Sunday, May 8th, 2011
The INSPIRE Conference 2011 will take place from 27th June to 1st July 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The theme of this year’s edition is “INSPIREd by 2020 – Contributing to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth” In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to ‘knowledge-based’ sustainable development by putting forward three mutually reinforcing priorities in the
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Final report from the AGILE Data Access Initiative (February 2011). The European National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies and Higher Education: Market for Geospatial Information ? Myth or Reality. For a quick preview, here’s the Executive Summary: “Access to core geospatial data sets (topographic digital map data,administrative units, hydrography, geology, etc) is critical for academic research and teaching in almost
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
The Directive on Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC, RED) sets ambitious targets for all Member States. Under the RED the EU should reach by 2020 a 20% share of energy from renewable sources and a 10% share of renewable energy specifically in the transport sector. Renewable energy from biofuels, including those imported into the EU, should
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Part of the top issue “renewable energies” is the search for new locations where solar panels using photovoltaics technology or solar thermal power will be efficient. Municipalities, energy suppliers, investors and citizens need a planning instrument that visualizes the solar potential of roof areas taking into account exposition, slope and shadowing. The 3D roof scape
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
iXSurvey is a multinational company with offices in Australia, France and the UK that specialises in the measurement and understanding of the physical, chemical and biological marine environment. The company’s experienced and talented team of surveyors carries out a vast range of sea surveys, studies and investigations for clients around the World. To support their commitment
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
There’s a broad demand for Germany’s know-how in bicycle policy and infrastructural planning. The German bicycle portal contains a lot of resources: more than 4000 news, publications, research results and good practice examples. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, the series “Cycling Expertise Files” contains German Bicycle Expertise in English
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
The winners share a prize fund of £160,000, which includes £10,000 for the best use of Ordnance Survey’s free mapping service, OS OpenData. They will now begin work bringing their ventures to life.
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
We at Depiction are very pleased to inform you that the long-awaited version 1.3 of Depiction is now available for download. This is the most significant upgrade since Depiction’s original release, offering major improvements in both performance and features. You can also register for next week’s Depiction 101, a special first session in a new
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
The Framework Agreement will run from April 2011 to March 2015 and sees Ordnance Survey developing its external supplier base for the supply and maintenance of topography, imagery and height data and services, which are used to maintain the currency, accuracy and information content of its core databases. The framework agreement is divided into three lots
Friday, May 6th, 2011
As part of the Astrium-led Earth Observation (EO) Hub project at the International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC) in Harwell, small satellite pioneer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has completed the installation of key groundstation equipment. This comprehensive new system provides everything needed to plan mission operations, communicate with the satellites and downlink the images and
