EARSC News
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Earth Explorer Mission Assesment Group – Membership application now open
- July 15, 2006
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No CommentsFollowing the selection of six new Core Earth Explorer proposals to undergo assessment study, ESA is inviting all scientists who wish to apply for membership of one or more of the associated Mission Assessment Groups to do so via the following website
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Dragon Symposium highlights success of projects
- July 11, 2006
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Nearly 200 scientists are gathered in Lijiang city in the Yunnan Province of the People??s Republic of China to attend the third annual five-day Dragon Symposium.(Credits ESA)
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FP7- 7th Framework Programme
- June 28, 2006
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ESA donates mosaic of global images taken by Envisat to United Nations
- June 27, 2006
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The European Space Agency today donated a composite satellite image of global land cover provided by its Envisat satellite to the United Nations in Geneva, as a testimony to the current state of our planet, to be handed down to future generations. (Credits ESA)
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ESA signs agreement with Spot
- June 15, 2006
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The European Space Agency has signed an agreement with the company that distributes data commercially from the French Space Agency’s Spot satellites.(Credits UPI) -
Weather: can we predict the upredictable?
- June 14, 2006
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We have all tried to have a barbeque or an outdoor wedding with everything planned and orchestrated, then we turn to the weather forecast and read: ?¨sunny spells with the chance of showers?Æ. (Credits Europa)
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United Arab Emirates to monitor construction sites via satellite
- June 7, 2006
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The UAE labour ministry will soon use high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor the country’s big construction projects which have been the scene of several riots, newspapers reported this week. (Credits Spacemart and Agence France Presse)
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Fostering competitiveness Europe's ICT industry: Task Force
- June 6, 2006
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The information and communication technology (ICT) sector is a key contributor to growth in the EU. (Credits Europa)
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UK Geographic Information Strategy Moves Ahead
- June 2, 2006
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Plans to encourage more effective use of digital geographic information (GI) across business and public services have taken a significant step forward today, with the commissioning of a team of consultants to assist the GI Panel to create a UK-wide GI strategy. (Credits SpatialNews)
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Group on Earth Observations discusses projects
- May 28, 2006
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Representatives of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), an intergovernmental organization comprising various countries, are meeting in S?Äûo Jos?à dos Campos (SP) to discuss earth observation projects. (Credits GEO)