Friday, October 16th, 2009
SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS Software, announced a GIS application to farm roads and bridges information in Fu Hsing Township, Taiwan.
Friday, October 9th, 2009
If nations do not want to fail in Copenhagen, they must raise their climate mitigation ambition and partner with other levels of government. Local governments’ advocacy efforts to be recognised as essential partners to Parties in the next global agreement on climate change gradually proves successful at the Bangkok Climate Talks between 28 September and
Friday, October 9th, 2009
The Rudd Government is calling for proposals for a new $300 million on-farm irrigation efficiency grants program to help deliver a long-term sustainable future for Murray-Darling Basin irrigation communities. Releasing the program guidelines today, Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, said the funding would help irrigation communities adjust to a future with
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, announces that NAVTEQ Transport(TM) is powering the IntelliRoute® TND(TM) 500(TM), a new truck navigation device by Rand McNally that is designed for owner operators and professional truck drivers.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
arch daily – Hasbro, the makers of the Monopoly game, have officially announced a competition that gives Monopoly-lovers the chance to design a building that will be included in the new interactive game Monopoly City Streets. To enter this competition, you need to design a 3D building using Google SketchUp and upload it to the
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Data and information are the lifeblood of the knowledge economy, yet within the UK information is highly fragmented with many datasets and sources. There is duplication of information collection in some cases and harmonisation between datasets at different scales is often lacking. Co-ordination between different levels of Government and public authorities is generally poor resulting
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, was joined today by Michael Chong, M.P. for Wellington–Halton Hills, and representatives of the Halton Public School Board for a tree-planting ceremony at Gardiner Public School in celebration of National Forest Week. “The Government of Canada recognizes that our forest industry generates $80 billion a year
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
The Network Drafting Team has finalised the next version of their proposal for the Download service. Implementing Rules and the accompanying Technical Guidelines.? The Draft Legislation for the Download Network Service is currently being prepared by the European Commission for submission to the INSPIRE Committee. The Draft Implementing Rules, the Technical Guidelines and the comments
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (the Act), which received Royal Assent on June 16, 2009, has important implications for local authorities. To assist local authorities in preparing for the implementation of the Act, the Scottish Government has prepared three short briefing notes. These briefs are accompanied by a covering letter describing the immediate
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of Earth Observation satellites, announced today that AAMHatch of Australia has signed as one of their distributors. The contract was signed last week between AAMHatch’s General Manager, Brian Nicholls and RapidEye CEO, Wolfgang G. Biedermann.AAMHatch will market and distribute RapidEye products in Australia
