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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 7 June 2012


EFITA newsletter / 565 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


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E-mail Address change
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My brother Gabriel, member of the Royal Society (UK)
The origins of the Royal Society lie in an 'invisible college' of natural philosophers who began meeting in the mid-1640s to discuss the new philosophy of promoting knowledge of the natural world through observation and experiment, which we now call science.
See: http://royalsociety.org/people/gabriel-waksman/


 ‘Integrated’ crop production systems are better for the environment than both conventional and organic? (read in Crop Protection Monthly)
Researchers at the Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) have published a study: Comparing energy balances, greenhouse gas balances and biodiversity impacts of contrasting farming systems with alternative land uses. (H.L. Tuomisto et al, Agricultural Systems, Volume 108, April 2012, Pages 42–49). The study shows that farms that target maximum crop yields but using environmentally-friendly practices could be better for the environment than both organic and conventional farms.
Professor David Macdonald, who directed the WildCRU research, commented: “Integrating the needs of food production and wildlife conservation is a major 21st Century challenge – humanity needs both, and it’s only by taking account of all the costs and benefits that the best compromises can be found.”
See: http://www.crop-protection-monthly.co.uk
See: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X12000121


The European Innovation Partnership (EIP), Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability
See: http://www.ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eip/pdf/com2012-79_en.pdf


Forum phyto
- Understanding science (Food safety, EFSA)

- Sustainibility and productivity : can’t have one without the other !

- Cancer fears can be wrongly placed says APVMA science fellow

- Freshfel Food Quality & Safety Working Group (for members : ID + password required)

- Soil Fumigation considerations in USA (for members : ID + password required)

- To smile : Beware Di-Hydrogen Monoxide (DHMO)

See: http://www.forumphyto.fr/2012/05/03/infoflash-for-english-readers-1203/?lang=en


Community benefits of individual investments can be calculated
Building construction companies can promote their prices besides normative prices. Community inhabitants can calculate impact of roads, bridges, sewage or airports on the community welfare and elect proper representatives or contribute to programmes of political parties.
See: http://www.constimator.com/en/
Contact : Zdenek LINHART
E-mail: linhart(a)pef.czu.cz


Real-Corp 2012 – The way to a sustainable and long-lasting stability… 30 cm Microsoft Ortho-Images for Europe as base for Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
GIS and images are the base for planning, monitoring and control in urban as well as rural areas.A stand-alone geographic information system with embedded ortho-images of Microsoft is the entry into sophisticated GIS-management for different branches (we identified more than 120 branches and these are certainly not all). A combined solution, consisting of PROGIS WinGIS, an easy to use, easy to learn, powerful and cost efficient GIS software with extensive geographic application possibilities and facilities together with integrated online map data of Microsoft Bing Maps, which are high resolution and accurate aerial images. The flights for these images started within the frame of the global ortho project of Microsoft in 2010 and a finalization of whole Western Europe is expected by the end of 2012.

Look at this map to see the actual disclosure status (please select the current release). Where these accurate images are still missing – the existing elder ones or satellite images can be used in the meantime

The standard applications spectrum ranges from community to farm/forest/land management, from the management of the environment to that of natural risks and resources, from logistics, to precise and virtual farming, from GeoINFOtainment to the pipeline management.

At Real Corp we want to especially highlight some solutions developed by partners on top of this GIS-solution. An application helps to maintain infrastructure facilities, as streets and paths, channels, and water supply. Another one is to model the execution and implementation of construction policies and for the management and moderation of the Building Regulations or a system for the collection and management of supply networks.

If other customized solutions are needed, the ActiveX developer component provides to application developers the possibility to link their application very easily with WinGIS and the embedded Bing Maps in order to visualize, edit and administrate their data.

Remark: As spring campaign we offer as special solution which can be used by everyone (not only by software developers) “WinGIS” with 50 sessions on “Bing Maps” for Euro 36,00.

>>> Some basic features:
- Creating an editing maps based on Microsoft Bing Maps imagery and services
- Integrated database module for storing attribute data
- Data exchange with other standard GIS and CAD software products
- Analysis functions like thematic maps
- Printing of maps
See: http://www.progis.com


Flame virus 'a cyber espionage toolkit'
See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9725000/9725808.stm



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