Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
The recent “ArchiSUR” competition was held among the architect and designer members of the Russian social network, Vkontakte. Supported by GRAPHISOFT Russia, the objective of the “Architectural design in ArchiCAD” contest was to implement fresh visions in architecture and design using ArchiCAD.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar, aerial digital camera and survey instruments, is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its second Innovative Lidar Solutions Conference (ILSC 2011) from May 31 to June 3 at the Hilton Garden Inn Toronto. With a greater than expected number of registered attendees from around the
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
The second series of flights in ESA’s ‘Fly Your Thesis!’ programme concluded recently. After many months of preparation, the 10-day campaign culminated with four student experiments making three parabolic flights aboard the Airbus A300 Zero-G aircraft. Four student teams, from the UK, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, were selected for this rare opportunity to conduct their
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Astrium GEO-Information Services is working with Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) to ensure emergency response crews have access to critical information on the front line. Hampshire FRS is now using Astium GEO-Information Services’ SAFEcommand Vehicle-Mounted Data System in all of its 130 appliances across the county.
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics announces the upgrade of their developer tool GeoTransform. GeoTransform is available within GeoCore, Blue Marble’s all-in-one geospatial developer tool kit. GeoTransform 6.1 is the latest raster image file transformation and manipulation tool kit from Blue Marble Geographics. The 6.1 release is a tremendous upgrade from previous versions of the toolkit. With this library,
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Organic Environmental Law in Title VI (Research and Environmental Information), recognizes the right of every person to information on the environment. It established the creation of a registry containing environmental information biophysical, economic and social, and legal information relating to the environment, whose lead agency is the Environmental Authority.
Monday, June 6th, 2011
A new method for calculating the role that mangrove restoration plays in slowing climate change, by capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, has been adopted. The methodology is adopted under the UN climate change convention’s Kyoto Protocol, as part of the Clean Development Mechanism that supports emission reduction projects in developing countries. This
Monday, June 6th, 2011
The UK National Ecosystem Assessment’s analysis of the social and economic benefits of our natural environment was published last week, and described by Caroline Spelman as: “a vital step forward in our ability to understand the true value of nature and how to sustain the benefits it gives us.” Ms Spelman hoped that the NEA will contribute to
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Ground-level ozone is one of the most harmful air pollutants in Europe today. A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that despite efforts to reduce ozone pollution, in 2010 levels continued to exceed the long-term objective established in EU legislation to protect human health. EU Member States will also face difficulties in
Monday, June 6th, 2011
LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting in booth #724 at the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E) conference in Dallas, Texas this week. The company will showcase its entire line of geospatial products, including the recently launched GeoExpress® 8, which enables
