Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cgs, CGS Funding, Horizon, Horizon Digital Economy Research Hub on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Horizon Digital Economy Hub is a new venture representing a £40M investment by Research Councils UK and over 40 partners.
Horizon aims to:
Address the key scientific challenges in the widespread adoption of ubiquitous computing for an inclusive digital society
Produce landmark user-led applications grounded in deployment ‘in the wild’
Engage in knowledge transfer, including training and consultancy
Develop [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged GIM, GIM International on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GIM International has published two CGS news for May 2009. Details at
http://www.gim-international.com/news/id3782-Geospatial_Data_Research_Think_Tank.html
http://www.gim-international.com/issues/articles/id1329-New_WG_Open_Source.html
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ordnance survey, Think Tank, ubiquitous LBS on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Expressions of interest for Ordnance Survey Think Tank Session on “Data Capture, modelling, and visualisation for
ubiquitous LBS” to be held on 17 March 2009 (Tuesday) at The University of Nottingham.
The Ordnance Survey has awarded a research contract to the Centre of Geospatial Science (CGS) to investigate future data and data management developments that might impact [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Call for Papers – 6th International Symposium on LBS & TeleCartography
2nd-4th Sep 2009
Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham
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The Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham is pleased to present the 6th International Symposium on LBS & TeleCartography in cooperation with the ICA Commissions on Maps and the Internet & Ubiquitous Mapping, the IAG WG [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ogc, open source GIS conference, osgis on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are pleased to welcome Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) as co-sponsor for the First Open Source GIS UK Conference at University of Nottingham on 22 June 2009.
The conference has a strong international focus and takes a holistic approach bringing together speakers and delegates from government, academe, industry and open source communities. High profile speakers from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Galileo, gnss, grace on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The first regional information day in Europe on the Galileo second FP7 call
• An Introduction to Framework 7 bidding
• UK success stories
• An update on GRACE
• Details on the Galileo second call work programme
Venue:
The University of Nottingham,
Jubilee Campus, Sir Colin Campbell Building
Date: Friday 30 January 2009
Time: 9:30 – 15:30
Cost: Free (includes refreshments and lunch)
This event [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Doctoral Training Centre, PhD studentships, university of nottingham on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PhD Studentships – Broaden your horizon: The Nottingham Doctoral Training Centre in Location-Aware Ubiquitous Computing for the Digital Economy
Location-aware Ubiquitous Computing, which takes advantage of knowing the geographical position of the millions of fixed and mobile computing and communications devices embedded into the world around us – is the most exciting and significant technology to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CGS celebrated this year’s Christmas party in great fun at a Spanish restaurant in City Centre on 12 December 2008. Many Thanks to Stella who organised this. Also thanks to Kristin who organised the Australian Secret Santa and Liz for the photos of the event..
More photos are available here.
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The International Cartographic Association’s Executive Committee has approved the establishment of Working Group on Open Source Geospatial Technologies
ICA have adopted a policy of approving WGs on a one year approval period and within this period it is essential to prove sufficient activity and the First Open Source GIS UK Conference on 22nd June 2009 at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged GI Testbed on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham and International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, the Netherlands have published article on Discovery and invocation of schematization services: a use case for OGC-EuroSDR-AGILE Persistent Test Bed for Europe -Jerry Swan, Theodor Foerster, Rob Lemmens, Gobe Hobona, Suchith Anand, Mike Jackson in November 2008 issue [...]
