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Monday, February 21st, 2011

GNSS SIGNALS 201

The aim of his workshop is to provide an overview of GNSS signals, characteristics, and performances related to any of the navigation, positioning, timing, attitude determination and scientific GNSS services. The use of EGNOS 3&4 and GALILEO 1&2 signals, and all other GNSS signals for operational and/or scientific  applications, with 1 to 5 frequencies, will be considered.

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council Launch Online Mapping System from Cadcorp

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council has launched its on-line public mapping system based on the Web Map Layers product from Cadcorp. Sharing geographic information with the general public marks the final stage of corporate deployment of GIS in this popular south coast tourist resort. Read More

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Invitation to Join 4th Int. Conference on HealthGIS

The world is facing the serious challenge from  new emerging diseases such as Chicken Guinea, Bird Flu, Dengue and also the old ones such as AIDS, Malaria and many others. A strategy to prevent their emergence is the key to ensure safety from these deadly disease. Can we use modern technologies to ensure health for

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

12 PhD Researcher Positions – Changing Hydro-meteorological Risks

A series of 12 PhD positions, financed by the European Community, are available within the European Marie Curie Initial Training Network CHANGES. The CHANGES network will develop an advanced understanding of how global changes (related to environmental and climate change as well as socio-economical change) will affect the temporal and spatial patterns of hydro-meteorological hazards and associated risks in Europe;

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Inaugural Hexagon 2011 International Conference to Deliver

Hexagon AB will host its inaugural international conference, Hexagon 2011, 6-9 June at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA. Hexagon 2011 will bring together the latest technologies and user communities from Intergraph, as well as Hexagon’s Metrology, Geosystems and Technology divisions, in one location to provide attendees with a user experience of unprecedented scope and

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

OpenGeo and Pacific Geodata Announce Partnership to Support Geospatial Users

Pacific Geodata, a GIS mapping and analysis firm located in Yountville, California today announced a reseller agreement with OpenGeo, a global leader in open source geospatial solutions.  Through this partnership, Pacific Geodata will be able to offer the OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition to its clients.

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Legal Aspects of Augmented Reality Development

A must read if you are building augmented reality applications. What are your legal obligations, what happens if you fail to meet them and who will know? We talk to the Pillsbury Virtual World & Video Game attorneys Sean F. Kane and John L. Nicholson to get the inside scoop on what every developer needs

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Navajo Nation Water Quality Project

Many parts of the Navajo Indian reservation in the south-western U.S. are contaminated with radioactive debris leftover from Cold War uranium mining. There are over one thousand abandoned uranium mines in the reservation. Often water sources like wells and springs are contaminated as a result of this.

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

East Africa Gets Into Gear for Cleaner, Greener Fuel

In a move that is set to improve air quality and reduce vehicle emissions across East Africa, Kenya has officially launched its transition to low-sulphur diesel. Containing only 5% of the amount of sulphur present in Kenya’s previous diesel supply, the cleaner fuel is already available in limited stations and will soon be present in

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

German Federal Ministry Discussed with the Building Code Amendment to Planning Practitioners

On 15 February 2011, welcomed the bdla a panel of experts in the federal office.In a technical discussion of the upcoming stories of the Building Code and building ordinance will be discussed. The head of the Department of Regional Planning, Urban Development, Housing, Public Construction Law in MD’in Affairs Ms Oda Scheibelhuber had offered the planner associations