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Canada Establishes Two ISO Standards on Geospatial Data

Canada established two standards on geospatial data. They are designed to help users across all government departments to locate, understand, use and share geospatial data. The primary idea here is to achieve greater efficiency through reuse. From the press release: The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat has established the Standard on Geospatial Data for the Government of [...]

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The Netherlands: Internet Users to Pay Newspaper Tax?

The Dutch government ought to be charging Internet users an extra tax to help pay the newspaper industry, reports Dutch News.  The logic behind this idea lies in the fact that people pay taxes for public broadcasting in that country. Those public television agencies then gather revenue through advertisements - 100’s of millions of Euro. The [...]

Siemens to Unveil Cityval and Airval at UITP World - Vienna

Siemens mobility will be unveiling Cityval  - – smart modular train for sustainable urban development and Airval - airport people mover at the upcoming UITP World Congress in Vienna next week. “The prototype vehicle will be revealed by Dr. Hans-Jörg Grundmann, CEO of Siemens Mobility, and Robert Lohr, President Lohr Industries. Since 2004, Siemens and Lohr [...]

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• The Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance (CEMEP) was established in the UK in 2006 under the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It evolved from the Stern Report and produced a document entitled 'Building a Low Carbon Economy - Unlocking Innovation and Skills'. From the (report): Stern highlighted the prize for those countries capable of successfully leading the world into a low carbon future. Greater energy efficiency improves economic productivity. the demand for environmental goods and services creates new jobs and new business opportunities. the development of new green technologies will create export markets throughout the world. such technologies indeed offer the prospect of providing new drivers for economic growth in the 21st century as previous technologies did in the last. And the nations that seize this opportunity – which can show the rest of the world how a modern economy can grow sustainably – will reap the largest rewards. #