Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Earthscan is pleased to announce that review copies are now available for the following new books which investigate important issues in natural resource management.
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
The Government of Canada is investing in Domtar Corporation to improve the company’s environmental performance and help drive the evolution of Canada’s forest sector. Domtar will receive $700,000 in funding under the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program (PPGTP) to replace the aerators at its mill in Espanola with more energy-efficient models. “Investments in projects like this
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
At the Beginning of November, Leica Geosystems AB, Sweden, and Swepos signed an agreement for the data exchange of GNSS raw data. Swepos is the national GNSS network provider in Sweden, which is operated and owned by the Swedish government organisation LANTMÄTERIET (National Land Survey). The Swepos network covers the whole country, offering GNSS-correction data from
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of cloud-based spatial technology solutions, today announced RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI) selected DMP’s development platform, SpatialStream™, to power the mapping in its cutting edge real estate analytics offerings. RBI, a data analytics company and wholly owned subsidiary of Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc (MRIS), is using SpatialStream™ to
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
There are only some days left until AGRO-ICT conference opens its doors in Uganda. If you have not registered yet, please do it at: http://www.progis.com/events/uganda2010/registration.html . Since our last message, we have upgraded the program with some very interesting topics. Please look at:http://www.progis.com/events/uganda2010/program.html
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Gabriel Roldan, Geospatial Solutions Consultant at OpenGeo, will speak Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at the seventh annual Latinoware conference in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Mr. Roldan’s talk, entitled “Building Enterprise SDI with GeoNode” will discuss the development of collaborative spatial data infrastructures using GeoNode, OpenGeo’s new open source SDI platform. The presentation is aimed at
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
The establishment of a “Commission agriculture at the Federal Environment Ministry (KLU) to strengthen environmental protection and agriculture. Head of the KLU Lutz Ribbe, Director of the Foundation is EURONATUR. “The effects of agriculture on our climate, soils and waters continue to cause major environmental problems that must be addressed urgently. The Agriculture Commission is to advise the
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
GeoEye, Inc. announced today strong revenue results for its fiscal third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2010. “For the third quarter, we delivered strong revenue growth, operating margins and adjusted EBITDA results,” said Matt O’Connell, chief executive officer and president. “The recent award of a ten-year EnhancedView contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), worth up to
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Developed and published by Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the U.S. Government, LandScan™ comprises a worldwide population database compiled on a 30″ X 30″ latitude/longitude grid. This unique and highly valuable dataset covers the entire globe, excluding Antarctica, and is updated annually. East View Cartographic is the only value-added reseller of LandScan licensed to subdivide
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Producing 3D models from high-resolution stereo imagery is a proven method for the creation of 3D city models. Unfortunately, it is also proven that this method is very costly and can be out of reach for many that would otherwise benefit from its features. To bring the benefits of the 3D city model to a broader
