Monday, June 28th, 2010
The fire hydrant of the future will have a new mission in addition to fighting fires. Geared up with new data collection, storage and communication equipment, fire hydrants will play a key role in efforts to conserve water in the nation’s vast, complex water systems. Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Some 120,000 ambulance, fire and emergency response operations are coordinated each year in the central situation center of the professional fire department in Essen, Germany using command and control software from Siemens. As one of many thousands of examples around the world, the situation center of the Ruhr region metropolis stands for Siemens’ initiative to
Monday, June 28th, 2010
All German government topo maps (Includes 1:25,000, 1:50,000 and 1:200,000 scale topo maps from Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie) are now available for use with Fugawi Global Navigator,Fugawi Marine ENC and Geonav MapMaster. Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Downloadable Navionics® charts from Fugawi X-Traverse are now compatible with Fugawi Marine ENC and Geonav MapMaster software for Windows 7, Vista or XP (Download Update Here) as well asMacENC for Mac OS X. Navionics Gold, HotMaps® and Fish’N’Chip charts are all available for direct download. No more time spent waiting for your charts to arrive or shipping costs to
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Environment-oriented traffic management zoning (TMZ) provides an important way to study spatial variation of urban traffic environment. The TMZ can be used to manage the urban traffic environment and establish regional improvement strategies. In this study, a spatial immune cluster method based on aiNet (Artificial Immune Network) is designed to facilitate the traffic environment zoning.
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
BBC – Together with its twin satellite TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X will spend three years collecting stereo radar data for a global digital elevation model of the Earth’s entire landmass. This DEM will feature a global homogeneity and a relative accuracy of better than 2 m (10 m absolute) for a 12 m grid. Infoterra will be
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
“Fire management” is the discipline of using fire to achieve land management and traditional use objectives, while safeguarding life, property, and resources such as forests and other vegetation in rural areas. It encompasses prevention, preparedness, early warning, detection and mobilization, suppression, and restoration (including research and technology transfer). It entails the appropriate use of natural
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) recently announced release of the first public version of Louisiana Earth, an emergency planning resource to provide public access to near real time mapping information during disasters. The application relays critical information on response and recovery efforts for the Deepwater Horizon Rig incident, providing the
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
In Nova Scotia, we believe the environment and the economy can thrive together. We believe a healthy environment is the foundation of a prosperous economy, and that a prosperous economy allows us to manage our environment wisely. Many examples of that dynamic already exist in our province and there is a vast potential for more. That’s
Friday, June 25th, 2010
ALOS satellite image over the county of Hordaland in western Norway illustrates the region’s diverse landscape of fjords, mountain plateaus and fertile valleys. Read More
