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Monday, September 5th, 2011

Saudi Arabia investing $ 20 Billion in Petrochemicals Industry

Saudi Arabia’s petrochemicals industry is about to get a massive boost, with a new $20bn plant in the works and extensive state spending on infrastructure set to further improve the nation’s logistics backbone. Before the full benefits...

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Indonesia to Speed Up Geothermal Permits

The Forestry Ministry promised that they would comply with instructions from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to speed up the issuance of permits for geothermal projects based in forest areas. “When the requirements are completed, we guarantee that...

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Strategic Land Use Planning

Strategic regional land use planning, is the way we are trying to manage the land use tensions that have emerged with the mining boom. The final policy will have a major impact on agriculture, communities, royalties received by...

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Mapping China’s New Development

Jin-Sheng Ning, an academician of the China Academy of Engineering and president of Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping Institute and Li Jiancheng, Xu Yaming Vice President, Director of Surveying Engineering Institute Zou Jingui recently completed a visit...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Understanding Airborne vs. Satellite Imagery

A common question that many readers of Asian Surveying and Mapping often ask us is, "what is the difference between airborne camera systems as compared to satellite imagery - what do I need to know?"   Invariably,...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

World’s First Colour TonerPearl Wide Format Printer for Maps

The Océ Colorwave600 is the first large format printer ever to utilise the new and unique Océ CrystalPoint technology and it sets new standards in quality, clarity, reliability, productivity and resilience. It is the brilliant system if...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Scorpio Tanker Completes Northern Sea Route Voyage to Thailand

A tanker managed by Scorpio Ship Management s.a.m. recently completed a voyage from Vitino, Russia to Map Ta Phut, Thailand, via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) -- with the assistance of nuclear powered icebreakers. This is the...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Pakistan to Expand Satellite Network

Pakistan plans to work with China, Japan and Europe to expand its network of remote sensing (RS) satellites for use in environment monitoring and natural resource surveys. The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) announced this...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Autodesk Inventor & Autodesk Revit Structure Added to Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012

Autodesk today announced Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012, the latest version of its award-winning suite of plant design solutions. Available in Standard, Premium and Ultimate editions, the new suite simplifies cross-department coordination among process plant design stakeholders. Users...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Modelling Glacier Melt and Runoff in Greenland and in the Nepal Himalaya

The world’s population is projected to reach approximately 7 billion by 2012. Much of the growth will be in less economically developed countries in central Asia and South America where demands on water resources are already high...

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