2005
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The ideas of the year 2005Year 2005 launched the concept of democratization of mapping. Maybe a milestone in the history of cartography. Maps have shifted from read-only to do-it-yourself in the course of just a few months. As usually at the end of the year the New York Times presents the issue called "the year in ideas": a digest of the most noteworthy ideas of the past 12 months. You can read articles about "The Laptop That Will Save the World" or the concept of "Do-It-Yourself Cartography" and give your vote to ideas.
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USA accepts Kyoto ProtocolDelegations from over 150 nations attended the United Nations summit in Montreal, Canada, to start negotiating a post-Kyoto Protocol strategy to restrict emissions of heat-trapping gases that drive climate changes. The presence of USA may be seen as the most relevant. The renewal of the Convention on the Climatic Changes, infact, encounters also the appreciation of not signers states of the phase one (USA, China and Australia in head).
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Forest mapping for Kyoto ProtocolHow forest affect Climate changes is one of research field established in the Kyoto Protocol. Promoted by European Space Agency (ESA), Kyoto-Inventory is a forest monitoring service based on Earth Observation data that will give a more precise support with land use and changes maps. Planetek Italia has a role in realization of the "Spanish Service" for Ministerio de Medio Ambiente of Spain.
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IUFRO Conference, Call for paperIUFRO International Conference 2006. The deadline for abstracts is December 31, 2005. Focused on "Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes: Consequences of Human Management", this Conference will contribute to explore topics related to Forest landscape planning and management. For further information contact Dr. Raffaele Lafortezza (r.lafortezza@agr.uniba.it) or discover more details by visiting the conference-website:
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A new WEBGIS for the Province of RomeRome, the WebGIS system for the Province is on-line. The system enables a number of viewing and editing functionalities, that make it an example of a GIS on the web. A real multiplatform application based on Java and ASP technology. Geographic and alphanumeric data have been archived in Oracle Spatial database, while raster are served by Image Web server. The system has been developed by Planetek Italia based on the DbMap ASJ module of Abaco.