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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

First Geomorphological Map of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

Thematic Cartography and Geographic Information Systems team is one of the users of the recently inaugurated Lucio Lascaray building at the new research centre on the Araba campus of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). It draws up all kinds of maps, from geological ones to those of vegetation and even archaeological maps, the

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Call: Geographic Information Analysis for Sustainable Development and Economic Planning: New Technologies

  The book will be focused on socio-economical aspects of spatial analysis and modelling and will therefore represent a meeting point for those researchers and scholars that in recent times are interested by the new challenges presented by the availability of spatial data at all scales and the need for implementing – or re-implementing –

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

First Map of Global Forest Heights Created From NASA Data

Scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map of the height of the world’s forests by combining data from three NASA satellites. The map will help scientists build an inventory of how much carbon the world’s forests store and how fast that carbon cycles through ecosystems and back into the atmosphere. Maps of local and regional

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

LizardTech’s Express Server Software Awarded Certificate of Networthiness

LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced that its Express Server™ 6.1 software has received a Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) from the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command. Express Server’s submission for certification was facilitated by Spatial Engineering, a leading geospatial engineering firm

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

OGC and OSGeo Collaborate on Documentation

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) will develop conforming documentation for key OGC standards and geospatial open source application descriptions. Both sets of documentation will be available online and on the OSGeo-Live DVD, to be released at the international conference for Free and Open Source Software, FOSS4G, in September

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Envisat Helps Improve Safety in Icy Southern Ocean

An award-winning new website is using realtime imagery from ESA’s Envisat satellite to provide a wealth of information on sea ice to aid safe passage through the treacherous waters of the Antarctic. Read More

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

NASA Satellite Improves Pollution Monitoring

NASA scientists improved watershed pollution monitoring models by incorporating satellite and ground-based observations of precipitation. The NASA data replaces weather station observations, and will allow states to monitor non-point pollution and improve water quality. Read More

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Link NBS Project Specification Information to ArchiCAD Building Information Model

The connection delivers productivity improvements to architects and other specifiers by providing a quick and easy-to-use method within ArchiCAD for creating links between the information modeled in ArchiCAD and that modeled in NBS.  Clause titles and references can be added with a single mouse-click; NBS guidance can be viewed in context to assist decision making;

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Nigeria: FCTA Strips AGIS of Land Administration Role

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed plans to expunge from the Abuja Geographic information Systems, (AGIS) functions of land Administration as well as land related departments. Following this, the agency would now be repositioned to serve as a service agency to land Administration. FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed disclosed this yesterday in Abuja

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Ecosystem Services – Valuing Water and the Environmment in Practice Conference

How are the methods and ideas of ecosystems services to be applied in practice? Many people see the idea of ecosystem services as some kind of new and all embracing panicea in relation to assessing, understanding and promoting projects. In reality ecosystem services methodology is very closely related to other economic assessment methods; this conference will explore this relationship in