Sunday, July 4th, 2010
The Ninth International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences will be hosted by the University of Leicester, UK July 20 – 23 2010 on behalf of the International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA). The International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences is held every
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
EarthWhere, a web-based spatial data management system has dramatically expanded its support for common GIS formats, Vector map data, and introduced a new scalable distributed architecture for rapidly cataloging, provisioning, and disseminating geospatial data. Cataloged data can now be exported directly into Google Earth or exported to a GeoPDF map file. Peter Borissow, Vice President
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
It is written by Dr. Mohamed El-Sioufi, UN-HABITAT and was presented as a keynote presentation at the XXIV FIG Congress in Sydney 11-16 April 2010 in the plenary session on “The Big Challenges”. Dr. El-Sioufi is Head of the Shelter Branch at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT. Read More
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
CityEngine is without question one of the best city authoring systems out there. In the past we always noted pricing as an issue, but with the release of City Engine 2010 they have a whole new pricing structure in place.Highlights of the update are interactive editing of dynamic city layouts, node-based rule authoring, and a
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
UCL – UCL today launches Mapping for Change, a social enterprise that will support sustainable communities through online mapping and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).Mapping for Change is a partnership between UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, and London 21 Sustainability Network, a charity that works across Greater London to help create a greener, healthier and
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
World university community since 2009 can outfit universities with the technologies of middle and high resolution remote sensing data reception (EROS A, IRS-1D, SPOT 4). In June 2010 the universities obtained rights to operate with RADARSAT-1 radar data as well. An agreement was reached between the Canadian MDA (Operator of RADARSAT-1 satellite) and the Russian ScanEx Research & Development
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
SHAPING AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE – The National Water Commission recently released Australia’s first ever nation-wide baseline assessment of water interception activities, calling for all Australian governments to take action on this critical issue. The Surface and/or groundwater interception activities: initial estimates report shows that the total volume of water unaccounted for as a result of land
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
The Program on Forests (PROFOR) is dedicated to supporting timely, in-depth forests policy analysis, research and processes that support the following goals: improving people’s livelihoods; enhancing forest governance and law enforcement; financing sustainable forest management; and coordinating forest policy with other sectors. Its June newsletter highlights a number of exciting learning and capacity building events,
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
This Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar interferogram over the Kenyan section of the Great Rift Valley shows small surface displacements that are not visible to the naked eye of the Longonot (front right). In the background is Suswa volcano, which was not deforming at this time. A group of scientists employed the technique known as
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Get up to $29,000 for your trade in of old competitive machine control systems and get the latest and greatest from Topcon. This offer cannot be combined with any other promotion. A limited time opportunity!! This offer will expire on August 27, 2010. Read More
