Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

FOSS4G is in Sydney, Australia Tuesday 20 – Friday 23 October, this year.  FOSS4G is made possible by volunteers so there are many ways that you can contribute to FOSS4G.  Some of the initiatives you […]

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According to the IESO, Earth Hour , which occurred at 8:30-9:30 pm ET last night, saved 920 MW in Ontario, about 6% and a percentage point more than last year.  Toronto reduced its energy use […]

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In February of this year Bill 150 the Green Energy and Green Economy Act was introduced in the Ontario Legislature.  The objective of the bill is to foster the development of renewable energy, a decentralized energy grid energy, […]

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The Province of Ontario plans to implement smart meters for all homes and small businesses in the province by 2010.  The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) began a pilot project, called the Ontario Smart Price Pilot […]

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The Independent Electricity Systems Operator (IESO) tracks electricity demand in the Province of Ontario on an hourly basis. Tomorrow, for Earth Hour (Saturday Mar 28 at 8:30 pm ET) IESO will be tracking and reporting […]

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I chatted with Greg Hebert of CFRA’s Business@Night about the pilots that Autodesk has initiated in Vancouver, British Columbia; Incheon, Korea and Salzburg, Austria last night.  You can find the MP3 of the conversation here. 

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At MIX09, Microsoft announced several components of the Microsoft Web Platform, which is a set of tools that interoperate with open-source  applications and products. The Microsoft Web Platform includes the Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta, […]

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President Obama has announced $1.2 billion  for energy research at the Department of Energy’s national labs and proposed to extend a tax credit program for investments in research and development.  The $1.2 billion is to upgrade […]

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The Autodesk 2010 product line has been released.  The release focuses on sustainable design and infrastructure modeling, among other things to help engineers and designers to take advantage of infrastructure stimulus opportunities.   AutoCAD 2010 […]

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The Province of Ontario is planning to create a new fund, Emerging Technologies Fund, that will invest C$250 million dollars over five years with matching small to medium private sector investments.  The idea is to […]

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According to Reuters, the Province of Ontario is planning to spend C$32.5 billion over the next two years on building roads, schools and public transit.  The Ontario Government estimates that this will create more than […]

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One of the exhibits at the TED2009 conference is a pre-fabricated house that was built in about 3-4 days and has a sustainable design.  The BBC toured the “green home” at TED2009 and captured it […]

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If you are interested in how accessible 3D urban modelling is becoming, you might want to read a recently published article in GIS Development which walks you through the kinds of things that are now […]

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has proposed a policy statement and action plan for public review.  The objective of the policy statement is to accelerate development of a smarter grid for the US electric […]

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According to Bloomberg, an IDC Report predicts that the Federal Government’s economic stimulus program (ARRA) will generate more than $100 billion in revenue for technology companies.  Of this energy technology investments including smart-grid and clean […]

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I just checked the OGC web site and the Request for Comments for the proposed WMTS (Web Map Tiling Standard) has been extended by a week.  There is quite a lively debate about the RESTful implementation.

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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger identified  57 projects that are first in line to receive infrastructure federal economic stimulus funding in California, representing $625 million. These 57 projects are expected to create over 11,000 new jobs in […]

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Jackie Ng has setup a project site that he intends to be the home for community-contributed scripts, tools and extensions for MapGuide Open Source.

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