Thursday, September 29th, 2011
The adoption of high precision GNSS in China is helping fuel a growth trajectory that is projected to double by 2016, according to ABI Research. While the market was impacted in 2009, there are multiple markets where...
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Typhoon Roke came ashore in Japan this week causing considerable damage and several deaths. Beginning as a tropical depression 1370 km south of Japan in the Philippine Sea ten days previous, the storm ranged from a Category...
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
The Philippines is urging a meeting between the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China to clearly map disputed areas in the South China Sea in order to reduce tensions. The meeting of ASEAN Maritime...
Friday, September 16th, 2011
The Internet of Things holds great promise with more objects and systems interconnected and available for query and data collection through Internet connectivity. IBM is leading the way with much of this development in a smarter city...
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
In Indonesia the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping Agency (RAN) with the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia (ANRI) took place this week. The scope of this cooperation...
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
China will accelerate its pace of mapping the deep seabed, Zhang Jixian, president of the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, told China Daily. Unlike the electronic navigation chart released by the Chinese navy on Aug 25...