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SuperGeo Represents GeoEye in Taiwan
Monday, 01 Mar 2010 10:39 PM
In addition to reselling GeoEye’s high-resolution imagery products in Taiwan, SuperGeo will also bundle the images with SuperGeo’s other products, such as SuperGIS Desktop software, GIS Learning CD and other training materials, to provide a complete ‘GIS Lab Kit’ for GIS teachers. The distribution of imagery products will primarily be in Taiwan, but SuperGeo’s global resellers will also promote the bundle solution in other countries.
SuperGeoAttendees Gather at ESRI APUC
Monday, 01 Mar 2010 09:36 PM
Geographic information system (GIS) technology users will gather at the 2010 ESRI Asia Pacific User Conference (APUC) March 3–5 in Queensland, Australia, to find out the latest in applying GIS technology to today's challenges. The agenda reflects the conference theme, GIS: Extending the Reach.
ESRIBook Review: Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian Altai
Monday, 01 Mar 2010 10:32 AM
A chronology of 15 years of research and documentation in northwest Mongolia, this book spans the 12,000 year history of the region and the cultural heritage of the people that live there. The location borders both the China and Russian border areas and the book is the first of it's kind oriented toward archaeology and culture in the region.
More on Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian AltaiAustralia National Wetlands Update 2010
Monday, 01 Mar 2010 09:32 AM
Australia's natural environment, our biodiversity and the ecological services it provides, underpin our quality of life, our economy and much of our national identity. We are one of the world's 17 mega-diverse countries, with more endemic animal species than any other country.
More onArchitectures for Real Time Delay-Doppler Map GNSS-Reflectometers
Monday, 01 Mar 2010 08:57 AM
In recent years Global Navigation Satellite System’s signals Reflectometry (GNSS-R) has stood as a potential powerful remote sensing technique to derive scientifically relevant geophysical parameters such as ocean altimetry, sea state or soil moisture.
ScienceDirectRussia to Launch 3 Glonass Satellites in March
Monday, 01 Mar 2010 08:55 AM
A Proton M carrier rocket bearing three Glonass satellites will be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on March 2, Russian space officials said on Monday. The carrier rocket and the satellites are currently being tested at the Kazakh space center.
RIA NovostiIndonesia to Monitor Food Supply by Satellite
Saturday, 27 Feb 2010 01:22 PM
The institute’s rector, Herry Suhardiyanto, said the sector had long neglected the use of technology, especially as part of a national approach to planning. He said the satellite would allow for increased predictability in areas such as the best harvest times and production estimates, which are currently still based on less accurate traditional methods.
Jakarta GlobeARAON - First Survey Mission in Cape Burks and Terra Nova Bay
Saturday, 27 Feb 2010 01:03 PM
Korea’s first Icebreaker "ARAON" has successfully completed its mission of testing ice-breaking capability and surveying candidate sites for a second South Korean research station in Antarctica and arrived in the Christ Church, New Zealand on 18th (18:00).
MLTMESRI Australia Acquires MDS
Saturday, 27 Feb 2010 12:56 PM
ESRI Australia is pleased to announce the finalisation of our acquisition of MapData Sciences (MDS), an established online digital mapping and hosting company with clients across a variety of industry sectors. MDS has operated since 1997, earning a reputation for delivering business mapping solutions and products for Australia and New Zealand.
MDSVolcano Monitoring Will Target Hazard Threat to Marianas
Saturday, 27 Feb 2010 12:48 PM
Technology designed to detect nuclear explosions and enforce the world's nuclear test-ban treaty now will be pioneered to monitor active volcanoes in the Northern Mariana Islands near Guam. The island of Guam soon will be the primary base for forward deployment of U.S. military forces in the Western Pacific.
EurekalertAsia Braces for Tsunami After Chile Quake
Saturday, 27 Feb 2010 12:45 PM
Wide swaths of the south Pacific, Asia and Australia braced for a tsunami after a devastating earthquake hit the coast of Chile on Saturday. Officials in Japan and Australia warned a tsunami from the earthquake was likely to hit Asian shorelines within 24 hours. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a tsunami caution for areas across the region.
Jakarta PostRama's Bridge: Earth Image of the Week
Friday, 26 Feb 2010 02:31 PM
Generally cloud-free conditions across South Asia on February 22, 2010, provided a striking view of a unique geological feature connecting India and Sri Lanka. Rama’s Bridge, also known as Rama Setu and Adam’s Bridge, is a 30-mile string of limestone shoals that geological clues indicate was an ancient land connection between the two countries.
EarthweekMinister Welcomes Feedback On Koala Mapping
Friday, 26 Feb 2010 02:26 PM
Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones has welcomed feedback on the State Government's koala planning instruments and mapping and urged people who have not yet done so to have their say.
Sunshine CoastPCI Geomatics Contract for China
Thursday, 25 Feb 2010 11:45 PM
PCI Geomatics has signed a million dollar contract with Beijing Space Eye Innovation Technology Co. Ltd. (BSEI) to supply an automated image processing system to the China Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application. Under the terms of the contract, PCI Geomatics has been entrusted to provide an advanced image processing system for the automatic registration and mosaicking of multi-sensor imagery.
PCI GeomaticsTopcon Provides IP-S2 3D Dataset to Autodesk for Promotion
Thursday, 25 Feb 2010 12:54 PM
he agreement authorizes Autodesk to use Topcon's IP-S2 3D Mobile Mapping System data sets in the advertising, marketing, training and distribution of their software where desired. The IP-S2 datasets are in the form of extensive geo-referenced, colorized point clouds. Topcon is a member of the Autodesk Developer Network, and provides sample data to assist in targeted software product development.
TopconERDAS and GeoEye Rock Australia
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2010 04:53 PM
Recently, ERDAS hosted its first ERDAS Rocks World Tour event in Australia. Partnering with GeoEye for this event, there were over 80 local users in attendance. Attendees came from various sectors with geospatial interests, including land agencies and local governments, as well as mining, oil and gas, photogrammetry, water resources, environment and health organizations.
ERDASAAMHatch Changes Name to AAM
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2010 04:00 PM
As of 1st March, AAMHatch Pty Ltd will be known as AAM Pty Ltd. The name change coincides with our partner, Hatch Associates, exiting from its partial ownership in our company. AAM will continue its focus on professional products and services for our clients throughout Australia, New Zealand, Africa and Asia.
AAM Group3Tier Completes Global Map of Wind and Solar Energy Potential
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2010 03:10 AM
3TIER today announced the completion of its REmapping the World initiative, which was launched in March 2008 to address the lack of reliable information regarding resource potential and availability. With today’s release of a global solar map and dataset, the company has completed its unprecedented goal of identifying and mapping the world’s wind and solar resources using a globally consistent methodology.
3TierRemote Sensing to Assess Crop Water Productivity
Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010 10:13 PM
Crop patterns, evapotranspiration, biomass, and yield accumulation all can be estimated using satellite sensor data. In our research, we used satellite map data to calculate crop water productivity. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) made a pilot study in the Sry Darya river basin, central Asia, which collected land use (or cover) and social-economic information. Intensive field measurements were made to monitor crop growth conditions and the water supply at sample study sites.
SPIESpace Technology Applications Beneficial - Sri Lankan Minister
Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010 10:00 PM
Address by Chief Guest Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe at the inauguration of the Fifth Sentinel Asia System Operation training program jointly organized by JAXA and DMC. Participants from 12 countries in the region and Sri Lanka participated in the program, Minister Samarasinghe said.
Sri Lanka Daily NewsImageMaps Expands Reseller Network In Asia
Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010 08:04 PM
Imagemaps Pte. Ltd., Vexcel Imaging’s sales partner responsible for the People’s Republic of China Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and ASEAN, has appointed Royal Sky Co., Ltd. and Borsar Sdn. Bhd. as its resellers for Microsoft Vexcel photogrammetric products in the Thailand and State of Sarawak (East Malaysia) markets respectively.
ImageMapsSuperGeo Exclusive Reseller Partnership with Luminous ETS
Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010 07:56 PM
SuperGeo today signs the exclusive reseller contract with Luminous ETS in the whole Indian market (except for Karnataka State) and has strong confidence in the highly potential market. “We are thrilled to collaborate with Luminous ETS in India who has professional knowledge and wide experience in the domain of GIS.” says SuperGeo Technologies.
SuperGeoGSAT-4 Satellite to Be Launched Soon
Monday, 22 Feb 2010 08:28 PM
According to this programme, ISRO will be disseminating the services from the space systems via its Satellite Communication (SatCom) and Earth Observation (EO). Tele-education, tele-healthcare, land and water resources management and tele-fishery are some of the services provided under this programme.
Express BuzzICIMOD Shares Results of Glacial Lakes Studies
Monday, 22 Feb 2010 06:41 PM
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is sharing the results of recent field investigations of Thulagi glacial lake with the local community and other stakeholders at a one-day workshop on ‘Sharing of knowledge on Thulagi glacial lake’ on Monday, 22 February 2010 (10 Falgun 2066 B.S.) being held in Besishahar, Lamjung District, Nepal.
ICIMODInteroperable 3D GeoWeb Takes Shape
Sunday, 21 Feb 2010 08:54 PM
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has published new candidate standards which are related to the 3D GeoWeb as public discussion papers (DP) on its website. These establish a new family of 3D portrayal services focusing on virtual 3D maps, interactive virtual environments, and 3D cartographic visualization
Interoperable 3DThree Mapping Companies Forge a Global Alliance
Sunday, 21 Feb 2010 03:37 PM
The mapping companies AND Automotive Navigation Data (Netherlands); EMG (China) and Orion (Dubai) received approval from their respective boards to join forces to form the Global Digital Mapping Alliance (GDMA). The first objective of GDMA is a feasibility study regarding the need for an independent and neutral map data provider offering a worldwide navigable map database and the related technical, operational and financial consequences.
GDMATopcon - Cash for Construction Clunkers
Saturday, 20 Feb 2010 11:26 AM
Get up to $29,000 for your trade in of old competitive machine control systems and get the latest and greatest from Topcon. This offer cannot be combined with any other promotion. A limited time opportunity!! This offer will expire on March 31, 2010.
TopconGSDI 12 Call for Papers: Singapore - Oct 2010
Saturday, 20 Feb 2010 10:45 AM
This is a reminder that the Call for Papers for the GSDI 12 Conference has been issued and the abstract and paper submission site is open. We had over 1200 registrants at the GSDI 11 Conference last year and we are looking forward to a very vibrant conference as well in Singapore.
GSDI 12Japanese Firm Selects Selects SimActive’s Software
Friday, 19 Feb 2010 07:59 PM
The Japanese firm Visual Systems Co., Ltd. has acquired SimActive's Correlator3D software. Visual Systems, one of Japan’s leading geoinformation companies, will be using the product for deriving digital surface models from aerial imagery.
SimActiveFilipino Wins Google Global Mapping Competition
Friday, 19 Feb 2010 07:33 PM
The first Google Global Mapping Competition has recently concluded, and Wayne Dell Manuel of the Philippines was declared the winner. The scope of the competition was to award the user who added the most universities, schools, hospitals, and medical clinics using Google's Map Maker tools, with an emphasis on accurate data. The grand prize means that a $50,000 UNICEF donation will go to projects in the Phillippines to empower young people to use technology.
GoogleIndia Railways Plan to Add Transponder
Friday, 19 Feb 2010 09:19 AM
For a transport service where communication is of essence, the railway is now planning to get a transponder on a satellite in order to improve this vital aspect. And with the Railway Budget less than a week away, announcement on the decision to use a transponder is expected when railway minister Mamata Banerjee presents it before the Parliament.
The Asian AgeWorldView2 Comes to Australia
Thursday, 18 Feb 2010 10:28 PM
Geoimage and DigitalGlobe are excited to announce the Australian sessions of the WorldView-2 Roadshow, coming to Perth, Brisbane and Sydney in March 2010. The WorldView-2 Roadshow celebrates the launch of the world’s most advanced commercial imaging satellite, featuring 50cm pixel, high resolution multispectral imagery with the addition of 4 new optical bands – coastal, yellow and two near infrared bands.
GeoimageSpatial Information in the New Zealand Economy
Wednesday, 17 Feb 2010 02:41 PM
Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy - Realising Productivity Gains is a report commissioned by Land Information New Zealand, the Department of Conservation and the Ministry of Economic Development. It provides robust economic analysis that quantifies the contribution spatial information makes to the New Zealand economy, as well as opportunities for this contribution to grow.
NZ Geospatial StrategyRussia - GLONASS Fully Commercial
Wednesday, 17 Feb 2010 11:08 AM
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Deputy Premier Sergei Ivanov have urged the adoption of a fully commercial model for the Glonass satellite navigation system.
More on GLONASSSuperGeo Recruits CERENE as the Exclusive Reseller in France
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2010 10:54 PM
CERENE Services, a major provider of GIS services in France for over 45 years, will promote SuperGeo products exclusively in Europe and will promote SuperGIS series software in France since February, 2010. SuperGeo is also working on French interface of several products and will support more languages in the near future.
SuperGEOSoutheast Asia Land Management and Measurement
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2010 04:58 PM
Basic survey measurement is a necessary first step toward the development of useful and effective land management. It enables and supports policy development and provides the basis for avoiding conflict and tension, thereby ensuring wealth and prosperity.
More onSingapore Sustainable Development Blueprint
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2010 04:03 PM
The Sustainable Development Blueprint contains the strategies and initiatives we believe are needed for Singapore to achieve both economic growth and a good living environment over the next two decades.
Singapore BlueprintCryoSat to Observe Earth's Ice Cover
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2010 03:53 PM
The 700 kg CryoSat spacecraft – whose name comes from the Greek kryos meaning icy cold – carries the first all-weather microwave radar altimeter. The instrument has been optimised for determining changes in the thickness of both floating sea ice, which can be up to several metres, and polar land ice sheets, which in Antarctica can be up to five kilometres.
CryoSATSri Lanka Completes Forest Mapping Exercise
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2010 02:19 PM
The Sri Lankan government has mapped and laid boundary stones to delineate state-owned forests. USAID provided computers and a software to facilitate the mapping process.
Daily NewsChina's Expanding Trade Worries India
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2010 02:05 PM
As trade in the region grows more lucrative, China has been developing port facilities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, and it is planning to build railroad lines in Nepal. These projects, analysts say, are part of a concerted effort by Chinese leaders and companies to open and expand markets for their goods and services in a part of Asia that has lagged behind the rest of the continent in trade and economic development.
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