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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Roger Crystal Assumes Role as ASPRS Foundation President

The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Foundation recently appointed Roger Crystal, the former Foundation Vice President, to assume the role of Foundation President in response to Thomas Lillesand’s desire to rotate out of that position after six years of service.  Dr. Lillesand will continue serving the Foundation as a Trustee.   Dr. Cliff

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Infrastructure key to ‘Seamless Asia’

Asian countries should focus on connecting with one another through pan-Asian infrastructure systems to create more benefits for their populations, the Asian Development Bank and ADB Institute has suggested. The inadequacies of Asia’s infrastructure networks are a bottleneck to growth, a threat to competitiveness and an obstacle to poverty reduction, said an ADB-funded study entitled

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Areva Wins GIS Contract for Saudi Economic Cities Projec

The contract is for the supply and installation of a 110/13.8 kV Gas-insulated Substation (GIS) at Knowledge Economic City in Madinah, western Saudi Arabia, which will power a newly developed luxury residential area. The order is scheduled for completion in 2012.Knowledge Economic City is intended to usher in a significant transformation of the regional economic

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Paperless Navigation for U.S. Navy

After five years of testing, the U.S. Navy is finally entering the digital age for navigation. Five years ago, the first all digital navigation system was installed, in the USS Cape St. George (a cruiser). Called the Voyage Management System (VMS), this version used 29 CDs containing the 12,000 paper nautical charts that were stored in

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

One Wales: One Planet, a new Sustainable Development Scheme for Wales

The Scheme sets out our new vision of a sustainable Wales and the priority we attach to sustainable development. This is a response to the economic and environmental challenges we face and is the only approach that will secure a long term sustainable future for future generations. We have a legal duty relating to sustainable

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Quality Experts Reveal Common Concerns for Global Geospatial Community

Experts from Europe and Canada are a step closer to establishing an international network focusing on geospatial quality issues after meeting recently in Brussels. Discussions between specialists from EuroGeographics’ Quality Knowledge Exchange Network and Canada’s GEOIDE Network’s researchers, who are working on legal, ethical and data quality issues related to geospatial data, revealed many common

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Jack Dangermond to give AGI Annual Education Lecture

Please join us for the Annual AGI Lecture, to be held at University College London on Monday 7th June, 2010. Once again this annual event is being held in partnership with UCL. Jack Dangermond is one of the most significant figures in GIS. A landscape architect by training, Jack Dangermond founded Environmental Systems Research Institute

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

The Real Map Of Ireland

Ireland’s designated continental shelf area superimposed on a shaded relief image of bathymetric data collected under INSS, PAD and GEBCO. Read More

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Training Day – Africa Agriculture GIS Week 2010

Last days to register for the training day at the Africa Agriculture GIS Week 2010, that will be held in Nairobi 8-12 June 2010. The Training Day will take place on on Friday 11 June at the ILRI Campus in Nairobi, Kenya.Last days to register for the training day at the Africa Agriculture GIS Week

Friday, May 28th, 2010

NASA Completes Critical Design Review of Landsat Instrument

NASA engineers have begun building hardware for a new Landsat satellite instrument that helps monitor water consumption — an important capability in the U.S. West where precipitation is sparse and water rights are allocated. The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) is one of two instruments flying on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the next generation