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AP -- Science Applications
International Corp. said Monday it received a five-year nautical
mapping contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration worth up to $250 million. NOAA's Office of Coast
Survey hired SAIC to provide hydrographic surveying services in the
navigable waters of Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico and other navigable
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THANHNIEN NEWS -- All industrial zones in Dong Nai should have a central wastewater
treatment plant by the end of this year or face suspension, a
provincial official said Sunday. The promise of tough
action came as provincial authorities
drew criticism for letting a Taiwanese firm, Vedan Vietnam, pollute a
river right under their noses for more than a decade. Read More
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NEW YORK TIMES -- The gap is coming: from 2010, when NASA
shuts down the space shuttle program, to 2015, when the next generation
of American spacecraft is scheduled to arrive, NASA expects to have no
human flight capacity and will depend on Russia to get to the $100
billion station, buying seats on Soyuz craft as space tourists do. Read More
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TENNESSEAN -- Not since the 1930s have we seen an economic crisis like that which we
face today. In response to the catastrophe, both presidential
candidates have spent great effort molding and marketing their opinions
on the bailout plan. If we are serious about our future we must look past the present and
invest in America to lay the groundwork for future economic progress. Read More
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PRAGUE POST - Commuters may have to wait a bit longer for the
Prague ring road as plans for the northwest section of the ring create
rifts between a number of government bodies.
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THE SCOTSMAN - Scotland is in danger of
squandering its status as the world's wave and tidal energy capital
because of a lack of Government support, according to top industry
figures. A
special grant fund for technology firms has dried up, amid warnings
that several nations are set to overtake Scotland as the big global
players in this important new market. Industry leaders are calling for
fresh Government backing so that the world.
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Written by Jeff Thurston
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 INTERGEO 2008 opened under rainy skies
in the northern city of Bremen, Germany with the theme ‘Knowledge
and action for planet earth’. With 478 exhibitors from 29 countries
in attendance, presentations included reference to the changing
world, climatic threats and the need for authoritative data to meet
these challenges - a theme V1 Magazine has also been promoting over
the last year.
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Written by Michael Staudt
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 Focusing on the Baltic Sea Region the
project "ASTRA - Developing Policies and Adaptation Strategies
to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region" assessed the
regional impacts of climate change impacts and developed adequate
adaptation strategies and policy recommendations together with
relevant stakeholders. The ASTRA consortium consisted of research
institutes, regional and local planning authorities around the Baltic
Sea. The project has been co-financed by the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF) through the INTERREG IIIB Baltic Sea
Programme from 2005-2007.
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Written by Matt Ball
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 Autodesk is pushing the concept of Building Information Modeling (BIM) into areas outside of simply buildings. The company describes BIM as an integrated process that coordinates reliable information about a project through all phases of design and construction, and they see increasing opportunity for the application of the BIM approach in the civil engineering space.
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Written by Jeff Thurston
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 The 20th AGI (Association for Geographic Information) Event and 2nd
Geocommunity Conference 2008 was held this past week at
Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK to an audience of 600 under the theme ‘Shaping
a Changing World’. The evening prior to the event featured a
pre-conference icebreaker which included the Earl of Oxford's Men, a
Shakespearean entertainment group who performed the Henry V Battle of
Agincourt in full attire and with an abundance of fun and laughter.
Steven Feldman once again acted as Conference Chair, putting together
a program that included a wide ranging and diverse number presentations
traversing the GI community within the UK. Major sponsors of the event
this year included Autodesk, ESRI(UK) and Ordnance Survey.
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Written by Cathy Chatfield-Taylor
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 In
the most densely populated area of the Netherlands, the city of
Amsterdam undertook the monumental challenge of designing a community
for 45,000 inhabitants on 495 hectares of nonexistent land. Creating
a new landmass by reclaiming seven islands from dredged sand in
IJmeer, a lake on Amsterdam’s east side, residents with a fondness
for waterfront property will have their choice of custom homes or
high-rise apartments.
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Written by Jessica Wyland
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 For much of Idaho, the Snake River is a lifeblood. The 1,040 mile tributary
of the Columbia River provides water for drinking, irrigating, and
generating approximately 50 percent of the state’s energy through
hydropower. The Snake River flows from Yellowstone National Park
through a series of mountain ranges, canyons, and plains in Wyoming,
Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. For Idaho Power Company, owner and
operator of 17 hydroelectric power plants, preservation of the river is
of utmost importance.
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Written by Jeff Thurston
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 Cultural Landscape: Assessment,
Protection, Shaping is the first monograph volume in a series as
part of the international project “Protecting Historical Cultural
Landscapes to Strengthen Regional Identities and Local Economies”
and is partially funded by the European Union Programme INTERREG III
B CADSES. The volume is edited by Jozef Hernik and Jacek M.
Pijanowski and provides an overview of projects and research related to understanding landscapes from a cultural perspective. The work is unique because it also includes spatial considerations that contribute to landscape developments and change within cultures.
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