Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
No one denies that all living organisms need food in order to survive, but not everyone draws an immediate connection between food and social, economic and environmental security. Food security is, in fact, something that the European Union takes very seriously. A new project, Plant and Food Security (or PLANTFOODSEC), is an initiative of the
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Research Councils UK (RCUK), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Universities UK (UUK) today (21 July) issued a joint statement on impact. The statement recognises the range of benefits that come from excellent research and states a commitment to continue working together to build on that excellence. RCUK, HEFCE and UUK have for
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
This article describes how Lidar (Laser or Light Detection and Ranging) can be used to collect data about coastal habitats. The article gives an introduction of the measurement principle and also explains how to plan for a Lidar-survey. More information about the conversion of collected data and the output of Lidar can be found in
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
The crater of the Chilean volcano Puyehue displays a striking, circular outline in this image from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TerraSAR-X satellite – so this was not the culprit when a volcano in the southern Andes erupted on 4 June 2011. Instead, as the images from the German
Monday, July 25th, 2011
The products of administrative regions 1: 250 000 (VG250) and administrative regions 1: 1 000 000 (VG1000) are content with the date 01.01.2011 in the revised sale. Test data and product documentation you can free our GeoDatenZentrum down load. Please note some changes in the attributes. Detailed explanations can be found in the documentation to VG250 and VG1000 under the “Current Information”. The employees of
Monday, July 25th, 2011
In this configuration, the model can be used to perform simulations of “dispersion”. Are injected artificially in a model grid an arbitrary amount of tracer, and calculate the transport and dispersion of this tracer by the winds, turbulence, convection. These simulations look at how the air mass was over Japan at the initial moment, moves and dissolves
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Do you have terrestrial, mobile or aerial LiDAR data available for your transportation project? Whether or not you are collecting yourself or outsourcing, you need the ability to quickly process this large data and extract exactly what you need, when you need it.
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Many Esri ArcGIS users often need to work with data that comes from non-Esri sources, and even share their data out to non-Esri users. But converting data to meet these needs is often so difficult that valuable business information is left untapped. Fortunately, you can increase data access for your organization with FME, the leading technology for
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Bath & North East Somerset Council has adopted the Getmapping Integrated Solution (GMIS). The solution helps Authorities to save money, extend and improve the use of GIS and mapping across the organisation whilst enhancing data sharing and collaboration. The package also includes an aerial photography update programme on a three year cycle. The Getmapping Integrated Solution
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Esri UK announced that it is working with the Geographical Association (GA) to help stimulate a nationwide debate about the core geography knowledge that children should be taught at school. “Geography skills are becoming increasingly important for employers, yet many young people have a very limited understanding of the world in which they live,” says Richard
