Sunday, September 12th, 2010
This year I was enough lucky to have the possibility to attend at the FOSS4G World conference in Barcelona (thanks to my company for having send me there!) – that has been run just this week, as many of you may already know. I just came back home yesterday night and until my impression are
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
‘Study architecture in the UK and you will be among some of the most forward-looking architects in the world. Your UK architecture course will expose you to a range of innovative new designs and approaches for building and urban planning. You can also look forward to great international career prospects, as UK architectural training is
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
FWS – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) uses data standards to increase the quality and compatibility of its data. This approach increases the opportunity to share data and reduce incidents of redundant data development. Read More
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
Geospatial data is a much broader concept than is often realised. The commercial exploitation of geospatial resources and techniques is well known and has had a profound impact. Government’s awareness of the importance and potential of geospatial data is reflected the UK’s Location Strategy and the EU’s INSPIRE Directive. Similarly, geospatial resources are basic to research, and to
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
EUROGEOGRAPHICS – The European Commission has the intention to set up a consultative group of GNSS (Global Satellite Navigation System) experts called the Mission Evolution Advisory Group (MEAG). The primary task of this group of experts is to provide recommendations on potential evolutions of the mission objectives and the service definitions for the European satellite navigation programmes Galileo and
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
The one-stop Earth shop does indeed contain a raft of tutorials, info on the mobile version(for Nexus One, Droid, etc, iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad), and showcases some of the best content, although the latter is inexplicably lacking a tour of the world’s black helicopter hotspots. Read More
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Envisat captures sand and dust from the Sahara Desert blowing west across Mauritania (top), Senegal (middle) and Guinea Bissau (bottom) and over the North Atlantic Ocean before turning in a northerly direction just above the Cape Verde islands. Read More
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Esri expands the power of geoportals with the release of the ArcGIS Server 10 Geoportal extension. The extension allows organizations to quickly set up Web sites, called geoportals that help them manage and share their geospatial information externally with the public or internally with employees. Geoportals manage resources by registering (storing and cataloging) the resources’ metadata. At
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
SRK Consulting, an international consulting company that provides focused advice and solutions for earth and water resource industries, recently signed a global enterprise license agreement ELA with Esri. The agreement includes 36 SRK affiliates in 10 countries and gives SRK unlimited use of Esri desktop and server software. “The enterprise license agreement will provide SRK
Friday, September 10th, 2010
A wide range of conferences, from state of the art lectures to practical conferences, and various exhibitions will gather researchers, teachers, students,decision-makers, engineers, technicians and map lovers in Paris from 3rd to 8th July 2011. Read More
