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Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Training Day – Africa Agriculture GIS Week 2010

Last days to register for the training day at the Africa Agriculture GIS Week 2010, that will be held in Nairobi 8-12 June 2010. The Training Day will take place on on Friday 11 June at the ILRI Campus in Nairobi, Kenya.Last days to register for the training day at the Africa Agriculture GIS Week

Friday, May 28th, 2010

NASA Completes Critical Design Review of Landsat Instrument

NASA engineers have begun building hardware for a new Landsat satellite instrument that helps monitor water consumption — an important capability in the U.S. West where precipitation is sparse and water rights are allocated. The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) is one of two instruments flying on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the next generation

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Wild Product Governance

Drawing on a wealth of unique case studies from around the world, this volume examines experiences with NTFP regulation, including its sometimes unintended consequences. It looks at economic factors, the interface between traditional and western knowledge and legal systems, and relationships between NTFP regulation, land tenure and resource rights, as well as power and equity

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Community Rights, Conservation and Contested Land

Natural resource governance is central to the outcomes of biodiversity conservation efforts and to patterns of economic development, particularly in resource-dependent rural communities. This volume examines the political dynamics of natural resource governance processes through a range of comparative case studies across east and southern Africa.  These cases include both local and national settings, and

Friday, May 28th, 2010

EuroGeographics and GEOIDE Network Exchange Ideas and Experience

Experts from Europe and Canada are a step closer to establishing an international network focusing on geospatial quality issues after meeting recently in Brussels. Discussions between specialists from EuroGeographics’ Quality Knowledge Exchange Network and Canada’s GEOIDE Network’s researchers, who are working on legal, ethical and data quality issues related to geospatial data, revealed many common

Friday, May 28th, 2010

SPAR Europe Call for Presenters

We invite presentation abstracts for the SPAR Europe 2010 conference, which will be combined with Plant-Tech 2010. The conference focuses on 3D data capture, processing and integration with CAD/GIS for engineering, construction, manufacturing and security. Abstracts on 3D imaging applications, or plant information technology for the oil & gas industry, may be submitted online at

Friday, May 28th, 2010

KeyCreator 9 Available

KeyCreator’s unique approach to 3D direct modeling gives users the freedom they need to be creative, practical and efficient in their design. This no nonsense style to CAD design and productivity uses Direct Dimension Editing to instantly drive changes to the model. Direct Dimension Editing means that model building and editing is done without concern

Friday, May 28th, 2010

IMMCO Joins Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription Program

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that IMMCO, Inc., the leading U.S. provider of GIS, software, mapping, and network design services to the broadband industry, has joined Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription (ELS) program. Bentley’s innovative ELS provides competitive advantage while

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Customizing Supercomputers from the Ground Up

Computer scientist Adolfy Hoisie has joined the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to lead PNNL’s high performance computing activities. In one such activity, Hoisie will direct a group of scientists designing supercomputers and their software applications simultaneously — so all the components of a supercomputer can be optimized and focused on one kind

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

10 World Cup Stadiums from Space

Starting on 11 June 2010, ten stadiums will be used for the World Cup in South Africa, the 19 FIFA World Cup since the competition began and the first to be hosted in Africa. EADS Astrium subsidiary Spot Image is pleased to present satellite views of these ten stadiums, acquired by the KOMPSAT-2 satellite as