Friday, February 11th, 2011
This annual event provides an overview of research in geomatics and presents the results of the work of four laboratories of the IGN as half-days each devoted to a thematic laboratory. These days are also an opportunity to meet researchers and research institute, exchange and interact with them on the proposed topics during lectures and presentations
Friday, February 11th, 2011
Alstom has signed a contract worth approximately €500 million with Norte Energia of Brazil to provide power equipment for the Belo Monte Dam, the world’s third-largest hydroelectric power plant with a planned capacity of 11,230 MW. The Belo Monte project will dam the Xingu river in Brazil’s northern Pará state.
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, is sharing insights gleaned over the course of the past year to provide a state of the industry perspective on consumer use of navigation. Conducted on an annual basis, NAVTEQ’s tracking study assesses user
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Bluesky is rolling out nationwide coverage of its pioneering Solar Suitability Map. By mapping the potential for power generation using solar panels on roofs, the Solar Map is designed to identify optimum properties for solar power; helping to achieve renewable energy targets and reduce soaring energy costs. Bluesky has seen a growing demand for its
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
URISA is pleased to announce its inaugural Vanguard Cabinet. The Vanguard Cabinet (VC) is a new URISA initiative to engage young GIS practitioners, increase their numbers in the organization, and better understand the concerns facing these future leaders of the GIS community. The VC is an advisory board made up of URISA young professionals who
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
St. Maarten recently established its first national marine park – the Man of War Shoal Marine Park. The aquatic area, which opened in late December, is the first step St. Maarten has taken towards preserving the area known as the Proselyte Reef, the island’s most important underwater habitat.
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
From 19th to 21st April 2011, the 4th Italian gvSIG Conference (Quarte Giornate Italiane di gvSIG) will be held in the “Auditorium della Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia”, in Udine (located in via Volturno). The meeting, organized by the Direzione centrale delle risorse rurali, agroalimentari e forestali della Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, the
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Please join us for this one hour webinar to learn about the new features and functionality in ENVI for ArcGIS® Server and ENVI 4.8. Several new additions and enhancements have been made to the ENVI product family to enable faster and easier image processing and analysis.
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Perm State National Research University will become the venue on Monday February 14, 2011 for the opening of the Interregional Space Monitoring Center of Perm Territory. The center is supposed to enable to receive and process operational data from satellites and to conduct multilateral research work on the territory in order to provide comprehensive, up-to-date and unbiased
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Upon request of MIRA (Environment Report), Transport & Mobility Leuven calculated the private costs, the marginal external costs and the degree of internalisation for transport in Flanders. The private costs are the costs for the user and the external costs are the costs for society caused by congestion, direct emissions, accidents, noise, and damage to
