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Brazil and China have agreed to launch the fourth China Brazil Environmental Remote Sensing satellite in 2011. The satellite was originally slated for launch in the second half of this year, but a design meeting last week decided on a new schedule. More >> |
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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 >> |
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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 >> |
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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. Geoimage |
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At its meeting in Sydney, Australia 11-16 April 2010 the FIG General Assembly will elect the FIG President, 2 Vice Presidents, Chair of each of the 10 Commissions for 2011-2014, and select the venue for the FIG Congress 2014. More >> |
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With the growing use of 3D technologies and further developments in the field of 3D visualization images have become more important as representations of reality. Some have suggested that 3D visualization is replacing the map as the primary cartographic graphic,and that this shift is leading toward ethical issues. More >> |
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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 Strategy |
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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. SuperGEO |
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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 Blueprint |
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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. CryoSAT |
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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 News |
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The World Bank is calling for consultants to undertake GI/GIS/SDI investigations in South Korea and Brazil. SDI Korea |
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The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs developed an ecological map that indicates flora and fauna information and a travel map of 45 tourist destinations around the four major rivers. The ecological map shows not only plant and animal information but the location of nature parks, rivers, wetland conservation zones and weirs, etc. Korea MLTM |
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Long-Term Plan shall be established in order to achieve the purpose of the Survey Act, which is to avoid redundancy in surveys and to assure survey accuracy by publicly announcing the target and scale of the Basic Surveys in advance. The ongoing Long-Term Plan has started in FY 2009, and shall be valid for ten years until FY 2018. Japan Geography Survey Institute |
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The Indian government has embarked on a plan to map the country's slums. Maps of cities prepared through remote sensing are designed to give a clearer picture of the location and population of slums throughout the country with the ambitious goal of making the country slum-free in the next five years. Times of India |
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The first Land Management Program Advisory Committee Meeting took place last week, with an emphasis on urban planning. Importance was placed on the need to develop unique models of urban planning based on the best practices in developing countries that have similar problems faced by the Pacific, rather than only trying to import models from developed countries, such as New Zealand and Australia, where environmental, social and economic realities are very different. Fiji Times |
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Joint development will leverage each vendor’s complementary strengths. From Leica Geosystems strengths, integrated solutions will reflect fast, highly accurate geometric modeling of as-built laser scan data using advanced, geometric modeling algorithms and the powerful point cloud engine (pcE) in Leica Cyclone software. Leica GeoSystems |
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The ProFlex Lite Duo uses GPS, GLONASS and SBAS constellations to offer powerful real-time capabilities to suit a wide array of precise positioning needs in aircraft, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), ships and earth moving equipment, including tasks such as vessel or machine guidance and heading determination, antenna pointing, or structure deformation monitoring. Ashtech |
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FOIF hand-held laser meter for fast and easy distance measurements of length, squares and volumes with the press of a button. Save time and money and emphasise your competence with modern measuring methods.It is easy to hold due to its compact,ergonomical size and fits into every pocket. Measuring range of 0.5 to 50m, typ.accuracy ±2mm. FOIF |
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ICIMOD is pleased to announce the release of ‘Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in the Eastern Himalayas’ – a summary of the findings of an assessment carried out by ICIMOD and partners with support from the MacArthur Foundation on the vulnerability of mountain ecosystems to climate change and the potential impacts on biodiversity, water availability, agriculture, hazards, and general human wellbeing. ICIMOD |
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From the tractor, sprayer or combine cab, EZ-Sync also works for transferring data wirelessly to or from the Trimble AgGPS® FmX™ integrated display. This capability provides growers and agribusinesses the ability to wirelessly send work orders, including variable rate prescription maps, from the office to the field. When a job is completed in the field, the "as applied" map can be sent back to the office in order to streamline data management. Trimble |
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"EZ-Surface provides a visual way for farmers and drainage contractors to have much more control over their drainage systems, whether they are on the surface or sub-surface," said Erik Arvesen, vice president and general manager for Trimble's Agriculture Division. Trimble |
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