Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The Agri-Trend Group of Companies have agreed to a channel distribution agreement with several major John Deere dealerships enabling them to enhance their precision farming services to farmers. Beginning with The Precision Management Process™ which is a fully integrated multi-product, precision ag program, Agri-Trend will extend its services including its agrology processes, through selected John
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The south-eastern parts of Iran (top) and the Arabian Peninsula are featured in this Envisat image. Iran’s landscape, comprising several rugged mountain ranges, a central high plateau, deserts, steppes and coastlands, differs from the Arabian Peninsula, which is dominated by the Arabian Desert. The closest point between the two Middle Eastern countries is the Strait of Hormuz
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The Scottish Government runs the Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning. Launched in 1998 they look to promote quality developments that have been achieved through effective planning processes. They celebrate the positive contributions that individuals and organisations in all sectors make to enabling high quality development in Scotland.
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
OSM-3D is becoming global. The interactive 3D web application has grown siginificantly from its original German coverage and covers now most European countries on a virtual globe. The virtual “osm.globe” combines the free geodata from OpenStreetMap (OSM) with digital elevation models offering a global interactive 3D experience made completely from free or crowdsoured geodata. OSM
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
This is the second part of the UK Location Data Sharing Operational Guidance. The guidance supports the UK Location Strategy by addressing business interoperability issues which could present barriers to the sharing and re-use of location data published into the UK Location Information Infrastructure (UK Location). One of the biggest current issues around data sharing is how the public
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Earthscan’s Manual of European Environmental Policy was the recipient of the European Information Association’s 2011 Award for European Information Sources. The Manual, previously published as a loose-leaf printed reference, was re-launched as an online product in 2010. It has been extensively restructured to reflect the changing nature and development of European environmental policy.
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
As several countries around the world busily keep moving forward with their REDD+ readiness plans, the supporting UN-REDD and World Bank Programs will be meeting next week in Vietnam to take stock and consider some important new proposals. For the UN-REDD Programme, look for the Policy Board to review the UN-REDD Fund’s performance over the
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Transparency International (TI) is inviting expressions of interest from highly motivated international experts on forest governance and REDD. The expert would be expected to adapt an existing manual which details research tools on risk mapping, risk analysis and anti-corruption monitoring within the forestry sector for application to the REDD context. This work is being undertaken
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Designed by Ondrej Cisler using ArchiCAD, the fountains were placed in the historical context of Republic Square. The oblong square is defined by the Gothic Cathedral of St. Bartholomew towers and a Baroque Plague Pole located in one corner of the Square. The architect’s proposal was to complement the remaining three empty corners of the
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Professional surveyors can download the most detailed and up-to-date UK maps directly into their workflows thanks to a breakthrough partnership between emapsite and Leica Geosystems. Under the agreement – the first of its kind between a hosted map provider and a major survey manufacturer – OS MasterMap data is instantly available via a tailored download from emapsite to
