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Policy Watch

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Legal Aspects of Augmented Reality Development

A must read if you are building augmented reality applications. What are your legal obligations, what happens if you fail to meet them and who will know? We talk to the Pillsbury Virtual World & Video Game attorneys Sean F. Kane and John L. Nicholson to get the inside scoop on what every developer needs

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

German Federal Ministry Discussed with the Building Code Amendment to Planning Practitioners

On 15 February 2011, welcomed the bdla a panel of experts in the federal office.In a technical discussion of the upcoming stories of the Building Code and building ordinance will be discussed. The head of the Department of Regional Planning, Urban Development, Housing, Public Construction Law in MD’in Affairs Ms Oda Scheibelhuber had offered the planner associations

Friday, February 11th, 2011

New Malta Environmental Protection Director

The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) has appointed Dr. Petra Bianchi as the new Environment Protection Director. She will be replacing the outgoing Director, Mr Martin Seychell who at the end of February will be taking up a new post in Brussels as Deputy Director General at the European Commission’s Directorate for Health. Read

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Amendment to Regulation on the Interoperability of Spatial Data

The amendment to the regulation on the interoperability of spatial data sets and services regarding code lists was published on the last OJ issue, OJL 31 of 5/2/2011. Read More

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Goff: Foreshore, Seabed Process ‘absolute disgrace’

The Government is being accused of ramming through foreshore and seabed legislation and blocking a parliamentary committee’s access to legal advice. The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill was reported back today by Parliament’s Maori affairs committee more than two weeks before it is due on February 25. Read More  

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Low Emission Zones – 2011 Reforms

More cities will institute a low emission zone in 2011. Starting 1 January in Krefeld, and as of 1 July in the town of  Markgröningen in Baden-Württemberg, vehicles must display either a yellow or green sticker. The green sticker will become obligatory in Leipzig on 1 March. The new year also marks a tightening of

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

CoR plenary to Present Grassroots Solutions for Agriculture, Marine Protection and Cross-border Cooperation

It is regions and cities that translate European targets into concrete action on the ground. How EU lawmakers can harness this hands-on experience will dominate the Committee of the Regions plenary session on 27 and 28 January. Meeting in Brussels, regional and local politicians will present solutions for more effective agricultural and maritime policies as

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

MAPPS Urges Federal Trade Commission to Revise Draft Regulation Limiting Use of “Geolocation Information”

MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, has submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission opposing regulatory language that would limit the collection, sharing or use of “precise geolocation data”. The association said a draft regulation, proposed in a Federal Trade Commission staff report, threatens data collection, applications and growth in the private

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Location Information Strategy for Western Australia

It has taken hundreds of hours of stakeholder consultation, drafting of documents and reviews by the Project Team and numerous Subject Matter Experts to reach this point. However, we can be truly proud in saying that as a result of this commitment we have produced a representative, holistic and collaborative document that will guide the

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

CENN: Discussion of Report: Assessment of Land Management Legislation

The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) in partnership with the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) is implementing the regional project Sustainable Land Management for Mitigating Land Degradation and Reducing Poverty in the South Caucasus Region. The project is being implemented with the financial support of the European Union and covers the Khrami-Debeda

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