Category Archives: Research

EU Galileo and its triple C: Costs, China, Catastrophy

Posted on May 15, 2010 by joesonic

The German goverment has warned that the European Global Navigational Satellite System (GNSS) Galileo will be again more expensive as planned. Calculated costs of 1.8 billion Euro until 2013 for development and 3,4 billion Euro for the construction phase will not … Continue reading →

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Scale of the to-date known and mapped Universe

Posted on February 17, 2010 by joesonic

The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most … Continue reading →

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SiliconAlps.tv presents Carinthian High Tech Start-Ups

Posted on September 4, 2008 by joesonic

Georg Holzer has started his newest project called SiliconAlps.tv. It is a web based video channel, which introduces Carinthian start up companies. Many companies, which were shown so far are coming from the Lakeside Park Klagenfurt, a habitat for small … Continue reading →

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Opensource, OpenLS and OpenStreetMaps for a OpenRouteService

Posted on July 11, 2008 by joesonic

Open Source GIS solutions gain more and more attention in the Geoinformation sciences community over the past years. Now there are numerous usable and stable Open Source libraries and tools for spatial data management, customization and visualisation available. Open Source … Continue reading →

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Keynote AGIT 2008 (Mike Goodchild) Video

Posted on July 8, 2008 by joesonic

I’ve uploaded the keynote of this years AGIT from Mike Goodchild with the topic ASSERTION AND AUTHORITY: USER-GENERATED GEOGRAPHIC CONTENT. As said in one previous post he talks about Web 2.0 mechanisms for compiling and distributing massive amounts of information … Continue reading →

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Holographic Google Earth

Posted on July 5, 2008 by joesonic

Will it be the next step in HCI after multi-touch? You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Written and submitted from Home, using my 802.11g WiFi network.

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What are popular Programming Languages for GIS Developers?

Posted on May 28, 2008 by joesonic

Dave Bouwman has done an informal “2008 Geospatial Developer Survey“. 320 people took the time and have completed the survey. He has now published some results. I’ll sumerize some interesting points: The role of people, who participated: His statement: The … Continue reading →

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Sciences Maps

Posted on March 18, 2008 by admin

The first map (Figure 1) shows the amount of research done in different fields. Medicine and Molecular & Cell Biology is very present in this map. But also the Geosciences area is not so small. Computer Science and Geosciences together … Continue reading →

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