Monday, September 6th, 2010
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
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
Monday, September 6th, 2010
ICT UPDATE – People working in agribusiness use GIS software for precision farming, land management, business operations, and much more. GIS provides the means to spatially view variables that affect crop yields, erosion and drought risk, and business opportunities. Farmers are now able to access online agricultural data from government services such as the USDA’s
Monday, September 6th, 2010
Trimble introduced today its latest in-cab, touch screen display, the CFX-750™ display. The 8-inch, full-color display allows farmers to choose the specific guidance, steering and precision agriculture capabilities that best fit their farm’s particular needs. The farmer can upgrade the CFX-750 display as business needs change, including adding GLONASS capabilities, or adding section and rate
Monday, September 6th, 2010
Trimble announced today new and enhanced variable rate and boom control options to the versatile Field-IQ™ crop input control system. The expanded capabilities help farmers manage pest and nutrient applications by avoiding spray overlap with automatic or manual control of up to 48 sections—more sections controlled than any other variable rate system in the industry
Monday, September 6th, 2010
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the new EZ-Remote™ joystick for improved operator efficiency and comfort in the tractor cab. The convenient accessory mounts quickly on virtually any tractor console. The announcement was made today at the Farm Progress show, the nation’s largest outdoor farm show. Paired as an accessory to the Trimble FmX® integrated display,
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
The Turkish land registration and cadastre works were carried out in analog format until 1985. After that, the cadastre works have been performed in a digital environment, while the land registriescontinued to be sustained in analog format. The subsequent developments in geographical informationsystem technologies and increasing user demands suggested the need to combine land registry
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
The development objective of the Backbone Transmission Investment Project is to increase the availability, reliability, and quality of grid based power supply to the northern regions of Tanzania. There are two components to the project. The first component of the project is the construction of one of three sections of a transmission line that will run
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
The Cadastre Modernization Project for Turkey is to contribute to government agenda to improve quality and effectiveness of public services through spreading and making effective e-government applications. The specific objective of the project is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the land registry and cadastre services. This objective will be achieved through: (i) renovating
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
The Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs has been given the responsibility for setting up a new, full-spectrum monitoring and information system for the Northern sea and coastal areas (“BarentsWatch”). The work will be headed up by the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA). The Norwegian Mapping Authority, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and many other specialist bodies will
