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India counters China’s map war: Names of 27 Arunachal Pradesh locations standardised on Survey of India maps
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Monday, November 5th, 2018

Israel to provide EU unmanned maritime patrol system in 68 mln USD deal

JERUSALEM - Israel's Elbit Systems will operate its flagship UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) in the European Union (EU) countries, in a 68-million-dollar deal, the security company reported Thursday. Read More at Xinhua

Monday, November 5th, 2018

VRMesh V10.1 Improves Workflow on Point Cloud Cleanup and Road Resurfacing

VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v10.1, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh is best known for its unique technologies including automatic point cloud classification, feature...

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

Japan launches greenhouse gas observing satellite

Japan has launched a new satellite to observe greenhouse gases. Ibuki-2, also known as GOSAT-2, will survey carbon dioxide and other global warming gases with greater precision than its predecessor. Read More at NHK

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

Philippine-made Diwata-2B goes into orbit with KhalifaSat

Just as the UAE rejoiced when the first 100-per cent UAE-made KhalifaSat was launched into orbit from Japan on Monday morning, the Philippines also did when its Diwata-2B microsatellite lifted off to space on board the same spacecraft. ...

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

Japan’s NTT & Furuno Electric develop GNSS receiver for severe reception conditions

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and Furuno Electric have developed a receiver for GPS and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) to improve time-synchronization accuracy in areas with severe reception conditions such as among buildings and...

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

Esri Ireland makes €500m worth of digital mapping software available to schools

Geographic information systems (GIS) provider Esri Ireland is making €500 million worth of digital mapping software available to every primary and secondary school in the country. Read More at Tech Central

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

Ministry Explains Uganda-Tanzania Border Survey

The acting commissioner in charge of surveys and mapping in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr Wilson Ogaro, has said the ongoing survey of Uganda-Tanzania border in Isingiro District area is intended to make...

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

International LiDAR Mapping Forum 2019 Keynote Speakers Announced

(Denver, Colorado, USA) – The organizers of International LiDAR Mapping Forum, the world’s leading technical conference and expo that showcases the latest airborne, terrestrial and underwater lidar and emerging remote sensing and data collection tools and technologies,...

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

New Maptitude Mapping Software 2018 Country Package for DACH

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) - Caliper is excited to announce the release of a new 2018 DACH Country Package for its Maptitude mapping software. Maptitude Country Packages bring the power and flexibility of our Maptitude product suite to...

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

Airbus Delivers First European Service Module for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

Bremen, 02 November 2018 – Airbus will deliver the first European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft from its aerospace site in Bremen, Germany on 5 November 2018. An Antonov cargo aircraft will fly the ESM to...