Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
You now have another two weeks to submit a proposal for the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition in Busan, Korea. The deadline has been extended to 1 September 2011 so you can submit your proposal to present at this global gathering of leading academics and key contacts in water. Don’t miss out on this valuable career
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference, the premier international conference focused on open source geospatial software, is fast approaching. The event, which will take place in Denver from Sept. 12-16, has gathered a great deal of momentum, with more than 600 attendees from 31 countries and 43 states signed up so
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Trimble announced the release of its next generation of Trimble TerraSync software. TerraSync software is used by utilities, public sector, natural resources, and many other organizations worldwide as a key component of enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) data collection and asset management projects. The latest release focuses on updates requested by users to address their
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Lowrance announced the release of its Version 1.5 software update — a performance-enhancing upgrade for its Endura handheld GPS devices. The new software provides the Lowrance Endura Sierra, Safari and Out&Back models improved speed and responsiveness, sharper contrast and redesigned graphics for better sunlight readability, and performance functions that enhance the overall user experience. With
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
MathWorks today announced a major update of the OPC Toolbox product, offering support for the OPC Foundation Historical Data Access (HDA) standard. MATLAB users in the Power & Utilities, Chemical, and Oil & Gas industries can now access and visualize historical process data from an OPC HDA server, identify trends, and perform root cause analysis
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
A new Work In Progress (WIP) build of Rhinoceros 5 for OS X is now available. This Mac build is up to date with the Windows build. There is a new Windows WIP release every week or so and an updated Mac Rhino WIP will be released shortly after each Windows release. The Mac V5
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to now offer support for metadata within the Blue Marble Desktop v2.3. The new Metadata Editor tool will allow users to create or update FGDC compliant metadata for files that are processed through the Blue Marble Desktop. This new feature will allow for the seamless integration of metadata into existing
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
We are proud to announce that on August 15th we officially became Williamson Chong Architects. The merger of Donald Chong Studio Incorporated and WILLIAMSONWILLIAMSON INC. has been in the works for a while now and we couldn’t be happier to finally share the news. We are long-time friends and colleagues. Don and Betsy met and worked
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
The Avoided Deforestation Partners REDD Methodology Modules were approved under the VCS in December last year. A number of projects around the world are now applying the modules, with the first VCS project using the modules recently registered in Belize. To further help project developers, Winrock International has produced a guidance document to support the use
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
International biodiversity law, while exhibiting a high degree of institutional development, is both fragmented and ineffective at preventing mass extinction. Recognizing that fragmentation can undermine regulatory efforts, a number of scholars have advocated greater institutional linkage leading to a more unified legal structure as a path to improving effectiveness, in the context of biodiversity law
