Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
The IBGE launches a collection of thematic maps addressing Vegetation, Geology, Geomorphology and Soils of the Amazon. With scale representation of the state official (1:1.800.000, that every inch equals the 18 kms) and updated satellite images, fieldwork and data from previous studies, the material was prepared as part of the commitment of IBGE produce information about
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
This is a first version of provisionally (pending the publication of the first final version of NGBE v1.0), which have extracted all the place names of Numerical Cartographic Base 1:25.000 (BCN25) and have briefly subjected to purification consisting of partial removal of repeated place names and the total elimination of place names for foreign countries.
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
SuperGeo Technologies is excited to announce its new reseller in Belarus, where Geoportal LLC is authorized to distribute SuperGIS series software. Located in Minsk, Belarus, Geoportal LLC provides field survey PDA, Total Stations, GPS controllers, etc. for local users. Since the customers have strong requirements for full function mobile GIS software at a reasonable price, Geoportal
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Swedish greenhouse gas emissions are declining substantially. In 2009, emissions fell by over 3.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents, the largest reduction in any single year to date* . This means that Sweden s total emissions have now dropped by a total of around 17 per cent since 1990, and levels have never been
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
As a direct result of a Crown Estate–Caird Fellowship at the National Maritime Museum, Hannah Evans of the British Geological Survey has produced this report on historic changes in the Great Yarmouth spit and the related coastal system.
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
New research is published outlining use and benefits of Planning Performance Agreements; and new practice note and case studies made available. Over 95 per cent of English local authorities that responded to a national survey support the idea of Planning Performance Agreements. The findings are published today in an evaluation report commissioned by the Department for
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
The Control Freaks at CompassData recently passed an important milestone. We added our 15,000th GCP to our Online Archive. It is the largest online archive of photo-identifiable Ground Control Points. When you order any of our GCPs, you also receive supporting metadata including site photos, data precision reports and point sketches. There is no other archive like
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
The recent PETEX 2010 conference saw the oil and gas exploration and production community come together for a week in Earl’s Court. The conference was supported by an extremely well attended exhibition that allowed product and services companies to present their offerings to a combination of oil & gas professionals and recent graduates.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Vertice is now a member of the Autodesk Architecture Preferred Industry Partner Program and the only company outside the USA to have been selected in this program for Architecture. The collaboration between Autodesk and Vertice helps to provide a stronger, more accurate foundation for creating designs more efficiently. “Together, Autodesk and Vertice provide an easy and
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Representatives from FOREST EUROPE’s signatory countries are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on 14-15 December 2010 to discuss issues that will be raised at the FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe scheduled for 14-16 June 2011 in Oslo, Norway. The ministers responsible for forests in Europe will take political decisions on
