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Monday, June 28th, 2010

Epson Delivers an Innovative and Cost-Effective Solution to Make Any Projector Interactive

Epson America today announced its first solution for bringing interactivity to any projector– the IU-01 interactive module.This innovative, cost-effective classroom tool connects directly to a Windows or Mac computer via USB and provides an easy solution for integrating interactive capabilities with any new or existing projector while eliminating the need to purchase and install dedicated interactive

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Simulation of space-borne Tsunami Detection Using GNSS-Reflectometry Applied to Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean

Within the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System project GITEWS (Rudloff et al., 2009), a feasibility study on a future tsunami detection system from space has been carried out. The Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) is an innovative way of using reflected GNSS signals for remote sensing, e.g. sea surface altimetry. In contrast to conventional

Monday, June 28th, 2010

New Street-Smart Fire Hydrants Use High Tech Equipment to Conserve Water

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

Fire Department in Essen, Germany Uses Siemens Command and Control Software

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

Online German Topo Maps for Fugawi

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

Fugawi Marine ENC Now with Downloadable Navionics Charts

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

Urban Environment-Oriented Traffic Zoning Based on Spatial Cluster Analysis

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

German TanDEM-X Satellite Returns First Images

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

Forest Fires and the Law

“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

Governor’s Office Releases Louisiana Earth

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