Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the development and use of geospatial standards. Under the agreement the two organizations will work cooperatively to raise the awareness, acceptance, and implementation of open standards and to promote educational programs
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
This Forest Trends/Katoomba Group report presents an analysis of the legal and policy framework for tree and forest carbon in Ghana – key elements for REDD+. It shows how the current legal and regulatory structure for forestry and lands in Ghana provides indications and precedents for how carbon rights and benefits might be managed and
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Telogis, Inc., the platform for location intelligence, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in ISV/Software Solutions. This recognizes Telogis’ expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, Telogis has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
What did you have to eat today? Where was your food grown? Where was the cotton in your shirt cultivated? An increasing number of books and research initiatives are aimed at helping students to reconnect with the importance of agriculture. A new resource on the ArcLessons library (http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons/lesson.cfm?id=416) invites investigation of four different crops—soybeans (shown
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
The problem statement in the lesson reads as follows: After reading about development and deforestation in Brazil, with your new-found GIS skills, you decide to use GIS to investigate the situation on a deeper level and on a spatial level. Your goal is to make an assessment about the pattern and reasons for development in
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) are drainage solutions that provide an alternative to the direct channelling of surface water through networks of pipes and sewers to nearby watercourses. By mimicking natural drainage regimes, SuDS aim to reduce surface water flooding, improve water quality and enhance the amenity and biodiversity value of the environment. SuDS achieve this by
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
This report describes the methods that can be judged by what streams using chemical and physical characteristics. The assessment is based on the requirements on water quality, as they are in Annex 2 of the Water Protection Ordinance described. Read More
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Canada must translate knowledge into commercial applications that generate wealth for Canadians and support the quality of life we all want in order to create an entrepreneurial advantage. Firms large and small are bringing innovations into our lives, whether in the form of new technologies to address environmental problems or to ensure the safety and
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
GAMMA organizes a new hands-on training course on SAR and interferometric SAR processing using GAMMA software modules. The training course will last 4 days, between the 2nd and the 5th of November 2010. Read More
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT VIS), a subsidiary of ITT Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Creative Software Systems GmbH, (CreaSo). CreaSo provides software solutions for data analysis and visualization and distributes ITT’s IDL, ENVI and IAS software products in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and The Netherlands. “Over the past 18 years, CreaSo has been a true
