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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

PCI Geomatics to Participate as Imagery Silver Sponsor at ESRI User Conference

PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems will be exhibiting and speaking at the upcoming ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, July 12-16.  The Conference offers hundreds of GIS user presentations, technical workshops and special interest and regional user group meetings. Read More

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Mint Wins Prestigious International Design Excellence Award

Evolution Robotics, Inc., a leading robotics technology company, today announced that Mint™, an automatic floor cleaning appliance designed exclusively for hard surface floor cleaning, has been awarded a silver IDEA (International Design Excellence Award) in the “Home Living” category by the Industrial Design Society of America. The 2010 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA®) competition is

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Four Member States offer equipment to cope with the floods after Romania activates the EU Civil Protection Mechanism

On the evening 2nd July, Romanian authorities activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism requesting support in addressing the severe floods currently affecting the north-eastern part of the country. The request for assistance in form of inflatable dams, pumps, power generators, water purification systems, lighting kits and other material was immediately communicated to all Participating States through

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Download the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region

The Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region is also available for download. Atlas pages are to be downloaded individually (144 pages in total), either in PDF format (higher quality) or JPEG format. The user can navigate the Atlas by using the Navigation Buttons and/or selecting a section from the Contents Menu. There are 144

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Agreement Between ESA and EMSA Furthers Maritime Safety

ESA and the European Maritime Safety Agency have signed a further Agreement to ensure that satellite data are available to enhance maritime safety and help combat pollution from shipping. Read More

Monday, July 5th, 2010

SOCET SET v5.5.0 Supports New Earth Gravitational Model 2008

The Earth Gravitational Model 2008 (EGM2008), developed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), has been released. The model provides worldwide coverage of gravity data at 5’x5′ mean resolution with geoid accuracy of 15cm. EGM2008 is constructed from a combination of GRACE satellite data, topographic data, altimetry on sea, and gravity observations on land areas. EGM2008

Monday, July 5th, 2010

New Power Project Breaks Ground

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered the construction of a 600 MW thermal-power plant in the central province of Thanh Hoa on Saturday. Eighty-five per cent of the VND22.26 trillion (roughly US$1.15 billion) Nghi Son 1 project will come from Japanese official development assistance with the rest contributed by Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN). Once

Monday, July 5th, 2010

National Geochemical Survey of Australia

The National Geochemical Survey of Australia (NGSA) aims to produce the first geochemical atlas of Australia based on the multi-element analysis of transported regolith samples collected at the outlet of large catchments covering most of the continent. The project, which is funded by the Onshore Energy Security Program and the States and Northern Territory Geological Surveys

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Science at the Surveys: Geoscience Australia Presentation

Geoscience Australia and the State Geological Surveys held the Science at the Surveys seminar in Melbourne immediately prior to the Australian Mineral Industry Research Association (AMIRA) Exploration Managers meeting. A presentation to the seminar by one of Geoscience Australia’s Senior Geophysicists, Richard Lane, titledDevelopments and directions in 3D mapping of mineral systems using geophysics is now

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Manual for the Social Impact Assessment of Land-based Carbon Projects

Forest Trends, the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), Rainforest Alliance and Fauna & Flora International (FFI) have published Version 1.0 of a “Manual for Social Impact Assessment of Land-Based Carbon Projects.” The Manual can be accessed at http://www.forest-trends.org/publications.php.The Manual is designed to be used by carbon project proponents aiming for validation under the CCB Standards,