Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
The goal of the Alpine Space Project “ALPSTAR, Toward Carbon Neutral Alps – Make Best Practice Minimum Standard”, is to achieve climate neutrality in the Alps by 2050. At the initial conference on 27th and 28th October 2011 in Chambéry participants will discuss the policy requirements on energy, transport and the economy in order to
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Europa Technologies has today announced an extension of its popular viaEuropa hosted map service to support AddressBase – the new definitive spatial address data for England and Wales. The announcement means the geo solutions provider is the first Ordnance Survey licensed partner to utilise AddressBase in a cartographic capacity since its launch on 30 September 2011. viaEuropa
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
The Obama Administration today detailed how the President’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative (AGO) is opening up access to lands and waters, restoring critical landscapes, reconnecting Americans to the natural world, and supporting thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity.
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
URISA is pleased to announce the first of three URISA Connect virtual events focusing on Asset Management. This series is based on the popular URISA Certified Workshop, Asset Management: Planning, Strategy and Implementation. The first event, presented by Allen Ibaugh, AICP, GISP and Jason Amadori, GISP, will be presented on Wednesday, October 19.
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside), along with partners from several public and private organizations, have received a $1.2 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to research ways to increase fuel efficiency standards. Specifically, the study will evaluate technologies that provide feedback to drivers so they can cut harmful emissions
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Before renewable utilities build offshore wind farms, engineers must scrutinize the wind field at a proposed site using light detection and ranging (lidar) systems — an optical remote-sensing technology that illuminates a target with pulses from a laser. To overcome limitations in the current standard lidar systems that make measurements of vertical wind profiles, Dr. Herrington from the Stevens
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Real-Draw seamlessly combines vector tools with the rich look of pixel based images and innovative natural paint techniques into a single graphics editor. Version 5 will change the way you think about vector and bitmap graphic once again with natural paint styles, liquid shape and other innovations that you had not seen elsewhere. Read More
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Broader and improved access to satellite data is boosting the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme. The aim of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme is to provide accurate, timely and easily accessible information. This will improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and support
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Environment Systems has won a contract to carry out a study of the condition of the Georgia Rangelands using satellite imagery and its own established remote sensing expertise. The study is being undertaken under the Alliances Programme run by Mercy Corps and funded by the the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The programme is
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
The Homes and Communities Agency will have a key role to play in Government plans to release enough public land to build up to 100,000 new homes by 2015, the Agency’s chief executive Pat Ritchie said today. Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced that four central Government departments – Health, Defence, DEFRA and Transport – have
