In April, Ordnance Survey (OS) digital maps should be available for free as announced last November by the prime minister who promised that the OS “will open up its data relating to electoral and local […]
One of my hats is that I am on the Board of the Canadian Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC) which is helping organize the Canadian Geomatics Conference 2010 in Calgary, JUNE 15 TO 18, […]
In July of last year, the new Administrator of the EPA, Lisa P. Jackson tasked the enforcement branch of the EPA with “revamping the clean water enforcement program … to raise the bar of federal […]
I blogged previously about open data access provided by the Cities of Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto. These are all examples where city governments have opened public data to the public. Saturday, April 24th in Ottawa […]
Autodesk has announced a new service offering supporting Rural Utility Services (RUS) Standards for Autodesk Utility Design (AUD) at DistribuTECH 2010 in Tampa. By supporting RUS standards with its service offering, AUD helps small […]
The American Clean Energy and Security (Waxman-Markey) bill, which aimed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 17% by 2020 and over 80% by 2050 compared to 2005 levels, was passed by the US House of Representatives, but […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted Tres Amigas’ request for authorization to sell transmission services for a three-way transmission station in New Mexico. The proposed interconnection between the Eastern Interoconnection, Western Interconnection, and […]
According to an article in renewablesbiz, the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) has agreed on something called tradable renewable energy credits (TRECs) that allows renewable energy generated outside the state to count toward Renewable Portfolio […]