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Thursday, July 7th, 2011

CloverPoint Staff Wins 2011 GeoAlberta Award

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

Students Use GIS, GPS and Satellite Remote Sensing to Study Environmental Challenges

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

Forest Carbon Overview

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

New Forest Trends Brief on Nested Approaches to REDD+

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

Toshiba Launches Glasses-free 3D Laptop

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

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Spatial Data Infrastructure for Agriculture and Environment Workshop

The NaturNet Plus, SDI-EDU, EnviroGrids BlackSee, Briseide, Plan4all and Habitats teams would like to invite you for the “Spatial Data Infrastructure for Agriculture and Environment” workshop, which will be part of EFITA/WCCA 2011. EFITA/WCCA 2011 conference is focused on Digital Agenda for 2020, ICT-technologies and knowledge management for integrated and sustainable farm management in the

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

GeoEye and Russian Partner ScanEx Sign Imagery Agreement

GeoEye, Inc. announced that it has signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement with its Russian partner, ScanEx Research and Development Center, to provide more than 50 million square kilometers of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery for international customers in Russia and its neighboring countries. 

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Sparx Systems and Geoplex Announce Partnership Focused on Modeling Tool

Sparx Systems today announced a partnership with Geoplex. The partnership follows the ongoing success of Sparx Systems’ flagship modeling platform, Enterprise Architect, within the geospatial sector. Widely used within the geospatial community to manage information architectures, Enterprise Architect has been adopted within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to maintain all ISO19100 family models for

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Now, Private Users Closer to Using ISRO Data

The Centre and Isro on Tuesday announced an upgraded remote sensing data sharing policy, making the process of accessing images easier. The previous policy allowed Isro to release data of up to 5.8 metre resolution, instead of 1 metre now.  An Isro official told TOI, “Considering the availability of data on commercial websites, the government has decided to provide

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Launch of the 2011 Millenium Development Report: July 7, 2011

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to