Monday, December 6th, 2010
Trimble’s leading UK distributor, KOREC, has announced the launch of the Trimble® FastMapTM Mobile Drainage Network Surveyor system, a high accuracy mapping solution developed by the Trimble Professional Services group. The system offers industry specific functionality for highways and drainage contactors working in the UK on behalf of the Highways Agency or utility water companies.
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Landmap is pleased to launch the new Landmap Kaia Client to the academic community. This is a major overhaul of the Beta release Kaia client with many big changes including new data additions and methods of download from the interface. We have undertaken this change in the hope of providing a better user experience and provide improved access
Monday, December 6th, 2010
First Minister Alex Salmond today announced an annual award, to be presented under the auspices of Scotland’s marine energy Saltire Prize, to recognise outstanding contributions to the development of wave and tidal power. The Saltire Prize, which has attracted more than 150 registrations of interest from 31 countries and already two confirmed applicants, will see £10
Monday, December 6th, 2010
ITT Corporation announced its agreement to purchase the business operations of EchoStorm Worldwide. The privately held EchoStorm delivers innovative video and data management technology for military, government, and commercial applications. EchoStorm, founded in 2003, provides a suite of secure, net-centric commercial products that enables users to capture, manage, and disseminate full-motion video in near real
Monday, December 6th, 2010
GNSS market forecasting is of great interest to private and public GNSS stakeholders, for business and strategic planning and policymaking. According to the new GSA report, the market for GNSS will grow significantly over the next decade, reaching in 2020 up to €244 billion for the overall GNSS enabled market (accounting for the full retail
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
The Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori began full services Saturday on the extended section between Hachinohe and Shin-Aomori stations in Aomori Prefecture. The extension enables people to travel the 675 km between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori stations in about three hours and 20 minutes, about 40 minutes less than before. The full service came
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
The UN climate talks in Cancún were in danger of collapse last night after many Latin American countries said that they would leave if a crucial negotiating document, due to be released tomorrow, did not continue to commit rich countries to emissions cuts under th Kyoto Protocol. The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (Alba) group
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
The integrated surface gas monitoring solution provides consultants and landfill operators with an end-to-end solution. Field samples are recorded with GPS coordinates in real time during the field survey, which can then be transferred from the Trimble SiteFID monitor software on the handheld to back-office compliance applications for further analysis and reporting. The Trimble SiteFID meets
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
Morocco enjoys “considerable solar radiation,” that should be developed, French expert on energy policies aiming to mitigate climate change, Pierre Radanne, said. “Morocco enjoys considerable solar radiation,” which allows for meeting energy needs and exporting as well, Radanne told MAP on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference in Mexico. This resource which Morocco enjoys, would
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
In Gabon, West Africa, the forest cover spans 210,000 square kilometres, or 70 percent of the total land area. It is hard for field researchers to get an overview of the situation and the frequent cloud cover in the tropics hinders observations from the air. Researchers at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena are studying
