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Monday, September 6th, 2010

Invitation to MINEX Russia 2010

There are only 3 weeks left before the Minex 2010 Russian and CIS Mining Forum. Leaders of the following key mining companies confirmed presentation at the forum: Polyus Gold, Polymetal, Petropavlovsk, Atomredmetzoloto, Kinross Gold Corporation, SUEK, Raspadskaya Coal Company, Intergeo, Metalloinvest, Urangeo, MBC Corporation, Uralsky Nickel, Pavlik Gold Mining Company, Arlan Investment Company, Corporation Ural Industrial

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Energy Management in Companies and Organisations

The EN 16001 standard of 2009 sets uniform EU-wide criteria for structured energy management systems. By implementing the standard, companies and organisations can improve their energy efficiency and identify energy saving potential. The new guideline published by UBA and BMU shows in a clear and practice-oriented way just how it is done and that doing so is

Monday, September 6th, 2010

eSpatials iSMART GIS Supports Access to the OS OnDemand services provided by Ordnance Survey of Great Britain

eSpatial today announced that its market leading GIS product, iSMART supports access to the OS OnDemand services provided by Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. OS OnDemand delivers world-class Ordnance Survey mapping over the Web directly to your organisation – when you want it, where you want it, quickly.  This web map service (WMS) offers Ordnance Survey licensed

Monday, September 6th, 2010

WinFrog remains Navigation Software of Choice for OMM

Fugro Pelagos, Inc. has made further software sales to subsea cable specialist Offshore Marine Management’s (OMM) survey services section. The company’s WinFrog integrated navigation software, first released in 1994, remains their flagship product and is the software of choice for OMM who have now invested in four product licenses from the California-based company. For further information

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Input sought on vision for Lower Athabasca Region

The Lower Athabasca Regional Advisory Council presented its advice as a vision document on which government will seek public comment before developing a draft regional plan for the area. “The vision document provides advice on economic, environmental and community needs in Lower Athabasca,” said Mel Knight, Minister of Sustainable Resource Development, responsible for implementing the Land-use

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Introduction – Shaanxi Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SHASM)

Shaanxi Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SHASM), established in 1957, is directly under the leadership of State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China (SBSM). It is one of the largest and most important surveying and mapping production base in China. Moreover, SHASM also performs surveying and mapping administration within Shaanxi Province. It mainly undertakes

Monday, September 6th, 2010

GeoServer 2.1 Beta Released

Just in time for FOSS4G the GeoServer community is pleased to announce the release of 2.1 beta1. The first beta release of the long awaited 2.1 branch is now available for download. Anticipation for this release has been growing over the last few months due to the number of notable new features it brings. Let’s go

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Land Resources, Management, Planning and Use

Land and Land Resources refer to a delineable area of the earth’s terrestrial surface, encompassing all attributes of  the biosphere immediately above or below this surface, including those of the near-surface, climate, the soil and terrain forms, the surface hydrology (including shallow lakes, rivers, marshes and swamps), the near-surface sedimentary layers and associated groundwater and

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Global Fire Information Management System (GFIMS)

The Global Fire Information Management System (GFIMS) integrates remote sensing and GIS technologies to deliver MODIS hotspot/fire locations to natural resource managers and other stakeholders around the World. This product derives from the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) developed at the University of Maryland on NASA funds. GFIMS complements existing near real time information systems

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Manual on Small Earth Dams

This manual is designed specifically for engineers, technicians and extension workers involved in agriculture, commercial farmers and contractors – all with some understanding of engineering and some experience of dams, irrigation and water supply – involved in the siting, design and construction of small earth dams in the drier parts of the African continent. It