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Monday, May 9th, 2011

Argentina Minister Says Legal Land Framework Near

Agriculture Minister, Julian Dominguez, who participated with their peers in the Special Meeting of the CAS X (Southern Agricultural Council), said today that the Argentine draft land law “will be approved before year end”, the once said, “the legislation will encourage more investment because it ensures a legal framework.”  “Our hypothesis is that there is

Monday, May 9th, 2011

HUD and German Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development Agree to Cooperate on Sustainability

While the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is working to promote sustainability in this country, the Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) is pursuing a set of similar goals in the Federal Republic of Germany.  Today, both agencies signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to work together to cultivate a

Monday, May 9th, 2011

DigitalGlobe Chosen by 3D RealityMaps to Power Its High-Definition 3D Products and Services

DigitalGlobe today announced a cooperation with German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the German company 3D RealityMaps to provide a new range of high quality three dimensional (3D) data products. 3D RealityMaps will use the data, captured on an ongoing basis by DigitalGlobe’s fleet of earth imaging satellites and processed into 3D data by DLR, to

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Onset Announces New Data Logger for Energy Management

Onset Computer Corporation today announced the HOBO UX120 Pulse Logger, a highly versatile, 4-channel energy data logger that combines the functionality of four separate data loggers into a single compact unit.  The HOBO UX120 enables energy management professionals – from energy auditors to building commissioners – to easily track building energy consumption, equipment runtimes, and water and

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Havok and TerraSim Inc. – Link Between Game Technologies and Real-World Geospatial Data

Havok, the leading provider of interactive software solutions for simulation and characters in the games industry, is announcing its collaboration with TerraSim Inc., a developer of advanced software solutions for geospatial technologies. The alliance will enable the research and development of new capabilities which will link Havok’s industry-leading simulation technologies to TerraSim’s rapid generation of

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Virtway Puts 3D Worlds on iPads

Blue Mars has an iPhone client that allows users to change their clothes. There’s an app for Second Life and OpenSim that allows users to chat with other users. VenueGen is working on an iPad-enabled version of their virtual world client, which runs fully in the browser. But it’s a little-known Spanish company called Virtway that has actually

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Program for INSPIRE Conference 2011

The INSPIRE Conference 2011 will take place from 27th June to 1st July 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The theme of this year’s edition is “INSPIREd by 2020 – Contributing to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth” In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to ‘knowledge-based’ sustainable development by putting forward three mutually reinforcing priorities in the

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Final Report From the AGILE Data Access Initiative

Final report from the AGILE Data Access Initiative (February 2011). The European National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies and Higher Education: Market for Geospatial Information ? Myth or Reality. For a quick preview, here’s the Executive Summary: “Access to core geospatial data sets (topographic digital map data,administrative units, hydrography, geology, etc) is critical for academic research and teaching in almost

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Spatial Layers for Estimating Soil GHG Emissions from Indirect Land Use Changes

The Directive on Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC, RED) sets ambitious targets for all Member States. Under the RED the EU should reach by 2020 a 20% share of energy from renewable sources and a 10% share of renewable energy specifically in the transport sector. Renewable energy from biofuels, including those imported into the EU, should

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Calculation of Solar Potential Using Aerial Imagery and Tridicon SOLAR

Part of the top issue “renewable energies” is the search for new locations where solar panels using photovoltaics technology or solar thermal power will be efficient. Municipalities, energy suppliers, investors and citizens need a planning instrument that visualizes the solar potential of roof areas taking into account exposition, slope and shadowing. The 3D roof scape