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Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Sustainable Development – Lake Winnipeg Basin Has Opportunities and Innovation

The International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Water Innovation Centre (WIC) has issued a synthesis report that captures the consensus reached at the recent Lake Winnipeg Basin Summit in Winnipeg, held in early December. The report sets out the guiding principles for creating opportunities to reduce nutrient loadings in the lake basin and building a process for

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

VCS Carbon Management Version 3 Released

On 8 March 2011, the VCS Association released an updated version of the VCS Program, VCS Version 3, which becomes the applicable version with immediate effect. The previous version, VCS 2007.1, may be used up to and including 8 September 2011. Please note that all project documents wholly or partially reliant upon the VCS 2007.1

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

UGI 2011 Register Your Paper and Poster Now

Enter the Scientific Management System; this is the only means for submitting your work, and contains the information you need for participating as author in UGI 2011. Enter your abstract into this system to be evaluated by the Scientific Sub-Committee (SSC) of the LOC for UGI 2011. Visit www.ugi2011.cl to submit your abstracts in time.  

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Shengli Engineering & Consulting Company Ltd Selects Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise Solutions

Shengli Engineering and Consulting Company Limited (SLECC) has chosen Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise solutions, including SmartPlant 3D, to execute its design and engineering projects. To enhance its competitiveness in the marketplace, SLECC wanted an integrated engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) solution that would further increase safety, quality and productivity, as well as accelerate project schedules. SLECC chose

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Backpacker Honors DeLorme GPS

The Earthmate PN-60w is a rugged, waterproof handheld GPS offering full navigation capabilities, plus the unique ability to create custom Type & Send text messages for delivery via the SPOT Satellite Communicator. Users can explore and stay connected with family, buddy lists, social network sites, and emergency responders, even when far beyond the reach of

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Oslo River Hit by Massive Pollution

The scenic Aker River (Akerselva) which runs through central Oslo, has been hit by massive pollution which has destroyed all marine life in the river, which was rich on salmon and trout. A week ago it as discovered that 6000 litres of Chlorine had leaked from a burst pipe at the water treatment plant north of

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

IMAGINE Radar Mapping Suite Helps Generate Terrain Maps of Rugged Western China

The State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) in the People’s Republic of China is using ERDAS IMAGINE StereoSAR DEM and IMAGINE SAR Interferometry for a surveying and mapping project in western China. The project is being conducted by five of the provincial branches of the SBSM, and involves surveying 200,000 square kilometers of land

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

SuperNetObjects 3 Supports Road Hierarchy

SuperGeo Technologies announced that SuperNetObjects 3, its latest network objects, now support road hierarchy services. Officially released in February 2011, SuperNetObjects 3 contains a wide range of network analysis functions for developers to undertake powerful applications. The operation and the objects this brand-new SuperNetObjects 3 provides greatly surpass its previous version, SuperNetObjects 2.

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

SuperGeo Spin off EMCT for Environmental Consulting Services

SuperGeo Technologies today announces a new spinoff company, EMCT, to provide specialized environmental consulting services using GIS technologies. The newly established company, Environmental Management Consultant Technologies Inc. (EMCT), used to be a project team focusing on the consulting services in the fields of environment, public health, agriculture, etc. The main clients are government sectors and private

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

INSPIRE Team is Looking for Facilitators in 3 Thematic Fields of INSPIRE Annex II and III Data Specifications

The purpose of this announcement is to solicit prospective candidates to apply to the role of facilitator of one of the following thematic areas:–  Agricultural and aquacultural facilities–  Energy resources–  Statistical units and Population distribution – demography The role of a facilitator is to provide technical guidance and assist in the organisation of the data specification activities