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Korea Signs Space Cooperation MOU With Mexico
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China’s space diplomacy lifts Pakistani astronaut toward orbit
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EU and Korea deepen cooperation on secure satellite connectivity
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Ghana, Japan explore deeper cooperation in space technology
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China conducts four launches inside 48 hours as launch options diversify
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Dubai Municipality deploys smart robot for geospatial surveys
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India’s Geospatial Sector Gets Boost With Mirai-GreenValley LiDAR Partnership
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From drones to space tech, Japan looks to startups to strengthen its defences
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Monday, November 5th, 2018

Tech Company Creates Striking “Floating Maps”

New York-   Meridian Maps, a small startup based in Ridgewood, New York, has debuted a unique type of wall art.  Dubbed “Floating Maps”, they hover off the wall creating distinctive shadows. These custom works are precision...

Monday, November 5th, 2018

Maptitude achieves top ranking in G2 Crowd’s GIS Relationship and Small Business Relationship Index as well as second highest ranking in G2 Crowd’s GIS Usability Index

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) - Maptitude has achieved the highest GIS Relationship and Small Business GIS Relationship scores based on the responses of real users for each of the relationship related questions featured in the G2 Crowd review...

Monday, November 5th, 2018

CAI Technologies Acquires Specialty Mapping Divisions of James W. Sewall Company

(Littleton, New Hampshire) CAI Technologies (CAI), a municipal mapping and GIS services company located in Littleton, New Hampshire, is pleased to announce its acquisition of the tax mapping, web hosting and specialty natural resource mapping divisions of...

Monday, November 5th, 2018

HOT Indonesia Completed Mapping Lifeline Infrastructures in Semarang

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team has completed mapping Semarang, the capital and largest city of Central Java. A city of 373.8 square kilometres and a home to over 1,5 million people, Semarang is the fifth largest city in Indonesia....

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