Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Work has started this week on a new Hydro energy initiative in Perthshire – the first of three small run-of-river hydro schemes in Glen Lyon to be developed by Aberfeldy-based Green Highland Renewables (GHR). Read More
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
It is the Kauring Airborne Gravity Test Site east of Perth which allows operators to test the capabilities of airborne gravity (AG), airborne gravity gradiometer (AGG) and other airborne sensing systems against gravity and magnetic anomalies. The anomolies have been defined by detailed ground and airborne surveys which will provide a high degree of accuracy to
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has released the Statement on Canada’s Arctic Foreign Policy. The statement articulates Canada’s priorities with respect to sovereignty, economic and social development, environmental protection and governance in the Arctic region. Canada will continue to show strong leadership and demonstrate responsible stewardship to build a region that is
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
RTPI – On 6 July 2010 Communities Minister, Eric Pickles wrote to Chief Planning Officers announcing the revocation of regional strategies (RSS). 29 organisations, led by the RTPI, have written to Eric Pickles in response to ensure that strategic planning is embedded in any reform of the planning system. The Planning Inspectorate have issued guidance for planning inspectors. Cala Homes
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Basemap data is a hot commodity, and right now you can get authoritative PLSS and Texas Survey data when you purchase the TractBuilder Tools for ArcGIS. The software can be purchased or rented from http://www.tractbuilder.com/storefront/. “Our Tools help people create new polygons from legal descriptions, descriptions that reference data found in these and other datasets. People need
Friday, August 27th, 2010
At the GI Norden Workshop in Selfoss, Iceland in June, GI Norden’s president Þorbjörg Kr. Kjartansdottir announced that the GI Norden Award of honour for 2010 will be given to Kirsi Virrantaus, Professor in geoinformatics and cartography at Aalto University in Finland. Read More
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) will host an analyst and investor event on November 9, 2010 at its Dimensions User Conference. The conference will be held at The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Learn More
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Deliverables were: the Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) Harmonization Checker tool, the State of the Art of Maritime Information Management Research, and the Requirements Specification for the Maritime Data Collection System. The BLAST project group partners successfully produced all three project deliverables on time and within budget in the first six months of BLAST. ENC Harmonization Checker
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Esri will present a live, online training seminar on Thursday, August 26, 2010, titled Running ArcGIS Server on Amazon EC2. The seminar will air on www.esri.com/lts at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. Pacific daylight time. Amazon EC2 allows users to rent computing hardware resources and build scalable system architectures. Presenter Andrew Stauffer, ArcGIS Server development technical lead, will
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
The program will describe a practical approach for simulating effects of soil, weather, management, and pest factors on crop production. Instructors will explain how crop growth and development, water use, uptake of water and nutrients and carbon dynamics are simulated. It will cover procedures for collecting and managing crop, weather and soil datafor adapting models for applications. Participants will
