Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Scotland’s five UNESCO heritage sites are among ten of the country’s most important locations that will be the subjects of minute and comprehensive laser modeling surveys.The ten subjects – four of which have yet to be confirmed – will be scrutinised by cutting-edge technology to create exceptionally accurate digital models of them. The work is
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
SSC is involved in the TanDEM-X missions in more than one way. During the launch on June 21, two SSC polar ground stations were used: the Esrange Station in Sweden at 67º 53″ North, 21º 04″ East and the Inuvik Station in Canada at 68º 30″ North, 133º 30″ West. Both these stations are members
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
More than 1200 scientists from around the world have gathered in Bergen, Norway, for ESA’s week-long Living Planet Symposium to present their latest findings on Earth’s environment and climate using data from observation satellites. Addressing the participants, the Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske underscored the importance of Earth observation saying that it is
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
The Ninth International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences will be hosted by the University of Leicester, UK July 20 – 23 2010 on behalf of the International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA). The International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences is held every
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
EarthWhere, a web-based spatial data management system has dramatically expanded its support for common GIS formats, Vector map data, and introduced a new scalable distributed architecture for rapidly cataloging, provisioning, and disseminating geospatial data. Cataloged data can now be exported directly into Google Earth or exported to a GeoPDF map file. Peter Borissow, Vice President
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
It is written by Dr. Mohamed El-Sioufi, UN-HABITAT and was presented as a keynote presentation at the XXIV FIG Congress in Sydney 11-16 April 2010 in the plenary session on “The Big Challenges”. Dr. El-Sioufi is Head of the Shelter Branch at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT. Read More
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
CityEngine is without question one of the best city authoring systems out there. In the past we always noted pricing as an issue, but with the release of City Engine 2010 they have a whole new pricing structure in place.Highlights of the update are interactive editing of dynamic city layouts, node-based rule authoring, and a
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
UCL – UCL today launches Mapping for Change, a social enterprise that will support sustainable communities through online mapping and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).Mapping for Change is a partnership between UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, and London 21 Sustainability Network, a charity that works across Greater London to help create a greener, healthier and
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
World university community since 2009 can outfit universities with the technologies of middle and high resolution remote sensing data reception (EROS A, IRS-1D, SPOT 4). In June 2010 the universities obtained rights to operate with RADARSAT-1 radar data as well. An agreement was reached between the Canadian MDA (Operator of RADARSAT-1 satellite) and the Russian ScanEx Research & Development
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
SHAPING AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE – The National Water Commission recently released Australia’s first ever nation-wide baseline assessment of water interception activities, calling for all Australian governments to take action on this critical issue. The Surface and/or groundwater interception activities: initial estimates report shows that the total volume of water unaccounted for as a result of land
