Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Has anyone had experience with getting a C3D corridor into GNSS Machine Control? I am specifically interested in the corridor conversion, NOT the TIN. I have successfully made and converted TIN files into Trimble and Topcon machine control formats for several years, but getting a truly intellegent corridor into a machine is a more difficult
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Take the world’s largest country: Russia. It would be taken over by its Asian neighbour and rival China, the country with the world’s largest population. Overcrowded China would not just occupy underpopulated Siberia – a long-time Russian fear – but also fan out all the way across the Urals to Russia’s westernmost borders. Ch ina
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Munich City Utilities (SWM) have placed an order with Siemens Mobility for 21 new C2 type underground trains worth about 185 million euros. At the same time, SWM have taken out two options on a further 46 underground trains, totaling 276 cars, which can be exercised until 2016 and 2020, respectively. The total volume of
Saturday, November 20th, 2010
The advent of high speed train (TGV) to Navarre increase the number of train passengers by 73.2% in the first year of operation, reaching 1,342,393 passengers, compared to an estimated 774,975 travelers without such a scenario infrastructure, representing an increase of 567,418 passengers. In relative terms, the aircraft will be the means that more will reduce
Friday, November 19th, 2010
A new decree being drafted by the agriculture ministry would make rice farming land far more expensive for those wanting to use it for other purposes, a senior official says. The decree is being prepared under a Government request for measures to protect the country’s rice farming area and ensure food security in coming years.
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Within the UNECE region, three countries alone —Russia, Canada and the United States— account for 35% of the world’s forest coverage. Together with the remaining countries in the region, this figure rises to 41%. Since 1990, protected forests in the UNECE region have increased by almost 25%, or 30 million hectares; and in Europe, the
Friday, November 19th, 2010
This year, the publication reflects the current experiences about implementing REDD+ activities at project and community levels and goes beyond opportunities afforded by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) by including voluntary markets. The articles presented discuss and propose ideas about how to create incentives to participate in REDD+, its implementation, and possible financing; how to
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
The European Galileo project is gaining momentum – on 12 November 2010, the DLR Society for Space Applications (GfR) from the Spaceopal GmbH in Munich, the contract for the operation of the Galileo Control Centre received Oberpfaffenhofen. Earlier, the German-Italian joint venture Spaceopal with the European Space Agency ESA in Brussels had concluded a contract for the
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
CSDi is announcing the September launch of a module of four online field courses on Adaptation to Climate Change. These courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as participants identify local community vulnerabilities, investigate appropriate solutions, develop full projects, launch and manage them.
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
On 10 November 2010, the European Commission has adopted the Communication “Energy 2020 – A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy” Read More
