Friday, October 1st, 2010
The SOIL Action of the Joint Research Centre’s Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit has just completed a comprehensive collaborative project focusing exclusively on life in the soil. One of the resulting outputs is the first ever European Atlas of Soil Biodiversity. The atlas is a visually stunning publication of 128 pages, using striking photographs, informative texts
Friday, October 1st, 2010
The two-day International Expert Consultation Meeting: Mountain Initiative on Climate Change organised by the Government of Nepal Ministry of Environment (MoE) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) on 23-24 September 2010 in Kathmandu concluded with a clarion call for greater global support and partnership to protect mountain ecosystems and their services from the
Friday, October 1st, 2010
A six-day long Youth Forum, ‘Empowering Youth with Earth Observation Information for Climate Actions’ starts from 1 October attended by some 40 young people from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal andPakistan, more than half of them women. The forum aims to familiarise the participants with the potential benefits of earth observation derived information, and impart GIS/RS knowledge and skills for
Friday, October 1st, 2010
With the number of active Nokia service users now reaching 140 million worldwide, the company today announced that more than 200,000 people are currently signing up daily to Ovi, and that Ovi Store has reached the milestone of 2.3 million downloads per day. Available in more than 190 countries, Ovi is discovered through Maps, Music, Messaging, Store
Friday, October 1st, 2010
A committee of independent scientists will be created to review water monitoring data collected from Alberta’s oil sands region. “Understanding the impact of the oil sands industry on the watershed of northeastern Alberta is absolutely critical. We need to have total and complete assurance in data before we make decisions on how best to balance
Friday, October 1st, 2010
The German Agricultural Society has once again set up an impartial and international commission of experts who has assess the innovations submitted by EuroTier exhibitors up to the beginning of September on the basis of strict criteria and has awarded now 3 gold and 18 silver medals. Read More
Friday, October 1st, 2010
RapidEye 5m orthoimagery now extends across New Zealand. Earlier this year, national coverage was placed in the archives ready for purchase. Most areas of New Zealand have significantly less than 5 or 10% cloud. “The quick collection of satellite imagery by RapidEye has demonstrated one of the systems advantages. RapidEye can routinely capture large areas
Friday, October 1st, 2010
Utility professionals will hear from their peers about the best ways to meet current challenges at the 2010 Esri Electric and Gas User Group (EGUG) Conference. The event is scheduled for October 17–20, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, Michigan. Attendees will walk away with proven applications of geographic information system (GIS) technology for asset
Friday, October 1st, 2010
The Board of the Scottish European Green Energy Centre (SEGEC) is pleased to announce that Chris Bronsdon has been appointed as Chief Executive of SEGEC from 1 October 2010. Chris brings broad experience of the energy scene from his work with British Energy, the Scottish Energy and Environment Foundation and SQW Energy. In new role
Friday, October 1st, 2010
NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on Friday agreed to update the International Space Station launch schedule. The target launch dates for the last planned space shuttle flight, STS-134 on Endeavour, will be Feb. 27 and the Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) will be Feb. 15. Read More
