Suddenly there is a renewed world effort to achieve some measure of progress toward an agreement to replace the Kyoto Accord. In preparation for the Copenhagen meeting, China’s State Council says China will reduce its […]
One the important impacts of the current economic downturn is a massive increase in infrastructure spending by all levels of governments as part of economic stimulus spending. One of the most important drivers for new […]
I just checked the Net Applications web site to see the latest browser market share statistics. The last time I checked was back in July at which time if I remember Chrome had about 2% […]
There are over 12 000 substations in the US and over 1 300 in Canada and the average age of the transformers in these substations is over 40 years old. As a result of the […]
The FGDC has created a new category in their Community Assistance Program (CAP) grants for Return on Investment on geospatial applications. The criteria for this grant program specify using GITA’s ROI methodology. FGDC will be […]
Yesterday I and about 25 other people representing the membership of the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC) spent the day talking to civil servants, Members of Parliament, and Deputy Ministers and Ministers about a […]
OSGEO has announced that the MapGuide Open Source project team has released MapGuide Open Source 2.1.0. Besides bug fixes, improvements in performance, scalability and stability and improved error reporting the major enhancements are raster re-projection […]
I have blogged previously about the importance of data quality in the context of the smart grid and that the electric power regulator ANEEL in Brazil is getting serious about data quality. In Argentina the […]