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Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Esri Releases Free ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.1

Esri’s newly released ArcGIS Viewer for Flex is a free, ready-to-deploy application for ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online services. Built with ArcGIS API for Flex version 2.1, it is designed for developers that want to customize the appearance, functionality, and content of their mapping applications without the need for programming. ArcIS Viewer for Flex includes a

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

Abu Dhabi e-Government Strategy

ABU DHABI – Building on the strategic vision for a service-oriented government in Abu Dhabi, ADSIC developed a government-wide service improvement and e-Government strategy along with an implementation master plan. Read More

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

MoMARSAT Campaign 2010: Hydrothermal Vents of the Atlantic Under Observation for an Entire Year

The oceanographic MoMARSAT, conducted jointly by Ifremer and IPGP, CNRS / INSU, will run from 1 to 16 October 2010 on the Mid-Atlantic off the Azores. On board the research vessel the mission objective is to deploy a network of instruments for measuring self, connected to the bottom, that will continuously observe the process of active hydrothermal

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

Countdown to kick-off at the European Week of Regions and Cities

4 October will mark the beginning of OPEN DAYS – the European Week of Regions and Cities. On top of the 130 seminars organised in Brussels, bringing together almost 6 000 participants, 260 local events will be taking place throughout Europe during October. Organised on the eve of the launch of debates on post-2013 cohesion

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

ALECTIA Wins the Navitas Park Project in Aarhus – the Largest Low-energy Building in Denmark

ALECTIA is on the winning team of the prestigious competition for the construction of Navitas Park on the new waterfront in Aarhus. The 35.000 m2 large building will accommodate the Engineering College, the School of Marine and Technical Engineering, and INCUBA Science Park, and will be the largest low-energy building in Denmark. From 2014 more than

Friday, October 1st, 2010

NextiraOne Takes To The Sea

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has been chosen by Agence des Aires Marines, the French agency for the protection of marine areas, tasked with the conservation of the marine environment, to implement a secure videoconferencing system. Agence des Aires Marines is responsible for the creation of a network of conservation areas, the management

Friday, October 1st, 2010

EU Atlas of Soil Biodiversity

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

Experts Call for Greater Global Support for Nepal’s Mountain Initiative

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

Earth Observation to Empower Youth for Climate Actions

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

Nokia’s Ovi Services Gain Momentum

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