Sunday, October 31st, 2010
At midnight tonight, the world’s largest fully protected marine reserve will come into force in the British territorial waters of the Chagos Archipelago, in the Indian Ocean. But this new sanctuary, designated as a “no-take” zone where commercial fishing will be banned, serves to underline how catastrophically the international community has fallen short of a
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
“Navitel Navigator” is a unique and accurate navigation system. Detailed Russia map. Free traffic jams information service. SPEEDCAMs. The most detailed map of Russia: more than 118 000 cities and towns, 1500 of them contain address search information. The most detailed Moscow and Saint-Petersburg map. Towns and transit routes in all regions. Huge POI base (Gas stations, police, cafes, restaurants, motels, etc.). You
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
The reduction of emissions forms a key objective for the European Commission. The Europe 2020 Strategy confirms the 20-20-20 targets aiming at a reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions of at least 20% below 1990 levels, 20% of EU energy consumption to come from renewable resources and a 20% reduction in primary energy use compared
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Aerial photography has been added to Hastings County’s online mapping service, enhancing the existing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) resources. Warden Jo-Anne Albert said the detailed, colour aerial photography is a major improvement to the free service. “With this change our county maps are becoming a powerful source of information resources and a terrific communications tool that
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Nearly 200 countries have agreed to a global treaty aimed at protecting the biodiversity of the world’s forests, coral reefs, and other threatened ecosystems. The agreement was met with applause and relief after two weeks of heated negotiations, after environment ministers from 193 countries agreed to a landmark deal aimed at ensuring greater protection of nature
Friday, October 29th, 2010
OpenGeo today announced that OpenGeo’s Paul Ramsey will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming OSGeo.JP, the regional open source conference series held every year in Tokyo and Osaka. This year’s meetings will be held October 31-November 1, in Tokyo and November 5-6 in Osaka. Ramsey will be delivering addresses on open source economics and
Friday, October 29th, 2010
The MAPPS Political Action Committee (MAPPS PAC) today announced it has contributed $50,000 in support of 45 candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for the November 2 election. The MAPPS PAC is a bi-partisan PAC that supports Republicans and Democrats who have records of demonstrated support for the private geospatial community and
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Inovação, a geographic information company delivering spatial data management solutions through integration, quality improvement and spatial data access services, and OpenGeo, producer of the OpenGeo Suite, today announced a reseller agreement that will bring enhanced sales and support services for the OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition to Brazil. Learn More
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Over 75 participants joined the 3D modelling for Intelligent Cities during Bentley’s Be Inspired conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday October 20th. Lead with passion by Pat McCrory, 7 time Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, the round table facilitated participants from around the world to share best practices and discuss opportunities around 3D City modelling. Pat
Friday, October 29th, 2010
A team of EU-funded scientists is studying Indonesia’s Merapi volcano, which started erupting on 26 October and has taken the lives of over 30 people. As well as monitoring the eruption, the team is also examining civil protection efforts in the region and investigating the impacts of the eruption on the local economy and the
