Sunday, August 1st, 2010
Best Practices in Maintaining and Updating Seamless Data Coverage in a European Spatial Data Infrastructure. Best Practices in Maintaining and Updating Seamless Data Coverage in a European Spatial Data Infrastructure. Read More
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
Scotiabank has signaled its support for businesses looking to cut their energy costs. The firm announced in a release on Friday that its commercial and small business banking units have signed deals with three local companies in the small, medium and large categories to finance ‘green’ projects aimed at helping them source renewable energy equipment,
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
Convective rainfall is often focalized in areas of moisture convergence. A close relationship between precipitation and fast variations of vertically-integrated water vapour (IWV) has been found in numerous cases. Therefore, continuous monitoring of atmospheric humidity and its spatial distribution is crucial to the operational forecaster for a proper nowcasting of heavy rainfall events. The microwave
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
Giant blades lay strewn around the field as if a helicopter had crashed. Leaving in a rush on a summer day four years ago, Glen Lux mistakenly forgot to unplug the brake and a strong gust brought his big wind machine to life, the six blades spinning in an out-of-control blur. Read More
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
CyberCity 3D (www.cybercity3d.com) today announced that the 3D City Model of Marina del Rey, California is now available for viewing on Google Earth. Original Buildings Modeled for Google Earth CyberCity 3D’s use of Google Earth merges CyberCity’s cutting edge 3D buildings and city models with Google Earth’s ground-breaking ability to put the world’s geographic information
Friday, July 30th, 2010
In ASEAN, some countries like the Philippines and Indonesia still have to import food. Growing food is facing many challenges, especially due to the worsening climate. However, some huge countries like China and India have ensured their food supply. Thailand and Viet Nam are the top rice exporting countries in the world. Asia has just
Friday, July 30th, 2010
HCM City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to use Global Positioning System to monitor the movements of waste tankers after finding that as much as 80 per cent of household sewage was being dumped into rivers and canals. The department said between 200-240 cubic metres of sewage was being dumped into public water
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Speaking at a consultation meeting on the Contracted Agricultural Products sub-decree, Minister Chan Sarun said the new rules were expected to receive government assent by August, and would help reduce the risk involved in the agricultural business and boost future production.“The sub-decree will set the legal conditions required for connecting farmers and investors together to
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Still only half way through, the EPSRC-funded Urban Futures project can already boast some success in producing impact on the world around us. In accordance with theEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s Impact! Campaign, the Urban Futures team has been monitoring how their research could impact beyond academia and has found that the team’s close involvement with
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Google Earth is meant to give its users a realistic view of the world, and the program by and large accomplishes that. A new upgrade will make it even more accurate, though, by showing users whether or not they’d be getting wet if they were to visit certain parts of the globe. WebProNews
