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Thursday, November 11th, 2010

EFI is seeking a Forest Economist

The European Forest Institute (EFI) is seeking a Forest Economist for its EFICENT-Observatory for European Forests (OEF) in Nancy, France. Please find the job announcement attached or see at http://www.efi.int/portal/about_efi/human_resources/careers/open_posts/ The contract will be until the end of 2012, with the possibility of extension. Deadline for application is 30th of Nov.

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Global Urban Analysis: A Survey of Cities in Globalization

Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations, for finance, for professional and creative services, for media. These data – involving up to 2000 firms

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Book-The Principles of Green Urbanism: Transforming the City for Sustainability

How can we transform and future-proof the post-industrial city through strategies of architectural and urban design? The answer is to use an energy-efficient, zero-carbon model based on renewable energy sources and renewable building typologies. This book presents different models for sustainable urban growth, based on the principles of ‘Green Urbanism’. Read More

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Trimble Wraps up 5th International User Conference With Record Breaking Attendance

Trimble opened its 5th international users conference on Monday with more than 2,900 registered attendees from 67 countries around the world. The Trimble Dimensions 2010 conference theme—Converge, Connect and Collaborate—provided insight into how the convergence of technologies can redefine the way professionals connect and collaborate to achieve success. The conference explored the use of technology

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Mekong and the War of Water

The Mekong is one of the world’s major rivers. It is the world’s 12thlongest river and the 7thlongest in Asia. Its estimated length is 4,350 km, and it drains an area of 795,000 km2, discharging 475 cubic meters of water annually. More than 80 million people of over 100 ethnic groups live along the river,

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Mountain Dynamics Launches SnowRanger 2010/11 GPS Ski Resort Maps for Europe and North America

Mountain Dynamics Inc has announced that its SnowRanger GPS ski resort maps will launch for 2010/11 with 22 new resort trail maps in North America and a comprehensive new set of piste maps of resorts in the French, Andorran and Spanish Pyrenees.

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Encom Discover

Encom Discover is the desktop Geographical Information System (GIS) designed especially for the geosciences, providing the tools to effectively compile, visualise, analyse and map spatial geoscience data. Read More

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Imagina Awards : Last Days to Register – Keynote by Mats W. Johansson

imagina news is focusing this week on the last days to register for the Imagina Awards, on the 3D – Augmented Reality – Virtual Worlds and 3D Human Modeling conferences featuring prestigious speakers, and on the exhibition hall which is almost sold out. Read More

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Campus-based Saskatoon Speaks Discussion Not Well Attended

The City of Saskatoon hosted a Saskatoon Speaks discussion on campus Nov. 8 asking for student input into the city’s visioning process. Saskatoon Speaks is a community initiative designed to promote discussion between City Council, city planners and residents regarding Saskatoon’s future. Its $400,000 budget was reallocated from the Transportation Infrastructure Expansion Reserve — a reserve

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Super Wang Invited to National GIS Promoting and Coordinating Meeting

Super Wang, CEO of SuperGeo Technologies, was invited to join in National Geographic Information System Promoting and Coordinating Deliberation Meeting (NGIS Meeting), to discuss the development and applications of Taiwan GIS Industry. Organized by TGIC, NGIS Meeting gathers several reputed professors and related government sectors, such as Information Center of the Ministry of The Interior, Urban