2008 March
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ESA leads endeavour to save Earth Science data
- March 10, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
No CommentsThe amount of information being generated about our planet is increasing at an exponential rate, but it must be easily accessible in order to apply it to the global needs relating to the state of the Earth.
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New version of ERDAS IMAGINE offers new capabilities and enhanced features
- March 10, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
Infoterra Ltd, a leader in the provision of geospatial products and services, announces that the new version of ERDAS IMAGINE® is now available to order by customers in the UK and Ireland.
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Astrium Eyes Raising Stakes in SpotImage, Hisdesat
- March 6, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Astrium Services is looking to up its stakes in geospatial information provider SpotImage and milsatcom operator Hisdesat as part of a plan to meld its space-based milsatcom, remote sensing and navigation capabilities into a family of integrated satellite services.
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EU plans to reinforce disaster response capacity by end 2008.
- March 5, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Better disaster response – at home and abroad
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OECD: World must act on climate change
- March 4, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The most recent OECD’s Environmental Outlook to 2030 says that global efforts to tackle the main environmental challenges – climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity and risks to human health – are achievable and affordable. At least, the global efforts to be done are more affordable than the global cost of inaction.
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UK Local Government Data Provides Model for European Standards
- March 4, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Britain is taking a leading role in the standardisation of public information in Europe after local government-backed national property and street ID coding systems were chosen from many submitted from across Europe.
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EURISY Workshop: Local and regional risk management
- March 4, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, European EO Industry
Integrated Use of Satellite Services and Information
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SEA Starts Work On A European Space Contract Worth £12M
- March 3, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
ohort plc, a leading independent technical services business, is pleased to announce that one of its subsidiary companies, SEA, has been authorised by the German satellite prime contractor EADS Astrium GmbH, to proceed with work on a new contract that is expected to be worth circa £12 M for the development and supply of the BroadBand Radiometer (BBR) instrument of the EarthCARE satellite.