Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
The Program on Forests (PROFOR) is dedicated to supporting timely, in-depth forests policy analysis, research and processes that support the following goals: improving people’s livelihoods; enhancing forest governance and law enforcement; financing sustainable forest management; and coordinating forest policy with other sectors. Its June newsletter highlights a number of exciting learning and capacity building events,
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
This Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar interferogram over the Kenyan section of the Great Rift Valley shows small surface displacements that are not visible to the naked eye of the Longonot (front right). In the background is Suswa volcano, which was not deforming at this time. A group of scientists employed the technique known as
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Get up to $29,000 for your trade in of old competitive machine control systems and get the latest and greatest from Topcon. This offer cannot be combined with any other promotion. A limited time opportunity!! This offer will expire on August 27, 2010. Read More
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Jason Spaletta of Lodi, Calif., has been named western regional sales manager for Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA). In his new role, Spaletta will be in charge of sales in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Before joining Topcon, Spaletta had been territory sales manager for AutoFarm, a manufacturer of machine control technology in the
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
GeoMax announce the release of the all new GeoMax Zoom30 and Zoom20 total station series. With these two new series GeoMax now offers an even wider range of total stations for the surveying, construction and mapping industry. Designed in Switzerland and manufactured in our facilities the GeoMax Zoom30 and Zoom20 series “works when you do”.
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
EROS A/B satellites delivered images of over 150 Russian towns in the first half of 2010. The images were taken first of all of regional centers and small settlements. The archive of ScanEx RDC operating with EROS A/B in direct reception mode is replenished with cloud-free detailed images of Adler, Arkhangelsk, Barnaul, Belgorod, Biysk, Volgograd,
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce they will be holding the annual Blue Marble User Group meeting, Wednesday July 14th at the ESRI International Users’ Conference in San Diego. Join Blue Marble for a complimentary lunch and demonstration of the newest release of the Blue Marble Desktop version 2.2, featuring support for raster
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
The IGARSS conference is less than a month away. The plenary will focus on the community remote sensing (CRS) theme, 149 of the technical papers have self-identified as being CRS-related, and theeducation and outreach activities have been designed to highlight the theme. As mentioned in a prior email, the keynote will be given by two leaders of the
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
“Customers continued to be cost conscious amidst ongoing economic uncertainty, especially in North America and Europe. Nevertheless certain markets showed clear signs of recovery, particularly Asia as well as the graphic arts market. Océ realized revenues of € 676 million, exactly the same amount as last year. We significantly increased our EBIT, excluding certain Canon
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Several factors underscore the relevance of discussions on the relationships among sustainable forest management (SFM), forest governance, REDD+ and livelihoods. Forests in Latin America are home to millions of people who depend directly on forest resources for their livelihoods. Current deforestation rates and their external drivers deprive these people of essential resources. At the same
