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Monday, September 10th, 2007

Management of River Catchments

GERMAN GOVERNMENT – How can the basic interdisciplinary principles for the management of river basin units in Germany be extended, taking into account ecosystem and socio-economic aspects? Read More

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities

Introduction To achieve the objective of sustainable cities, an integral approach to urban issues must be chosen. In addition, the European structural funds should be made available for local projects that embrace this integral approach. This is the most important message of the Leipzig Charter, which was adopted by the European ministers responsible for urban

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

High-Flying Lasers Reveal Forests Ancient Secrets

Laser beams shone down from the sky are revealing archaeological and other treasures hidden in Britain’s forests – by “seeing through” the trees. Scientists, archaeologists and foresters are using pulses of laser energy beamed down from aircraft flying about 1000 metres (3300 feet) up to reveal forests’ hidden secrets. These can include sites of ancient

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Hemisphere GPS Introduces Outback Level Guidance System

Hemisphere GPS introduced Outback S-Lite(TM) from the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois. As the entry-level product of its popular Outback brand, S-Lite is a low-cost, portable, entry-level GPS guidance solution for non-precision spraying, spreading, and broad-acre tillage and seeding. Offering many of the same features as its popular Outback S(TM) series products, Outback S-Lite

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

John Deere Biomass Harvesting System Delivers

John Deere is demonstrating how a fully mechanized harvesting system can economically remove merchantable trees and biomass while adhering to environmentally sound harvesting practices. Read More

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

President of Iceland to Launch New Building in Leeds

ICENEWS – On September 11th the President of Iceland will be in Leeds, UK, in order to open Innovate Logistic’s newest office building. A spokesperson from Innovate says that the building received the highest environmental score from the Building Research Establishment (BRE) of any building in the UK. The opening will be attended by both

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Oracle Acquires Netsure Telecom Limited

Oracle has agreed to acquire Netsure Telecom Limited, a leading provider of network intelligence, analytics and network data integrity software. Netsure provides communications service providers critical network intelligence and analytics software, which is vital to ensuring efficient operation and utilization of existing and next-generation networks and services. Read More

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Magellan Announces MobileMapper CX

Magellan, a leader in GPS navigation and positioning, today introduced the MobileMapper CX, a handheld GPS receiver for GIS users that offers Magellan’s exclusive Mobile Mapping application software, a phone-like keypad for convenient data entry, and outstanding communications. This sub-meter real-time receiver enables unprecedented productivity at a cost significantly lower than competitive receivers. The MobileMapper CX

Friday, September 7th, 2007

CAE Unveils New Modelling and Simulation Company

The company will expand the possibilities for modelling and simulation by delivering an easier to use and integrated suite of COTS software. Presagis boasts a solid portfolio of technologies including S-Mission, STAGE Scenario, and AI.implant, its comprehensive Artificial Intelligence solution; powerful visualization tools such as Vega Prime and Lyra; Terra Vista and Creator, the world’s

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Cadcorp SIS provides GIS software base for SSi’s new Fire Hydrant Management System

Digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software developer Cadcorp has announced that SSi Solutions Ltd. has selected Cadcorp SIS – Spatial Information System as the digital mapping/GIS core of the new SSi Fire Hydrant Management System (FHMS). This fourth generation of SSi’s hydrant management system is a powerful, digital map-based management tool that is