The American Clean Energy and Security (Waxman-Markey) bill was passed by the US House of Representatives. The bill aims to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 17% by 2020 and over 80% by 2050 compared to 2005 levels. […]
The Scottish Parliament has passed a bill with very aggressive goals for green house gas emission reduction. The long term objective is to reduce emissions by 82% by 2050. The bill includes a shorter term […]
Absolutely amazing. High Line Park in the Lower West Side in Manhattan was opened by Mayor Bloomberg, Diane von Furstenberg, and others. It is 30 feet (10 meters) above street level and is a converted […]
President Obama was remarkably effective in applying IT during his presidential campaign and he continues to focus on IT since becoming President. His FY10 Budget is focussed on using IT to make government More transparent […]
There is now a Web-based version of AutoCAD Map 3D Help which is available on the Autodesk Web site. This means that users who use Google to search for answers will now find results from […]
There’s a very interesting article about two bills recently introduced by the Conservative government, the Investigative Powers for the 21st Century Act and the Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement in the 21st Century Act, which […]
There is an worthwhile article in Cadalyst by Marcia Carillo which reports on a return on investment (ROI) analysis comparing AutoCAD, a pure CAD platform, to AutoCAD Map 3D, a data-management and interoperability platform. To do this you […]
Last September I blogged about North Shore City, a municipality in New Zealand, that has made maps of its water, waste water and storm water network infrastructure publically available on the web. Not only is the […]