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Scientists Warn of Demise of Canadian Climate Research

Vector1Media — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:20:23 +0000

CTV -- When government funding for a foundation dedicated to climate research dries up at the end of the year, scientists say the aftershocks of its departure will be felt not only in Canada but by researchers around the globe. The 2010 federal budget, unveiled this month, offered no new cash to the decade-old Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, a group that has been financing research on everything from melting glaciers to drought on the Prairies to the thawing permafrost. Read More

Imo to Bring Back Israeli Water Engineers

Vector1Media — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:30:37 +0000

ALL AFRICA NIGERIA- Arrangements are in top gear to bring back the water engineers from Israel that constructed the Owerri Water Scheme during the Sam Mbakwe administration. Disclosing this in an interview, the commissioner for public utilities and rural development, Mr. Ralph Nwosu, the best option left for the administration was to bring back the originators of the project to take a critical look at it, as well as remedy the nagging problem in the place. Read More

The Clusters Green Boast More "Regions"

Vector1Media — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:17:41 +0000

LA TRIBUNE FRANCE - Of the 71 clusters that make up the France since 2005, one in four is active in the cleantech through fields as diverse as clean energy, energy efficiency, eco-building, environmental technologies, sustainable mobility, green chemistry or the sustainable city. Read More

Ramboll AS in Estonia and Vianova Systems Ltd Estonia Tallinn Higher Technical Support Novapoint

Vector1Media — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:37:01 +0000

Ramboll AS in Estonia and Vianova Systems Ltd Estonia in Tallinn in February donated 2010.a polytechnics Novapoint software hariduslitsentsid, tarkvaraalaseid to enhance students' knowledge and competitiveness. Novapoint software is hariduslitsentsid for students to formulate the various infrastructure projects in the field of kursusetöid and visualiseeringuid.Novapoint as well as their software is widespread in the Nordic countries and Scandinavia, where more than 13,000 licenses in use and which is not used nearly 20 000 users. Read More

Western Australia's Spatial Vision

Vector1Media — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:03:21 +0000

The spatial vision project is being run and funded by Landgate and the WALIS Office delivering a significant contribution to Western Australia's future. The spatial vision also has the backing of WALIS Members and Associate Members and the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) and the Spatial Business Industry Association (SIBA). Read More

Groundbreaking Data Centre Opening for Ordnance Survey and Land Registry

Vector1Media — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:49:24 +0000

The official opening of a shared data centre, the first of its type for central government, took place yesterday with IT Directors from Ordnance Survey and Land Registry cutting the ribbon. The opening sees Ordnance Survey and Land Registry become two of the first government organisations to embrace the Government Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Strategy and follow the programme of shared data centres. This strategy aims to reduce IT infrastructure costs by up to £300 million a year and support the achievement of environmental and sustainability targets. Read More

Six Out of Ten Barcelona Claim They Have Good Environmental Habits

Vector1Media — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:26:03 +0000

BCN SPAIN - The Catalans are becoming more aware of what behaviors are more respectful towards the environment. Apart from being applied in their homes, it also increases the number of times moving in sustainable modes of transport such as cycling or walking, as indicated by the survey of attitudes and values about the environment and sustainability. Six out of ten Barcelona claim they have good habits on the environment and sustainability with respect to the use of public transport, waste segregation, buying habits and energy saving. Read More

Nicolas Sarkozy Sits on the Grenelle Environment

Vector1Media — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:17:08 +0000

L'EXPRESS - "We must change our method of implementing environmental measures in agriculture", said this weekend Nicolas Sarkozy visited the Agriculture Fair. "We will introduce a new method of working together. I will not let sacrificing the interests of our agriculture from the behavior of others," he added. Statements that raise the ire of environmentalists who now feel betrayed by the head of state. Read More

Jordan registers Second-highest GDP Growth Among Arab States Since 1960

Vector1Media — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:05:23 +0000

JORDAN TIMES - Jordan ranked second among Arab countries in terms of growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) over the past 50 years, according to a new study. The study, released by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), showed that the Kingdom achieved an average annual GDP growth of 6.2 per cent between 1960 and 2008. Read More

SmartGeometry 2010 - Barcelona

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:27:43 +0000

SmartGeometry is the annual event for architects and engineers focused on benefitting from innovative design tools, technologies, and methodologies to explore new forms of architectural and structural expression. Learn more about why the SmartGeometry Conference is the premier industry event. Read More

Poland - Nature is a Gigantic System

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:20:23 +0000

GOV POLAND - For all, who want to get to know Polish nature by means of "Treasures of Polish Nature" website we suggest an approach quite different form what can be found in textbooks and the majority of nature documentaries. We would like you to look at nature not as on a collection of separate elements, animals and plants, which live as if in a huge zoological garden. Nature is not like that. Nature is not just a decoration of our life, it is not a collection of exhibits of pretty and ugly, good and bad creatures. Nature is a gigantic system, which is incessantly in operation. It has to be viewed as one entity made up of a multitude of elements, linked together in a multitude of ways. This "multitude" amounts to billions. Read More

Statkraft Opens First Solar Park in Italy

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:16:09 +0000

NORWAY POST - Norwegian power producer Statkraft, Europe's largest renewable energy company, has opened its first solar power plant, Casale in Aprilia, Italy, and has announced plans for more solar parks. With a total capacity of 3.3 MW and an annual power production of 4.5 GWh, the Casale solar park will supply approximately 1200 Italian households with renewable energy. Read More

SunEdison to Build Europe's Largest Solar

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:00:49 +0000

INVESTORS - SunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (WFR), received final approval from the Italian government to develop and construct a 72 Megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant in Northeastern Italy, near the town of Rovigo. When completed, this is expected to be the largest photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Europe. Read More

State Approves New Mega Wind Plant

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:46:41 +0000

ALL AFRICA - The government has approved plans by Gitson Energy Ltd to build 300 megawatts wind power plant at Bubisa in Marsabit. The firm owned by Kenyans in Diaspora, is required by Ministry of Energy to complete detailed feasibility studies including the electricity transmission line and interconnection facilities. According to Energy Permanent Secretary Patrick Nyoike Gitson is now required to complete detailed feasibility studies within eight months. Read More

Ottawa - Not a Penny in the Center for Sustainable Development

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:34:53 +0000

LE DEVOIR - The federal government will not participate, even symbolically, the construction budget of the Center for Sustainable Development in Montreal, the first shovelful of earth on Monday. This is what Le Devoir has learned from various sources involved in financing the project, but do not want to be cited for not compromising their relations with Ottawa. Read More

Nanaimo Data Catalog

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:26:57 +0000

The City of Nanaimo is dedicated to providing residents with the highest possible level of service. Part of this service includes making data available to the public to allow them to make the best possible decisions, to understand the City's business, and to engage in the democratic process to the fullest extent possible. The City has a strong history of making this data available, from building permit and business license searches, to geographic information in CityMap and Google Earth, through to fire incident reporting and more. This page follows the strong lead of initiatives like the DC Data Catalog, and Data.Gov in gathering all of the City's open data sources in a central location for ease of access by the public. Read More

WebEx Presentation: Guide to Best Practices for Sharing Sensitive Environmental Geospatial Data

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:22:52 +0000

GeoConnections is pleased to announce the availability of a guide to Best Practices for Sharing Sensitive Environmental Geospatial Data. This publication supports programs, services, businesses and/or applications related to the environment and sustainable development. It was developed in consultation with organizations from across Canada, including practitioners from government, NGOs, industry and academia who provided invaluable input and feedback. ENGLISH : Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 1:00 to 2:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time GMT -04:00) FRENCH : Friday, March 26, 2010 - 1:00 to 2:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time GMT -04:00) Read More

Canada - Best Practices for Sharing Sensitive Environmental Geospatial Data

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:20:24 +0000

Is GeoDesign an activity, a practice or a software-enabled modeling approach?

Matt Ball — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000

The concept of GeoDesign involves a more interactive interface to geospatial layers with the means for sketching and design upon those layers in a collaborative way while contributing and interacting with an evolving intelligent model. The concept itself isn’t new, but various technology pieces have been missing, and the enabling software is now being worked on.

Simplify Workflow Management with Free ESRI Training Seminar

Vector1Media — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:38:03 +0000

ESRI will conduct a free, live training seminar this month that will demonstrate Job Tracking for ArcGIS (JTX), ESRI's software for tracking project information and simplifying workflows. Getting Started with JTX to Manage Workflow will air on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. Pacific time; noon, 2:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. Eastern time; and 4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. UTC/GMT.