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Monday, August 22nd, 2016

Earth Observation Satellite Formosat-2 Retired After 12 Years of Service

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Formosat-2, Taiwan's first Earth observation satellite, has been decommissioned after 12 years of service — seven years longer than it was designed to survive.  Read More at China Post

Monday, August 22nd, 2016

Geo-Tagging to be Used for Jalyukt Shivar

Nagpur: In order to prevent irregularities in Jalyukt Shivar, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis ' pet project, the government has decided to use geo-tagging software application. The application has been developed by Maharashtra Remote Sensing Applications Centre (MRSAC),...

Friday, August 19th, 2016

Septentrio Supplies GNSS Reference Stations to Oregon Department of Transportation

TORRANCE, Calif. – The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Geometronics Unit is deploying 19 Septentrio PolaRx5 GNSS reference stations to augment and update its statewide real-time GNSS network.   The Septentrio receivers are being integrated by ODOT...

Friday, August 19th, 2016

FARO Solutions Featured in Investigation Scenes of Japanese Movie “Himitsu – THE TOP SECRET”

Aichi  – FARO Japan, Inc. (Head office in Aichi, Chief Commercial Officer: Joseph Arezone) announced that its 3D laser scanner, FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D, as well as its handheld scanner, FARO Scanner Freestyle3D, were used as cutting-edge...

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

Spotlight: Chinese-Egyptian Archaeological Cooperation Necessary for Both Civilizations

CAIRO - China and Egypt should carry out extensive archaeological cooperation to help each other discover their buried treasures, which is necessary for both the Chinese and Egyptian civilizations, experts said here Monday. Read More at Xinhua

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

Pakistan’s First Indigenous Digital Mapping Solution Launched

TPL Trakker Ltd, a tracking solutions provider, launched on Monday country’s first indigenously developed digital mapping solution. Read More at The Tribune

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

Australia Plans New Datum System in Response to GNSS Growth

Citing the position accuracy of new GNSS constellations, Australia’s Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) is moving to modernize the country’s current datum system. Read More at Inside GNSS

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

Anna Univ Researchers to Predict Landslides in Uttarakhand Area

CHENNAI: In an attempt to give some relief to people of disaster-prone Uttarakhand, the Union government has roped-in the Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) in Anna University to predict the occurrence of landslides in the Himalayan region...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

Pune-Based Company to Complete GIS Mapping of Supply Network

The standing committee of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday finalized a Pune-based firm for its ambitious projects of water audit, hydraulic modelling and the geo-informatics system (GIS) mapping of the water supply network.The KMC is...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

Isro@47: The Maverick Journey of Indian Space Agency

As the nation celebrates its 70th Independence Day today, August 15 is also historically remarkable for the national space agency — The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro). It was on this day in 1969 that the agency...