Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Just as we grow used to satellite navigation in everyday life, media reports argue that a coming surge in solar activity could render satnav devices useless, perhaps even frying satellites themselves. Is it true? No. Read More
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Autodesk, a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announcedAutoCAD for Mac software. This version of AutoCAD, one of the most widely used software for professional design and engineering, runs natively on Mac OS X and will increase choice of hardware for millions of users around the world. Autodesk also announced the AutoCAD WS mobile application, a new app
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Canada’s forest and peatland ecosystems are globally significant carbon stores, whose management will be influenced by climate change mitigation policies such as offset systems. To be effective, these policies must be grounded in objective information on the relationships between land use, ecosystem carbon dynamics, and climate. Here, we present the out- comes of a workshop
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The Volvo Environment Prize is an annual scientific award now presented for the 21st time. This year’s prizewinner has for many years been a leading light within research into biological diversity and especially how important it is for the functioning of ecosystem services. This concept has been widely acknowledged in recent years, perhaps mainly due
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
ISRO – Chandrayaan2, India’s second mission to moon, is being targeted for launch during 2013. Chandrayaan2 will have an orbiter (satellite), a lander and a rover. Chandrayaan-2 is planned to be launched onboard Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. While the lander will be provided by Russia, the orbiter and the
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Google added ocean views to its Google Earth for Android application, a move that should have greater import when tablet computers based on Android arrive en masse to tantalize folks looking to surf the Web with a larger palette. Google Earth for Android 1.1 will let users check out the aquatic landscape and terrain in Monterery
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Gulf of Maine Atlantic salmon has been on the endangered species list for nearly ten years, and the population has not shown signs of recovery. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) is partnering with the University of Maine (UMaine) for a groundbreaking research project to shed light on why the number of salmon returning to Maine
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Jefferson-Cocke County Utility District (JCCUD) is taking advantage of Esri’s Small Utility Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) program to improve outage response and better meet regulatory requirements with the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology. The Newport, Tennessee, gas utility company serves 7,300 homes and businesses in two counties. Before the move to GIS, field crews had
Monday, August 30th, 2010
URISA seeks to encourage students in a variety of academic settings and disciplines to write and publish papers and projects for the URISA membership and others in the spatial technologies industry. To promote this objective URISA has established a student competition. URISA is pleased to announce the results of its 2010 Student Competition. This year’s
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Miranda Gold Corp. announces that a helicopter airborne magnetic survey has started over its Pavo Real project in the Tolima Department of Colombia. Miranda’s exploration funding partner at Pavo Real, Red Eagle Mining Corporation (“Red Eagle”) has a contract with MPX Geophysics, Ltd. to complete the survey. The survey goals are to identify intrusions and
