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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Japanese Citizen Scientists Map Radiation

With the Japanese government only providing spotty information about the radiation leaking from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant in the early days after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, a group of tech-minded citizen scientists set...

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Australia’s Bligh Reveals 20-Year Infrastructure Plan

Following last year's growth management summit, the State Government this morning released its draft regionalisation strategy. The strategy also includes a 20-year master plan to improve the Bruce Highway. Ms Bligh says the Government's plan focuses on growth in...

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Publishing Of Data Without Prior Coordination – Warning

Second Vice-President Mohammad Karim Khalili chaired the meeting of National Statistic Committee. According to the head of the Central Statistic Department, the commission on verifying villages consist of representatives from ministries of rehabilitation and rural development, departments...

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Offshore Surveying and Remote Sensing in China to Check Oilfields

The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) on Tuesday urged extensive checks to be conducted throughout all offshore oil-and gas-fields following the oil leak in a Bohai Bay oilfield under operation of a subsidiary of a U.S.-based energy company. Liu...

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Mapping Toxic Shockers

It's a database based on media reports and it's accessible so the public can add events and other information, updating and enriching the database. There's a link called "I want to add" where visitors can contribute and...

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Steer Clear of Traffic Build-up with Satnav

Forget building more roads and buses - congestion-busting just takes people power says Chris Kearney, TomTom's Asia Pacific vice president. The Dutch company's research shows that when 10 per cent of a city's residents use satnav with TomTom's...

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Esri Releases New Version of ArcGIS for iOS

Esri has released an updated version of ArcGIS for iOS that includes several enhancements, as well as support for pop-up windows, access to ArcGIS Online basemaps, and new collaboration features.

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Esri Acquires 3D Software Company Procedural

Esri has acquired Procedural, one of the world’s leading software companies for creating stunning 3D urban environments from typical 2D data. Urban planners, architects, video game developers, and movie studios around the world use Procedural’s 

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

NIT India Plans to Develop Metro Region

Civic agency NIT, which has been entrusted by state government to develop the Nagpur metro region, has taken another step in designing the plan of the region, which will act as a blueprint for developing it. Nagpur Improvement...

Friday, July 8th, 2011

ATCO to Acquire Western Australia Gas Networks

ATCO today announced that it has signed a conditional agreement to acquire Western Australia Gas Networks (WAGN) from WestNet Infrastructure Group. WAGN is the natural gas distribution utility company that serves the City of Perth and surrounding...