I came across this image on a Wired site. It is one of those amazing lucky shots and was taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station. This is an eruption of the Sarychev […]
There’s an interesting article in the Globe and Mail entitled The Greening of Coal which outlines some of the things underway worldwide to reduce emissions from coal-fired power generation plants. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) […]
Autodesk has announced that it has acquired StormNET, RiverCAD and WaterNET software from BOSS International to provide civil engineering and utility customers with water analysis tools. StormNET is used for stormwater management analysis, RiverCAD for floodplain […]
The sorry state of much of North America’s infrastructure is well known through the American Society of Civil Engineer’s Report Card. Other parts of the world are also concerned about the state of their infrastructure. […]
Twitter is going to launch a new feature which will make Twitter location-aware. The new geolocation API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet. For example, you could restrict the tweets […]
The Australian parliament has passed a law requiring that renewables comprise 20% of electricity generation by 2020. Coal is responsible for 80% of Australian electricity generation. Currently renewables comprise something between 6.5% and 8% of […]
Back in 2006 I blogged about durians and I seriously strained some friendships in Ottawa by bringing back durian candy from Malaysia. I have had durian ice cream, a durian drink, durian candy, durian chips, […]
People who are familiar with AutoCAD know that AutoCAD Map 3D extends AutoCAD to support Geographic coordinate systems Support for geospatial vector and raster data Drawing cleanup such as duplicates, undershoots, and overshoots Creating thematic […]