Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Visitors are stalking Britain’s rural communities in unsuitable footwear, offering farmers the deal of a lifetime. They’re not pushing a wonder fertilizer or trying to side-step their local farmers’ market in the hunt for a new superfood, but offering help to cash in on the new gold rush – solar power. Read More
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Clark Labs is pleased to announce the release of another CD in their Global Data Archive Series. This new CD includes monthly global precipitation and sea surface temperature data, critical for climate monitoring and research. The CD is available for only $30 plus shipping and handling. It is also available as a downloadable product.
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Leica Geosystems announces the update of its ATHENA Program, the Leica Geosystems program involving GNSS and Structural Monitoring for non-profit organizations, with the latest future proof Leica GR10 and Leica GMX902 GNSS receivers and the Leica AR10 and Leica AS10 GNSS antennas. ATHENA stands for ‘Advanced Technology for Higher-Education and Non-profit Associations’ and has the
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has launched a REDD+ online database. The purpose of the database is to make information on REDD+ readiness activities and projects readily accessible for analysis and learning. The database mainly provides profiles of REDD-plus projects using a common template, but the intention is to also provide country summaries
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
WELSH GOV – Three of the new appointments are to the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and one is to the Snowdonia National Park Authority. Following an open selection exercise, the Minister has appointed Ms Melanie Doel, Mrs Carys Lloyd Howell and Professor Alan Terence Arthur Lovell to the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and
Friday, August 13th, 2010
New version of the GSD Calculator is available for download. Now ICAROS camera included. Download the free GSD Calculator.
Friday, August 13th, 2010
The Finnish version is the twelfth of 26 local versions in ArchiCAD 14’s global release schedule, and follows the release of the International, German, Austrian, New Zealand, US, Italian, Australian, French, Polish, Hungarian, and Dutch versions. All local versions are planned to reach the market by the end of Q3 2010. For more information about
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce Leica GNSS Spider v4.0 as part of the new reference station software update that also includes Leica SpiderWeb v4.0 and Leica SpiderQC v4.0. Leica GNSS Spider v4.0 features an all-new Business Center web portal for all GNSS Services. Additionally advanced support for the new GR10 “plug’n’play” reference station receiver,
Friday, August 13th, 2010
The total number of fires to date this season is 6093, about 15% greater than the 10-year average of 5231. The area burned to date is currently estimated at 2,626,577 hectares, nearly twice the 10-year average of 1,352,867 hectares. In the last week, 410,791 hectares burned, most due to fires in BC, Alberta, northern Saskatchewan,
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Today the 2009 Environment Policy Review was published. It reports on EU policy developments from last year and looks in detail at EU and Member States’ environmental trends and policy performance. Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: “The 2009 Environment Policy Review shows that Member States adopted and implemented a variety of environmental policy measures. It
