Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies announced that SuperGIS Server, its comprehensive server-based GIS, now provides Web Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for developers to access map services and customize map websites more efficiently. SuperGIS Server can effectively manage and integrate various...
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Kuala Lampur - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak called for an examination of all houses and other structures erected on agricultural land nationwide to ascertain the risk they faced from landslides. He said Tuesday that...
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Stricken by a severe drought, Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, recently began to shrink severely. According to the latest reports from satellite remote sensing, the current water area of Poyang Lake is 1,326 square...
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
Location-based services such as mobile maps, mobile GPS navigation and more specific so-called "check-in" apps are becoming one with the "smart" world of phone and tablets, utilizing geographical positions attained via the mobile Internet. AutoNavi Holdings Ltd, a...
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
According to a team of NASA and Russian space and physical scientists, in the days before the March 11 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, the atmosphere directly above the epicenter rapidly heated up. In a presentation at the...
Friday, May 20th, 2011
A newly released satellite image reveals Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey at 15 million inhabitants, is quickly becoming a "megacity" covering almost 700 square miles. A newly released satellite image reveals Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey...
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Australia’s first commercial high rise building completely designed, constructed and handed over as a built model with asset management software using Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been named the NSW Development of the Year for 2011. The Rider Levett...