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Friday, July 30th, 2010

Ministry Drafts Decree to Regulate Agriculture

Speaking at a consultation meeting on the Contracted Agricultural Products sub-decree, Minister Chan Sarun said the new rules were expected to receive government assent by August, and would help reduce the risk involved in the agricultural business and boost future production.“The sub-decree will set the legal conditions required for connecting farmers and investors together to

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Urban Futures and EPSRC’s Impact!

Still only half way through, the EPSRC-funded Urban Futures project can already boast some success in producing impact on the world around us. In accordance with theEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s Impact! Campaign, the Urban Futures team has been monitoring how their research could impact beyond academia and has found that the team’s close involvement with

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Google Earth Starts To Depict Rain, Snow

Google Earth is meant to give its users a realistic view of the world, and the program by and large accomplishes that.  A new upgrade will make it even more accurate, though, by showing users whether or not they’d be getting wet if they were to visit certain parts of the globe. WebProNews

Friday, July 30th, 2010

NV Energy Receives Approval for $301 Million Smart Grid Project

NV Energy, a US-based utility company, has received approval for its $301 million smart grid and smart meter project from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. The company has also received $138 million grant in stimulus funding from the US Department of Energy for the implementation of the advanced service delivery (ASD) project. The company plans

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Land & Property Services Online Map Shop – OSNI – Mapping in Northern Ireland

OSNI® ACEmap® provides the definitive location mapping for Planning Applications, Property Conveyancing and Land Registration in Northern Ireland. Read More

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Energy goal for 2050: 100% Renewable Electricity Supply

Germany’s electricity supply could make a complete switch to renewable energies by 2050. The technology already available on the market could make this possible even today, but it requires that electricity be used and produced very efficiently. These are the results of a study done by the Federal Environment Agency. Read More

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Speculators Rediscover Agricultural Commodities

With the financial crisis fading into the past, speculation on agricultural commodities markets has returned in force. Food prices are climbing once again as hedge funds rediscover the immense profits that can be made — led by a British chocolate baron. Even by the standards of London’s exclusive Mayfair neighborhood, businessman Anthony Ward leads a

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Broadwind Energy Opens Office in Hamburg, Germany

Broadwind Energy, Inc. today announced that it has opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, and named Michael Stegelmann as managing director of Broadwind Energy Europe GmbH. “Many turbine manufacturers have engineering offices in the Hamburg area, and this new office will enable us to keep pace with rapidly evolving wind turbine technology,” said Lars Moller,

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Lidar and Radar 2011 – China

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I am pleased to invite you to Nanjing, China for the joint ICA/ISPRS/FIG International Symposium on LIDAR and Radar Mapping: Technologies and Applications (LIDAR & RADAR 2011)! The LIDAR & RADAR 2011 symposium in Nanjing is the first time of this type of event on this active remote sensing

Friday, July 30th, 2010

SQL Server Geospatial Part 3 – Visualizing Spatial Data in SSRS

In the previous post, we finished by calculating population density for the city of Chicago. Today we will continue to build on that same dataset and will look at a cool way to visualize our spatial data using SSRS in SQL Server 2008 R2. If you haven’t done so yet, run through the tutorials in posts oneand two