Sunday, October 10th, 2010
Green light for the construction of 3 wind power (140 MW) and 4 solar photovoltaic (80 MW) plants to be put into service by 2012. Peru gave green light for the construction of 3 new wind farm and 4 solar power plants, for a total capacity of 220 MW, whose concessions had been offered in a
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
The JRC has recently published an “Invitation to Tender” for the “development of the technical components of the INSPIRE Geo-portal at European Union level ” . Both the contract notice and the full text of the ITT are publically available. The deadline for submission of proposals is 15/10/2010.
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
ARCHITECTS – This second edition of the international architectural guide by ABV Architekten und Bauherren Verlag GmbH provides you with highly qualified architects, planners, specialized companies and suppliers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Like in the 2008/2009 edition, internationally operating companies present themselves on a double page with their news, references, and products. Thus, you are
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
President of the Board of Geofoto Group dr.techn.sc. Zvonko Biljecki signed today two contracts with National Agency of Cadastre and Land Registration of the Republic of Romania (ANCPI). Contracts cover realization of consultancy services for projects under the common name „Establishment of modern geoinformation system for management of spatial information“. With this strategically significant projects, Geofoto
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
GfK GeoMarketing calculated Germans’ regional consumer potential for around 60 retail product lines from the level of federal states down to postcodes. The “GfK Purchasing Power for Retail Product Lines 2010” study reveals stark regional differences in consumer profiles. For example, residents of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg have almost one-and-a-half as much per capita
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Today, Esri released the ArcGIS API for the Apple iOS platform. It is available at no cost from the Esri Resource Center. ArcGIS API for iOS enables developers to build applications that use the powerful mapping, geocoding, geoprocessing, and editing capabilities that ArcGIS Server provides. The API is designed to use Web services available from
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Autodesk Inc. announced a series of key updates that provide a new look and feel to the Autodesk SketchBook product line, spanning both the desktop and apps for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. “Millions of professionals and consumers rely on the unparalleled sketching capabilities of the SketchBook products for all kinds of creative processes,” said Robert
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Minister of the Environment Paula Lehtomäki (Centre) urges that the removal of nitrogen from wastewater be intensified in all parts of the country, as it causes eutrophication in the Baltic Sea. At present, the requirements are rather modest in many places. ”In coastal areas the removal of nitrogen has already been enhanced, but the same standards
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Mr. Florian Neisser, Geographer at the University of Bonn, has finalized his research on the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal as “An Interactive Platform to Foster Space Technology Utilization in Disaster Management”. His thesis addresses the problem of a communication gap between the space technology and the disaster management community by applying the Actor-Network Theory and analyzing
Friday, October 8th, 2010
East View Cartographic (EVC) has been chosen by GeoEye to produce high quality Digital Elevation Models (DEM) derived from GeoEye-1 and IKONOS stereo imagery. “For several years, customers around the world have benefited from East View Cartographic’s imagery relationship with GeoEye. GeoEye’s choice of EVC to handle high resolution DEM creation from their imagery is a
