Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
The survival of the WWF-Auen-Institut in Rastatt is secured. The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and WWF Germany have signed agreements governing the future of the institute. The WWF-Auen-Institut will continue in future as part of the Institute of Geography and Geo-ecology within the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Read More
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
EU – The European Investment Bank announced today in Istanbul that it is providing under two agreements a total of EUR 600 million to support the knowledge economy and the environment in Turkey. Read More
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Two of the greatest threats to the natural world – invasive species and climate change – when combined, not only have devastating impacts on the environment but can also cost countries ten per cent of their Gross Domestic Product. In a report, released this week in Nagoya, Japan, scientists are urging countries to take immediate
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
ESA and the German Aerospace Center have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a state-of-the-art optical data relay terminal to be flown on the Sentinel-2 satellite. The Sentinel satellites – numbered from Sentinel-1 to Sentinel-5 – will form the core of the European Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. In order to meet
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Spanish regional capital Vitoria-Gasteiz and the French city of Nantes have been named as winners of the European Green Capital Award for 2012 and 2013. The awards were presented by the EU Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Janez Potočnik at a ceremony last night in Stockholm, European Green Capital for 2010. Read More
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Velodyne LiDAR, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high definition LiDAR sensors, today announced the appointment of George Ross to the position of director of manufacturing. Ross will be responsible for controlling all operations including the supervision of the manufacturing, production scheduling, purchasing, cost control, efficiencies and quality control of the company. All Velodyne LiDAR products are
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
DigitalGlobe, a leading global content provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced a WorldView-2 joint research initiative with India’s TERI University. As part of the initiative, DigitalGlobe will contribute ideas, expertise and high-resolution 8-Band multi-spectral satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite to TERI University’s current research projects. The initiative’s aim is to help researchers
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
“Wikitude Drive“, the Augmented Reality navigation system made by Mobilizy www.mobilizy.com is the big winner at the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) 2010. It has been crowned „Galileo Master 2010“ as well as the GSA Special Topic Prize as best application for EGNOS, which improves positioning to 1-3 meter. 354 projects from 44 countries have
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Italian firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners (ACPV) adopted Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software for Building Information Modeling (BIM) in 2009. ACPV wanted to improve internal design workflows, enhance collaboration with external project teams, and enhance visualization for more effective design communication. The company is internationally renowned for its excellence in design and craftsmanship. This award
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Intermap Technologies today announced the sale of one of its three aircraft, a King Air 200T, which was no longer required following completion of the Company’s NEXTMap Europe and NEXTMap USA mapping programs. Intermap sold the aircraft for $3.5 million, which will be received in three installments during the fourth quarter of 2010. The King
