Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Two major Autodesk partners in the Czech Republic, XANADU and Dagis, today announced a merger of their CAD activities. The new company will be called CAD Studio a.s., and takes over all CAD and GIS activities of the companies Dagis and XANADU, becoming the largest specialised provider of CAD, GIS and PLM solutions in Central
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
The Brazilian government plans to accept bids this year for licenses to build 10 hydroelectric power stations with a combined generating capacity of close to 4,000 MW, officials said. The president of the EPE energy research company, Mauricio Tolmasquim, said Friday the government already has submitted plans for three large hydroelectric projects to the Court of
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
By opening up its DLC communications protocol Siemens is setting a milestone in the direction of open communication with smart meters and takes the first step toward establishing a new standard in high-efficiency metering communications via power line. Siemens Energy offers holistic smart metering solutions based on its automated metering and information system AMIS as
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Bing Maps has added another nice feature, adding public transportation routes to 11 major U.S. cities. It’s a good first step for Bing, though there’s certainly a lot of work left to do to catch up to Google Maps — which covers more than twice that many in California alone and a total of 446 cities
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
New ”Strategic Research Centre on Zero Energy Buildings” at Aalborg University last Wednesday received the ALECTIA-Foundation’s prize of 250,000 DKK for their cross-disciplinary research activities to develop future-proof, zero energy concepts for the building industry.
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
On 13 September 2010 the European Commission (DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) presented the Marine Knowledge 2020 initiative which aims to improve knowledge of Europe’s seas and oceans. In line with the EU 2020 economic strategy, the initiative is one of the three cross-cutting goals of the EU Integrated Maritime Policy. The creation of marine knowledge
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
At the occasion of the General Affairs Council meeting that took place on 13 September 2010, EU Ministers adopted the proposal for a regulation on the European Earth observation programme (GMES) and its initial operations (2011-2013). The adoption, which follows the agreement reached with the European Parliament in first reading on 16 June 2010, is
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
A new, computer-based knowledge management system will help scientists collaborate more effectively while using their preferred modeling tools to conduct more comprehensive planning for safe, long-term underground storage of greenhouse gases.Under development at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the Geologic Sequestration Software Suite, or GS3, could help oversight agencies better define permitting
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
The University of Minnesota Libraries would like to learn more about the use and users of the four online UMN Forestry Databases produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries (Social Sciences in Forestry, Urban Forestry, Tropical Forest Conservation and Development, and Trail Planning, Construction, and Maintenance). Please take our short survey about the Forestry Databases: http//www.surveymonkey.com/s/NTYM2P7
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Leica XPro’s new version 4.4 now supports RGB and multispectral 4-band orthophoto generation including near infrared (NIR) from data acquired with the Leica ADS Airborne Digital Sensor HiRes mode, thus offering the most efficient swath width of up to 24000 pixels. Leica XPro, Leica Geosystems’ leading line sensor workflow that provides advanced ground processing from
