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Monday, November 29th, 2010

EduTubePlus

EduTubePlus is a European curriculum-related video library and hybrid eServices for the pedagogical exploitation of video in class. The EduTubePlus project aims to develop a European hybrid, multilingual video-based service for schools. This service will integrate thousands of multi-lingual curriculum-related video-clips by major European educational TV & video providers, with tools enabling educators to enrich the

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Standards Group Advances Geospatial Collaboration

Frequently, geospatial data providers must collaborate with many organizations to collect new data and/or update their existing data holdings. For example, when federal agencies want to synchronize with geodata updates coming from ‘closest-to-source’ publishers such as local or state providers. Another case is when content providers are crowd-sourcing their data updates or supporting volunteer geographic information

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Pilot

The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) Interoperability Pilot developed a nation-wide demonstration of standards-based products that make immediate access to current data a reality. The CGDI Pilot showed that municipal, provincial and territorial authorities can update data and automatically make their up-to-date data available online in real time to those who need it, anywhere across

Monday, November 29th, 2010

European Spatial Data Infrastructure with a Best Practice Network

ESDIN aims to be a bridge between the theory and the practice – from the INSPIRE Directive towards implementation and usage of interoperable geographical data by Spatially-enabled Societies.

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Two Earth Observation Missions Chosen for Further Study

As part of the procedure to realize ESA’s series of Earth Explorers, two new mission proposals have been selected for further development. The missions, called FLEX and CarbonSat, now vying to be the eighth Earth Explorer, both address key climate and environmental change issues. The selection follows ESA’s Call for Earth Explorer Proposals that was

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

Cartographica 1.2.2 for Mac

Cartographica is designed for people who need to work with geospatial data to create maps, analyze data, convert between formats, and discover new information about your data and the world in which it exists. As such, we have emphasized easy importation, exploration, analysis, and output in the design of Cartographica and hope that you find

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

LIDAR Applications in Coastal Morphology and Hazard Assessment

Southampton scientists along with colleagues in New Zealand have used a sophisticated optical mapping technique to identify and accurately measure changes in coastal morphology following a catastrophic series of landslides. “Our findings are important for assessing geological hazards and reducing the dangers to human settlements,” said geophysicist Professor Jon Bull of the University of Southampton’s School of

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

Sneek Peek of Future Mega-Bridge Between Germany and Denmark

Bridge enthusiasts are now able to get a preview of the fixed link that might one day connect Germany and Denmark. The conceptual design, which was recently released by Femern A/S, features a cable-stayed bridge that spans 19 kilometres of the Baltic Sea. If commissioned, the bridge will rank among the world’s  longest cable-stayed structures with two main spans

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

Alps-Adriatic Working Community: Plenary Assembly sets Course for the Future

At the Pleanry Assembly of the Heads of Government in Trieste Croatia took over the presidency for 2011 and 2012. Hans Niessl received the Alps-Adriatic-Award. In the course of the Plenary Assembly of the Heads of Government of the Alps-Adriatic Working Community in Trieste on November 22nd 2010, Renzo Tondo, president of the Autonomous Region Friuli

Saturday, November 27th, 2010

Finmeccanica and Russian Railways Sign an MoU for a Multi-year EUR 1,5 Billion

Finmeccanica and Russian Railways (RZD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Rome for industrial programmes in the areas of railway signalling, telecommunications, automation and safety & security. The agreement relates to the supply of technology for 100 stations, 100 vehicles and 50 railway lines by 2020 for a combined value that could be up