What is the partnership between Wikimédia France and the Bibliothèque nationale de France? And how was it implemented?
This is the presentation done at the GLAM-WIKI:UK conference November 26, 2010 at the British Museum.
The European Commission promotes open data policies and activities in three key ways: as a policy maker through directives like the Public Sector Information Directive, as a data collector through agencies like Eurostat, and as a funding agency for research and innovation. The Commission aims to review the PSI Directive and launch a pilot European open data portal called data.gov.eu to make Commission and member state data more openly available and reusable.
Quelques leçons apprises sur les relations entre données ouvertes et données géographiques.
Some lessons learn about relationship between open data and spatial data.
The document discusses the European Commission's policies and activities related to open data and open access. It outlines Commissioner Neelie Kroes' support for open data and open access. It also provides pointers to the Commission's open data portal and open access repository, and notes that further approval is sometimes needed from the European Parliament and Council of the European Union.
The European Commission is working to promote open data policies across the EU. This includes reviewing the Public Sector Information Directive to expand access to public sector data, launching a pan-European open data portal, and funding research on open data and linked open data technologies. The Commission's Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes is a strong advocate for open data and open access policies.
The European Commission promotes open data policies and activities in three key ways: as a policy maker through directives like the Public Sector Information Directive, as a data collector through agencies like Eurostat, and as a funding agency for research and innovation. The Commission aims to review the PSI Directive and launch a pilot European open data portal called data.gov.eu to make Commission and member state data more openly available and reusable.
Quelques leçons apprises sur les relations entre données ouvertes et données géographiques.
Some lessons learn about relationship between open data and spatial data.
The document discusses the European Commission's policies and activities related to open data and open access. It outlines Commissioner Neelie Kroes' support for open data and open access. It also provides pointers to the Commission's open data portal and open access repository, and notes that further approval is sometimes needed from the European Parliament and Council of the European Union.
The European Commission is working to promote open data policies across the EU. This includes reviewing the Public Sector Information Directive to expand access to public sector data, launching a pan-European open data portal, and funding research on open data and linked open data technologies. The Commission's Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes is a strong advocate for open data and open access policies.
beyond PSI; INSPIRE infrastructure to share public data.Marc Leobet
1) The document discusses problems with the availability, quality, organization, accessibility and sharing of spatial information across Europe and how public sector information is not fully realizing its economic potential.
2) It proposes that INSPIRE infrastructure and France's adoption of policies for open data and reusing public sector information can help address these problems by making more public data available through standardized and interoperable systems.
3) This could provide economic, environmental and social benefits like enabling innovation, reducing costs for studies and data management, and better informing citizens and administrative decisions.
The document discusses open data initiatives in the Piedmont region of Italy. It notes that the region provides seed money for multidisciplinary open data research through organizations like nexa.polito.it and evpsi.org. It also discusses the region's international links to open data organizations and its use of Creative Commons licenses like CC0 to make datasets openly available by default with some flexibility.
Linking data and publications with OpenAIRE - EUDAT Summer School (Sarah Jone...EUDAT
Now that you’ve heard about several kinds of data services, how could they fit in your workflow? In this hands-on hour Sarah and Marjan invite you to flesh out your Data Management Plan by linking to services. They will also introduce tools to link publications and data: you know how they are related, but is this transparent for others who may be interested in your work?
Visit: https://www.eudat.eu/eudat-summer-school
EUDAT 3rd Conference: What's on the Horizon? - Kimmo Koski, Managing Director...EUDAT
| www.eudat.eu | EUDAT 3rd Conference Opening Session: What's on the Horizon? - Kimmo Koski, Managing Director CSC - IT Center for Science, Finland & EUDAT Co-ordinator - Wednesday 24th September 2014, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Changing data management in Blue GrowthBlue BRIDGE
The document discusses the BlueBRIDGE project, which receives EU Horizon 2020 funding. BlueBRIDGE aims to use new e-infrastructure technologies to facilitate collaboration between scientists, businesses, and educators working in marine resource exploitation and ecosystem conservation. It does this by providing virtual research environments integrated with external e-infrastructure services to support communities in activities along the knowledge production chain, from data collection to publishing results. The goal is to help assess fish stocks and fisheries, improve aquaculture, and monitor fisheries and habitat degradation.
The document discusses the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and its role in enabling "Blue Growth" or sustainable growth from the oceans and seas. Specifically, it summarizes that the EOSC aims to (1) integrate and consolidate existing research infrastructures and scientific clouds, (2) provide cloud-based services for open science, and (3) widen access to include businesses and innovators. The EOSC can enable data interoperability and reuse of scientific information to support Blue Growth by enlarging the user base and creating a seamless environment for data sharing across Europe.
The document discusses Piemonte, a regional dimension of PSI multidisciplinary research in Italy. It focuses on seed money from the Regional Government to support projects between the University, Polytechnic, and Fondazione Rosselli foundation. These organizations have international links and support open knowledge and data through Creative Commons licenses, with CC0 used as the default solution for openly licensing regional government data.
BDE SC4 Hangout - Simon Scerri, IntroductionBigData_Europe
The document summarizes a transport pilot project within the Big Data Europe initiative. The project aims to utilize real-time probe data from multiple sources to provide accurate transportation information and advanced planning services to address congestion issues in Thessaloniki, Greece. Specifically, the pilot will collect mobility data from various sources to identify mobility patterns and inform citizens about traffic conditions. The data will be integrated and processed in real-time to provide up-to-date information mobility services. The Fraunhofer Society, CERTH, and ERTICO organizations are collaborating on the pilot to demonstrate the societal value of big data in the transport domain.
Service provisioning for Excellent Science (Daan Broeder - EUDAT/CLARIN) | Op...EUDAT
EUDAT is a project that started in 2011 to address the increasing costs and complexities of isolated data management solutions. It provides common data services through a federation of compute and data centers to serve a variety of research communities. EUDAT receives funding through Horizon 2020 and involves 37 partners. It offers services for storage, workflows, processing and archiving. While EUDAT engages broadly with communities, gathering requirements is very time-consuming. There are questions around how to be more efficient in requirements gathering and involving specialized organizations to help define services and standards.
The document discusses the OpenGLAM initiative and OpenGLAM-AT working group in Austria. It provides background on OpenGLAM's goal of promoting open access to cultural heritage data held by galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. It outlines recent developments that expanded open access to cultural works, including Europeana releasing CC0-licensed metadata and the Getty Trust launching an open content program. The document proposes next steps for OpenGLAM-AT, such as a kickoff event, participating in discussions around open data guidelines, and creating awareness through blogging and meetups.
OpenDataWeek Marseille : Gérald Santucci -- EU Harmonisation and the Data Val...Fing
The document discusses the EU's support for open data and harmonization efforts. It notes that open government data could generate €40-€140 billion annually for the EU economy. The G8 and EU have adopted open data principles and rules to unlock this potential through public sector information reuse. This includes the EU adopting new open data directives in 2013. The EU has also launched an open data portal and is working towards a pan-European open data infrastructure to facilitate access and reuse of data across borders. The goal is to maximize the social and economic benefits of open data.
This document discusses open data concepts and applications. It defines open data as data that can be used, distributed, and shared freely as long as its origin is credited. Open government data aims to increase transparency, citizen engagement, and social/economic value. Examples discussed include open data initiatives in the US and New York City. The document also covers linked open data standards and applications like OpenStreetMap. Crisis mapping examples with OpenStreetMap after the 2010 Haiti earthquake are provided. Potential issues with open data are also mentioned.
Open Science Fair 2017 Athens 6-8 September (OSFair2017) was organized as an emblematic initiative of four EU projects in the area of Open Science: OpenAIRE, OpenUP, FOSTER and OpenMinTeD.
Harris Linardakis, Cloud Leader of IBM Greece and Cyprus, invited as panel speaker, he presented during the session expertise and challenges IBM is facing in building a hybrid cloud platform for HNSciCloud PCP. Harris Linardakis also highlighted IBM's prospective that they consider HNSciCloud as the functional basis for the future EOSC.
Archiving Scottish Government on the webGill Hamilton
Presentation given by Paul Cunnea and Gill Hamilton of National Library of Scotland to staff at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre about the Library's progress in web archiving the Scottish Government website and access to and preservation of Scottish Government electronic publications. March 2010.
Text and data mining - the opportunities and the EU conundrum - why aren’t we...FutureTDM
This document discusses a conference on text and data mining (TDM) opportunities in the European Union. It notes the vast amount of digital data available and the potential of TDM to address grand challenges and increase science efficiency. However, TDM faces legal barriers around data protection and copyright. The conference aims to establish a framework and research agenda to increase TDM adoption in Europe, overcome barriers, raise awareness of benefits, and foster cross-sector collaboration around TDM. It will create an online knowledge hub with tools and resources to support the TDM community and policymakers. The goal is to make EU research more competitive globally and ensure policy supports TDM-driven innovation.
beyond PSI; INSPIRE infrastructure to share public data.Marc Leobet
1) The document discusses problems with the availability, quality, organization, accessibility and sharing of spatial information across Europe and how public sector information is not fully realizing its economic potential.
2) It proposes that INSPIRE infrastructure and France's adoption of policies for open data and reusing public sector information can help address these problems by making more public data available through standardized and interoperable systems.
3) This could provide economic, environmental and social benefits like enabling innovation, reducing costs for studies and data management, and better informing citizens and administrative decisions.
The document discusses open data initiatives in the Piedmont region of Italy. It notes that the region provides seed money for multidisciplinary open data research through organizations like nexa.polito.it and evpsi.org. It also discusses the region's international links to open data organizations and its use of Creative Commons licenses like CC0 to make datasets openly available by default with some flexibility.
Linking data and publications with OpenAIRE - EUDAT Summer School (Sarah Jone...EUDAT
Now that you’ve heard about several kinds of data services, how could they fit in your workflow? In this hands-on hour Sarah and Marjan invite you to flesh out your Data Management Plan by linking to services. They will also introduce tools to link publications and data: you know how they are related, but is this transparent for others who may be interested in your work?
Visit: https://www.eudat.eu/eudat-summer-school
EUDAT 3rd Conference: What's on the Horizon? - Kimmo Koski, Managing Director...EUDAT
| www.eudat.eu | EUDAT 3rd Conference Opening Session: What's on the Horizon? - Kimmo Koski, Managing Director CSC - IT Center for Science, Finland & EUDAT Co-ordinator - Wednesday 24th September 2014, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Changing data management in Blue GrowthBlue BRIDGE
The document discusses the BlueBRIDGE project, which receives EU Horizon 2020 funding. BlueBRIDGE aims to use new e-infrastructure technologies to facilitate collaboration between scientists, businesses, and educators working in marine resource exploitation and ecosystem conservation. It does this by providing virtual research environments integrated with external e-infrastructure services to support communities in activities along the knowledge production chain, from data collection to publishing results. The goal is to help assess fish stocks and fisheries, improve aquaculture, and monitor fisheries and habitat degradation.
The document discusses the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and its role in enabling "Blue Growth" or sustainable growth from the oceans and seas. Specifically, it summarizes that the EOSC aims to (1) integrate and consolidate existing research infrastructures and scientific clouds, (2) provide cloud-based services for open science, and (3) widen access to include businesses and innovators. The EOSC can enable data interoperability and reuse of scientific information to support Blue Growth by enlarging the user base and creating a seamless environment for data sharing across Europe.
The document discusses Piemonte, a regional dimension of PSI multidisciplinary research in Italy. It focuses on seed money from the Regional Government to support projects between the University, Polytechnic, and Fondazione Rosselli foundation. These organizations have international links and support open knowledge and data through Creative Commons licenses, with CC0 used as the default solution for openly licensing regional government data.
BDE SC4 Hangout - Simon Scerri, IntroductionBigData_Europe
The document summarizes a transport pilot project within the Big Data Europe initiative. The project aims to utilize real-time probe data from multiple sources to provide accurate transportation information and advanced planning services to address congestion issues in Thessaloniki, Greece. Specifically, the pilot will collect mobility data from various sources to identify mobility patterns and inform citizens about traffic conditions. The data will be integrated and processed in real-time to provide up-to-date information mobility services. The Fraunhofer Society, CERTH, and ERTICO organizations are collaborating on the pilot to demonstrate the societal value of big data in the transport domain.
Service provisioning for Excellent Science (Daan Broeder - EUDAT/CLARIN) | Op...EUDAT
EUDAT is a project that started in 2011 to address the increasing costs and complexities of isolated data management solutions. It provides common data services through a federation of compute and data centers to serve a variety of research communities. EUDAT receives funding through Horizon 2020 and involves 37 partners. It offers services for storage, workflows, processing and archiving. While EUDAT engages broadly with communities, gathering requirements is very time-consuming. There are questions around how to be more efficient in requirements gathering and involving specialized organizations to help define services and standards.
The document discusses the OpenGLAM initiative and OpenGLAM-AT working group in Austria. It provides background on OpenGLAM's goal of promoting open access to cultural heritage data held by galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. It outlines recent developments that expanded open access to cultural works, including Europeana releasing CC0-licensed metadata and the Getty Trust launching an open content program. The document proposes next steps for OpenGLAM-AT, such as a kickoff event, participating in discussions around open data guidelines, and creating awareness through blogging and meetups.
OpenDataWeek Marseille : Gérald Santucci -- EU Harmonisation and the Data Val...Fing
The document discusses the EU's support for open data and harmonization efforts. It notes that open government data could generate €40-€140 billion annually for the EU economy. The G8 and EU have adopted open data principles and rules to unlock this potential through public sector information reuse. This includes the EU adopting new open data directives in 2013. The EU has also launched an open data portal and is working towards a pan-European open data infrastructure to facilitate access and reuse of data across borders. The goal is to maximize the social and economic benefits of open data.
This document discusses open data concepts and applications. It defines open data as data that can be used, distributed, and shared freely as long as its origin is credited. Open government data aims to increase transparency, citizen engagement, and social/economic value. Examples discussed include open data initiatives in the US and New York City. The document also covers linked open data standards and applications like OpenStreetMap. Crisis mapping examples with OpenStreetMap after the 2010 Haiti earthquake are provided. Potential issues with open data are also mentioned.
Open Science Fair 2017 Athens 6-8 September (OSFair2017) was organized as an emblematic initiative of four EU projects in the area of Open Science: OpenAIRE, OpenUP, FOSTER and OpenMinTeD.
Harris Linardakis, Cloud Leader of IBM Greece and Cyprus, invited as panel speaker, he presented during the session expertise and challenges IBM is facing in building a hybrid cloud platform for HNSciCloud PCP. Harris Linardakis also highlighted IBM's prospective that they consider HNSciCloud as the functional basis for the future EOSC.
Archiving Scottish Government on the webGill Hamilton
Presentation given by Paul Cunnea and Gill Hamilton of National Library of Scotland to staff at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre about the Library's progress in web archiving the Scottish Government website and access to and preservation of Scottish Government electronic publications. March 2010.
Text and data mining - the opportunities and the EU conundrum - why aren’t we...FutureTDM
This document discusses a conference on text and data mining (TDM) opportunities in the European Union. It notes the vast amount of digital data available and the potential of TDM to address grand challenges and increase science efficiency. However, TDM faces legal barriers around data protection and copyright. The conference aims to establish a framework and research agenda to increase TDM adoption in Europe, overcome barriers, raise awareness of benefits, and foster cross-sector collaboration around TDM. It will create an online knowledge hub with tools and resources to support the TDM community and policymakers. The goal is to make EU research more competitive globally and ensure policy supports TDM-driven innovation.
Progettazione di un'applicazione mobile per la promozione di gioielli con la realtà aumentata.
Ideazione e realizzazione: Marzia Testa e Michela Cairo.
Making your site mobile-friendly - DevCSI Reading 21.07.2010Patrick Lauke
Extended version of my "Making your site mobile-friendly" talk, including a short look at native applications vs web apps, for the UKOLN DevCSI event "Developing for Mobile Applications in Education" in Reading http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/devcsi/mobile_applications/
A trying and shopping application for iPhone for jelews collections using augmented reality through face recognition and ARtags.
presentation & demonstrator
Making your site mobile-friendly - Ignite Manchester 01.03.2010Patrick Lauke
The document discusses making websites mobile-friendly by either creating a separate mobile site with a different domain (like m.example.com) or using a single adaptive site with fluid layouts, viewport meta tags, and CSS media queries to dynamically adjust the layout for different screen sizes. It recommends minimizing requests through techniques like CSS sprites and combining files to optimize performance on mobile networks.
What's Next: How Mobile is Changing DesignBrian Fling
Mobile is evolving, the web is adapting, and these two colossal worlds are about to collide to create something new. In order to design the experiences of this new contextual web, we need to change the way look at design. In this talk Brian will provide his insights on some of the emerging trends in mobile design and share his thoughts on how we will design the interfaces of tomorrow.
There is a lot more in my O'Reilly book: Mobile Design & Development (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596155445/)
JISC has invested over £200 million in UK universities over the past decade to create a collaborative innovation network that has driven new approaches to research. It has developed digital infrastructure including the JANET network, federated access management, and national data centers. Looking ahead, JISC is pushing boundaries through initiatives like building a cloud for UK higher education and supporting open science practices. It provides digital resources to researchers through national licensing agreements and repositories, and supports research processes through text mining tools and research data management.
The document discusses citizen science and its potential synergies with Earth observation (EO) data. It describes OpenStreetMap as an example of citizen science, noting its open data license and global community of contributors. The document advocates cross-fertilization between citizen science and EO to better leverage billions of intelligent sensors. It also discusses recent EO developments like the Digital Earth concept, geospatial web, big data platforms, and the potential of artificial intelligence to harness these new capabilities for studying the Earth.
This document summarizes the open government data landscape in Italy. It outlines several top-down and bottom-up open data projects launched by the government and citizens. These include regional portals providing open datasets, efforts to map streets and link parliamentary data, and communities working to advocate for open data. The document also discusses related research projects and small companies supporting analysis and visualization of open government data in Italy. It concludes that while open data efforts are still emerging in Italy, growth is hoped to accelerate quickly.
This presentation was given during the 2nd Solid Amsterdam Meetup on January 30th at the VU in Amsterdam about Solid business models and governance aspects.
The Organization Of Lusophone Wikipediapietroroveri
The document analyzes the organization of the Lusophone (Portuguese language) Wikipedia. It has around 500,000 articles and 20,000 contributors from Portugal, Brazil, and other Portuguese-speaking regions. The analysis uses a theoretical framework from Pierre Lévy on cyberspace, Manuel Castells on the information society, and Yochai Benkler on peer production. The researcher conducted a netnography including participant observation and interviews with 90 highly active contributors. The analysis found most contributors are educated professionals who participate out of interest rather than for financial compensation and see Wikipedia as playing an important role in society.
The document discusses logistics and the Internet of Things (IoT). It summarizes that logistics is Germany's third largest industry, employing over 2.8 million people and generating €220 billion in turnover annually. It also outlines several Fraunhofer IML projects that apply IoT concepts to logistics, including using intelligent containers to track cargo in real-time, implementing agent-based control systems for autonomous transportation vehicles, and developing a "Logistics Mall" service-oriented architecture. The document advocates for a transition in logistics from hierarchical systems to distributed mesh networks of intelligent, autonomous entities representing the physical and virtual connection of all things.
This document summarizes open data definitions and licensing models. It discusses what open data is, including that it is a model to extract value from public sector information by using data to build new tools and services. Open data refers to data that can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose. The document outlines several open data definitions and principles, including from the Open Knowledge Foundation and their Open Definition. It also discusses open data licensing models and provides examples of open government data programs from countries like the US, UK, and Australia.
FIAT/IFTA is a global network of broadcast archives that provides professional development opportunities for those working in broadcast archive preservation. The document outlines FIAT/IFTA's structure including its executive council and various commissions focused on areas like preservation, media management, and programs/production. It encourages newcomers to get involved in commissions and host events to connect with others in the archive community and stay updated on standards and best practices.
Citizen enhanced open science in the cultural heritage sectorWeb2Learn
This document summarizes 8 citizen science initiatives in Belgium that contribute to open science and cultural heritage. The initiatives engage citizens in activities like crowdsourcing annotations, sharing migration stories, and documenting street art. They aim to move beyond just having citizens collect data by involving them throughout the research process. The initiatives vary in their openness, with some openly sharing datasets, metadata, and results while others are less transparent. Overall they demonstrate how citizen science can enhance open science and cultural heritage but more work is still needed to formalize open data standards and ensure projects follow core open science principles.
The Progress of an S&T Information GatewayBob Chao
The document summarizes the progress towards establishing an open access science and technology (S&T) information gateway in Taiwan. It describes Taiwan's movement towards open source and open access models, including initiatives like Creative Commons Taiwan. It also outlines Taiwan's policies and organizations that aim to facilitate open sharing of S&T information through initiatives like the Government Research Bulletin database and CONsortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan. The ultimate goal is an "integral system" as mandated by Taiwan's S&T Basic Law to create a comprehensive domestic and international S&T information network.
Paper from the Programmable City workshop data and the city. See more details on my blog at http://wp.me/p7DNf-sX for description of the workshop. The paper explores the link between citizen science and philosophy of technology
The Catholic Church in the age of Digital FormatsMarco Fioretti
The nature of our age demands that the Catholic Church produces documents, and communicates, digitally, more and more every year. So far, however, very little attention has been paid to whether the usual, mainstream tools that many others already use are, indeed, technically suitable for the Church. Or if mainstream legal formulas and licenses are the most effective ones. These slides of mine from 2013 address all these issues.
This document discusses using Statistics Explorer, a data visualization and storytelling tool, to create interactive visualizations and narratives for NoiItalia, a publication by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) that provides regional data. Statistics Explorer allows users to simultaneously explore spatial, temporal, and multivariate data from multiple perspectives to discover relationships and communicate findings. ISTAT plans to develop Istat.Explorer using Statistics Explorer as its main geoanalytics visualization environment. This will enable interactive analysis of ISTAT's corporate data warehouse and generation of visual "vislets" to tell stories with the data.
"Toward Sustainability: "Margin" and "Mission" in the Natural History Setting...Tom Moritz
The document discusses constraints on open access to information, with four main constraints identified: market, technology, information, and law. It also discusses how these constraints are represented in Lessig's model of "Code and other laws of cyberspace." Additionally, it provides an adapted diagram showing these constraints.
The Law Factory: a git and dataviz approach to parliamentary bill-trackingmysociety
This document describes a project between a citizen NGO and research laboratories to increase transparency in the French parliamentary process. They created a tool called TheLawFactory that tracks bills through the legislative process, visualizes text changes between stages, and analyzes the extent to which bills are modified. The goal is to provide open data and tools for researchers, journalists and citizens to understand lawmaking. Future work includes improving data coverage, adding features like amendment networks, and connecting bills to final laws.
The document discusses a project called PROMISE which aims to develop a Belgian strategy for web archiving. The project seeks to:
1) Identify best practices in web archiving.
2) Develop a Belgian web archiving strategy.
3) Pilot archiving the Belgian web and providing access to collections.
4) Make recommendations for implementing a sustainable web archiving service.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
Temple of Asclepius in Thrace. Excavation resultsKrassimira Luka
The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
5. Introduction
History
Community
Technique
Statistics
Conclusion
Protagonists
What’s that ?
Rights
Public domain material : no copyright claims
1978 law : public data
« La réutilisation non commerciale de ces contenus est
libre et gratuite dans le respect de la législation en vigueur
et notamment du maintien de la mention de source. »
« La réutilisation commerciale de ces contenus est payante
et fait l’objet d’une licence. Est entendue par réutilisation
commerciale la revente de contenus sous forme de
produits élaborés ou de fourniture de service. »
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16. Introduction
History
Community
Technique
Statistics
Conclusion
What did we do ?
Technique
learned the specific format for the OCR (XML ALTO
developped by the Library of Congress)
learned the specific format of books of Wikisource (DjVu)
transformed the OCR into pure text, and then to DjVu
extracted the images in the books
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