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CYPRUS MAIL - Further water cuts were imposed, starting
from yesterday, on Nicosia and Larnaca residents. The decision was
reached yesterday at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Nicosia
Water Board, where it was agreed that the Water Development Board would
be reducing its supply to Nicosia and Larnaca by 100m³ per hour.
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AP - Is it a long, long way to Tipperary? Don't know if you're on the path to Bath? AT&T Inc. aims to help, with a new phone service that truly puts the "global" in the Global Positioning System, or GPS. It introduced the AT&T Navigator Global Edition, a service
that for the first time allows some of its phones to provide GPS
navigation overseas.
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THE TELEGRAPH - Although not included in the Kyoto Protocol, the
maritime industry's CO2 emissions rival those of aviation. But
new initiatives from port authorities look set to make shipping
more eco-friendly.
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DER SPIEGEL - The German government envisions thousands of wind turbines in
the waters off the country's northern coast. Construction on the first
project begins in August. And many more are in the planning stages. Has
Germany's offshore energy revolution finally arrived?
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BBC - Chronic problems with England's planning system could lead to
"paralysis" of the economy, a committee of MPs has warned.
They also said that government targets for house-building in England are
being threatened by a drastic shortage of council planners.
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allAFRICA - Efforts aimed at using the growing potential of the Internet
to improve public health globally got underway in the Italian city of Bellagio
last week, with a gathering of academics, information and communication
technologies experts and health professionals, researchers and policy analysts
from around the world.
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Written by Lars Brodersen
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 As the INSPIRE (INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe) Directive proceeds, Lars Brodersen wonders where the end-user fits into the process. "And
THEN! Then …, yes, what then? What is INSPIRE actually? Who is
gaining what by INSPIRE's implementation?"
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Written by Jeff Thurston
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 Remotely sensed imagery is rapidly evolving to become a primary and important information source for business decision making.To achieve this goal requires an understanding of the process involved and the right tools. V1 Magazine editor Jeff Thurston spoke with Bob Morris, President and CEO, ERDAS Inc. on this topic and how that company is meeting the challenge in the international marketplace.
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Written by Jeff Thurston
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 AGIT / GI Forum 2008 is a major international symposia and exhibit held yearly in Austria at the University of Salzburg. It not only offers a successful dual Deutsche-English language format, but it manages to combine industry, government and education authorities into one action packed, three day program together with an exhibition. New technologies and applications emerging from central and south eastern Europe are in abundance at the conference and a vibrant poster competition takes place.
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Written by Vector1Media
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 The annual Association for Geographic Information (AGI - UK) Conference will take place during September 2008. V1 Magazine interviewed Conference Chairman, Steven Feldman prior to the event to gain an understanding about this year's event and what the GI community can expect from the event.
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Written by Matt Ball
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 ESRI is leading GIS software vendor and the vision and life’s work of Jack Dangermond. V1 editor Matt Ball sat down with Dangermond at the American Planning Association (APA) meeting in Las Vegas, where he gave a keynote address on, “Creating Our Future: The Geographic Perspective.” This is the second of a two-part interview that deals with the technology development plans of the company. You can view the first interview regarding the role of GIS for sustainability here .
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Written by Jason Sims
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 The Constitution of the United States requires a census to be taken regularly to determine congressional apportionment, Electoral College voting and government funding. With the information gathered, the Census Bureau seeks to be the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy, and the need to understand and geospatially represent the growing quantities of data requires adequate data management.
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Written by Jussi Rasinmäki
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 Two of the fundamental questions
natural resource managers should pose to themselves from time to time
are: “What is it that is being managed and over what time frame?”.
In this article I will delve into these questions using the boreal forest
as an example and consider the consequences of the answers for
natural resource data management.
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