Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Founded 10 years ago by CNES and the European Space Agency, the International Charter on Space & Major Disasters swung into action following the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in April—a reminder of its crucial role in crisis management. Read More
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Bombardier Transportation said Monday it has signed an agreement valued at 770 million Canadian dollars ($745 million) to build 182 light-rail vehicles for Metrolinx in Toronto. Bombardier said the vehicles are scheduled to be delivered between 2013 and 2020. Metrolinx also may order up to an additional 118 vehicles as part of the agreement. Metrolinx
Monday, June 14th, 2010
GlobCover: This context shows annual MERIS FR composite. That mosaic is computed by averaging the surface reflectance values of the bimonthly product generated over one year. LandCover: This context shows the Land Cover Classification. It’s derived by an automatic and regionally-tuned classification of a time series of the MERIS FR Composites. For maximum user benefit, the 22
Monday, June 14th, 2010
A Bill to make provision in connection with wildlife and the natural environment; and for connected purposes. Read More
Monday, June 14th, 2010
New laws to protect wildlife and better regulate the management of Scotland’s natural environment have been presented to the Scottish Parliament.They are designed to update ancient gaming laws, introduce robust deer management policies, minimise confusion and prevent invasive non-native species gaining a foothold in Scotland’s unique landscape.Introducing the Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill, Environment Minister
Monday, June 14th, 2010
The dynamic nature of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill has been a challenge for a range of communities — from hotel operators to fishermen to local community leaders. And the American people have questions about the response to this crisis. Today, NOAA launches a new federal Web site meant to answer those questions with
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Based in the Centre for Marine and Coastal Policy Research this Master’s programme will provide the knowledge and skills for individuals to become involved in developing policy, implementing planning and managing marine and coastal environments. This course aims to develop a holistic understanding of marine systems integrating social, economic and natural sciences.
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Includes 1:25,000, 1:50,000 and 1:200,000 scale topo maps for all of Germany from the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie). Read More
Monday, June 14th, 2010
The International and German versions are the first two of 26 local versions in ArchiCAD 14’s global release schedule. Next up in the release queue are the Australian, US, and New Zealand versions. All local versions are planned to reach the market by the end of Q3 2010. Read More
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Autodesk, Inc. announced that the company’s Autodesk Seek web service is averaging more than 900,000 searches per month, while providing nearly 300,000 downloads of building product information and models to architects, engineers and other design professionals per month. This represents a year-over-year increase of over 165 percent. Read More
