ projects within national accounting, registration, and minimum regulatory standards provides opportunities for private investment, early action, and direct community participation while maintaining environmental integrity and accountability.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Decked out with a quad-core Core i7 chip and discrete graphics, the Toshiba Qosmio F750 is not only a powerful gaming portable, but also relatively affordable at its starting price of S$2,599 (for the 2D version). However, the Japanese maker wasn’t satisfied and has upped the ante by giving this machine a glasses-free 3D display. Instead of passive polarizing
