Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Shale forms the great majority of the geology of western Sydney. For the most part, west of a line through Pitt Town, Kellyville, Parramatta, Ashfield, Canterbury, Heathcote and Campbelltown, the soils are formed on Wianamatta Shales. Shale also occurs on the ridge capping the North Shore and out to Castle Hill. In the early days
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Natural Resources Canada, in partnership with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and PrioraNet Canada Inc., celebrated today the opening of the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility (ISSF). This new facility will have the capabilities of receiving near real-time scientific information from orbiting satellites over Canada from coast to coast to coast.
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Envisat has been observing a rare event in the Arctic since early August – a giant iceberg breaking off the Petermann glacier in North-West Greenland. Read More
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
The UN-climate negotiations in December in Copenhagen did not achieve the desired success. However, at least several advances were made that can help to reach a legally binding agreement. This analysis examines the negotiations in Copenhagen as well as their results. Highlighted are lessons we can learn from these experiences and how we can move
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
UBA and BMU invite to the conference “Human Biomonitoring: Political Benefits – Scientific Challenges” at 26th-28th.9.2010. Place:Berlin. With interdisciplinary scientists you will discuss the potentials and limits of HBM, when it comes to human incorporation of hazardous substances. Further more networking of the international HBM activities will be an important topic. Participation is free of charge.
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Young Earth scientists from all over the world are gathering this August in ESRIN, ESA’s centre for Earth observation, in Frascati, near Rome, Italy, for the fifth ESA Earth Observation Summer School. Read More
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
In a period from 15th to 17th September 2010, in FON University – Skopje will be held the International Conference on Spatial Data Infrastructures – 2010. The main focus of the Conference will be the development and use of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI’s) and all their aspects – technology, criteria and standards for organizing and
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
In recent years, the increasing number of tourists who prefer in-depth tour has affected the development of the tourism industry in Taiwan. In addition, in the modern society, the Internet has become the indispensable role in daily life, and people get used to use the Internet to search the travel information. As a result, various
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
ERDAS strengthens its commitment to open standards through LPS eATE’s support of the ASPRS LASer (LAS) Format using the libLAS library. LPS is a versatile software product for digital photogrammetric workstations, providing accurate production-oriented photogrammetric tools for triangulation, generating terrain models, producing orthomosaics and extracting 3D features. LPS eATE is an add‑on module for LPS
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
The annual Esri Education User Conference (EdUC) provides the opportunity to not only exchange information and ideas among educators but also honor individuals and organizations for their exceptional work in implementing geographic information system (GIS) solutions. At this year’s conference, Dr. Michael Gould, Esri director of education for industry solutions, presented the Making a Difference in
