PERSPECTIVES

What role can geospatial tools play in carbon emissions trading markets?

"These tools play a diverse role. They are not limited to biological functions commonly associated with the production of carbon.  To understand emissions requires an understanding of the dynamics of carbon cycling. Geospatial tools can be applied across the entire carbon cycling chain including biological processes, physical infrastructure design as well as the policy and financial interactions that support it."

Jeff Thurston, Editor, EMEA and Russia, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

"There are many critics of carbon trading, and most fault difficulties related to: assessing pollution levels, ongoing monitoring, enforcement, and the overall complexity of the system. Geospatial technologies are ideally suited to each of these four issues, providing a credible and science-based means for assessment, monitoring and enforcement, and lending some transparency to help reduce the complexity of the systems. "

Matt Ball, Editor, Americas/Asia-Pacific, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

TOP STORIES

FEATURES

• ITT Imaging System Aboard GeoEye-1 Captures First High-resolution Image
• ESRI Education Staff Receive Distinguished Teaching Award from NCGE
• 1Spatial Enables Time-savings for Local Government Boundaries Commissioner Review
• International Consensus on Forests' Vital Role in Fighting Climate Change
• Ordnance Survey Promotes 3rd Sector Use of Geographic Information Systems
• Alberta - Water Management Agreement
• SANY/SSE Training
• Our World GIS Education Book Series from ESRI Press Wins the Geography Excellence in Media Award
• Call for Papers: Workshop: Smart Design for Human Performance
• ERDAS Launches ERDAS APOLLO 2009

Transforming Sweden - Coordinate by Coordinate

ASTRA - Baltic Sea Region Climate Strategies

 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.

TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK 

Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week

1. "Barrier-free City Tour of Dresden" - a project developed by Marie Curie Gigh School students in Dresden for handi-capped access to the city. Curbs and wheelchair access for tourism are available through mobile devices.
2. Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity - The European Commission is asking interested stakeholders to submit evidence on the economic consequences of biodiversity loss.
3. International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group - Promoting the application of remotely-sensed ocean-colour data through coordination, training, liaison between providers and users, advocacy and provision of expert advice.
4. WGISS - WGISS is one of three subgroups supporting the Committee on Earth Observing Satellites (CEOS). CEOS addresses coordination of the satellite Earth Observation (EO) programs of the world's government agencies, along with agencies that receive and process data acquired remotely from space.
5. African Marine Atlas

Matt's Top Five Links of the Week

1. NEO - NASA Earth Observations
   
2. Red Orbit - An online news site for space, science, health, and technology enthusiasts around the globe.
3. Climate Ethics - A blog that analyzes the ethics of climate science and policy.
4. FORUM: Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development - A scientific forum supported by AAAS and the Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability.
5. Renewable Energy Atlas of the West

   
Reader´s Links of the Week

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Australian Research Council Research Network for Earth System Science (ARCNESS)

Danish Board of Technology

INTERVIEW

Exploring ESRI’s Science Initiatives

The geographic information system approach of ESRI has long had ties to science. Recently, ESRI placed more emphasis on this role by designating senior executive David Maguire as chief scientist. V1 editor Matt Ball sat down with Maguire at the ESRI User Conference in San Diego to speak about the science initiatives at the company, both in terms of technology frontiers and research and development priorities

HEADLINE NEWS

CALENDAR

• Community Hazard Mapping: Learning Exchange on Resilience in Honduras
• Satellite Images Show Destruction in S. Ossetia
• Global Financial Crisis Endangers Conservation Gains
• Indonesian Officials Unveil a Deal to Protect Forests
• Focus Sharpens on Forests for Climate Fix
• Spain to Spend 19.3 bln Euros on Infrastructure
• SPADAC Signs $1.1M Contract with the Office of Naval Research
• Mapmaker, Mapmaker Make Me a Map - For Free
• Trucking Group Says Infrastructure 'Top Priority'
• GPS Mapping to Speed Rescues
• Ensuring Affordable Housing Goes Green
• Cut the Sprawl, Cut the Warming
• Ring Road Project Divides Prague Officials
• Parnitha Open for Business
• Proton Rocket Lifts Off at Baikonur with 3 GLONASS

EVENTS

INTERGEO 2008 – Bremen, Germany

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.

Conference: AGI UK Geocommunity 2008
 
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.
   

TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK 

VECTOR ONE

SPATIAL SUSTAIN

1. Remote Sensing of Afghanistan More Complete than of U.S.
2. San Francisco Solar Map
3. A MIG In the Backyard
4. GeoNet New Zealand
5. Thames Estuary and Rising Ocean Level

1.  GeoEye-1's First Image Released
2. ABC Blocks Anti-Oil Ad
3. Election Impacts on the Interior Department
4. USGS Conducts National Geothermal Assessment
5. World Mammals in Crisis

BOOKSTORE

Coming Clean (2008)

By Michael Brune

The author shows how we, as motivated citizens, can kick our own fossil-fuel habit and pressure policymakers and corporations to change their energy priorities.

Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis (2007)

  By Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Climate Change 2007 volumes of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provide the most comprehensive and balanced assessment of climate change available.

Techniques and Applications of Hyperspectral Image Analysis (2007)

  By Hans Grahn and Paul Geladi

An introduction to the field of image analysis using hyperspectral techniques, and includes definitions and instrument descriptions.