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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Radiant.Earth CEO Wins Geospatial Woman Champion of the Year Award

WASHINGTON - Anne Hale Miglarese, Radiant.Earth Founder and CEO, was presented with the prestigious Geospatial World Woman of the Year Award on January 17, 2018, at the Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India. Ms. Miglarese received the...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Nepal’s Survey Department Launches Probe into Birgunj Border Encroachment Reports

Nepal’s Department of Survey has sent a team to investigate into reports of border encroachment by India on the no-man’s land near Birgunj. Read More at Online Khabar

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

China Launches 2 Remote Sensing Satellites, 4 Small Satellites

China launched two high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:12pm Friday Beijing Time. Read More at Shine.cn

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Step Forward India, Japan and China, the New Competitors in the Race to Explore Space

Two generations ago, the space race was a Cold War subplot pitting the United States against the-then Soviet Union over who would be the first to launch a satellite, send a man into space and walk on...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Former ISRO Chief Wins Award at Geospatial World Forum

Hyderabad: Former chairman of ISRO A S Kiran Kumar has been conferred with a ‘Special Achievement Award’ for being the backbone of ISRO’s path-breaking innovations and outreach in the recent times. Kumar has been instrumental in commercialisation...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

MapMyIndia Launches New Map Engine To Rival Google Maps

MapmyIndia has launched a new map engine which has been designed to geo-enable applications and solutions with faster turnaround time. With its new maps, the company plans to take on tech giant, Google's map service. Read More...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Japan Successfully Launches New Earth Observation Satellite

TOKYO: Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Thursday successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite, equipped with X-band radar which is capable of obtaining high-resolution terrain images. Read More at The Gulf Today

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Google Denies Mapping Service Returning to China

Alphabet Inc.’s Google denied media reports that the technology giant was re-launching its mapping platform in China, after eight years of the service being severely restricted. Read More at Ejinsight

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Google Says ‘No Changes’ to Mapping Platform in China After Report

BEIJING  - Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Tuesday it has made “no changes” to its mapping platform in China, denying an earlier media report that claimed it was re-launching the function in China, where many of...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

UNSW Sydney Launched its First Research Centre for 3D Digital Mapping of Buildings and Infrastructure

Earlier this month, UNSW Sydney set up its first Geospatial Information Centre to focus on 3D digital mapping of buildings and infrastructure. Read More at OpenGov Asia