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Singapore unveils road map to help develop international business standards and conformance
Singapore has unveiled plans to help develop international standards...
Adelaide University to run space and defence venture launchpad ahead of Australian Space Forum
Adelaide University’s Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) will deliver...
Japan’s H3 rocket returns to space with successful launch after December setback
Japan’s flagship H3 rocket has returned to flight six...
KONGSBERG accelerates seabed mapping developments with Ocean Exploration Trust expedition aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus
KONGSBERG and the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) are set...
Russian satellites linked to mysterious GPS disruptions across several countries
Since 2019, GPS signals across Europe, Greenland and Canada...
Isro’s Bahubali LVM3 that launched Chandrayaan-3 to be handed to private sector
IN-SPACe has invited Indian companies to take over the...
India to host 13th UN Global Geospatial Information Management Asia-Pacific Conference
India is hosting the 13th United Nations Global Geospatial...
Unseenlabs’ BRO-22 to Become the First Foreign Private Satellite Launched Aboard Japan’s H3 Launch Vehicle
Scheduled for June 10, between 09:53 and 11:52 a.m....
PLD Space increases investment in its Launch Complex at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) to €35M, strengthening Europe’s sovereign space infrastructure
The investment is expected to generate approximately €21 million...
India seeks Singapore capital to fuel its ambitious private space sector
India aims to grow its space economy to US$44...

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Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

Free Point of Interest Data by Type for Use with Maptitude Mapping Software

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) - Point files with the locations of U.S. points of interest are now downloadable for free for Maptitude 2017. The download includes point layers for 86 categories of location in the USA, including shopping...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

China to Build Near-Space Airborne Mobile Wi-Fi Hub with Solar Drones

China is developing an airborne mobile Wi-Fi hub in near space with solar-powered drones. The Feiyun ("Flying Cloud") project is able to secure emergency communication for more than one week and proof of concept is expected to...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

Australia’s First GPS Infrastructure Officially in Space

This has been a productive year so far for Australia in terms of GPS breakthroughs, but plans are in place for the country to continue to make big strides in GPS technology and precise positioning programs.Read More...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

China Unveils Plans for Solar-Powered Telecoms Drones

China launches project 'flying cloud' as it attempts to build a drone powered telecoms network in space. Read More at GTB

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

India: A High-Tech Partner for European GNSS

Launched in 2015 by the Indian government, the Smart Cities Mission for Urban Development aims to transform 100 Indian cities into sustainable, safe and citizen-friendly environments. With a budget of USD 15 billion, GNSS applications will play...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

Singapore Land Authority Encourages Communities to Jointly Develop Geospatial Solutions

The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) recently launched the OneMap Ideaworks! campaign to encourage the co-development of  geospatial solutions. Read More at MIS Asia

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

Kim Jong Un’s North Korea May Be Trying To Hack Into ISRO & Other Sensitive Indian Agencies

To say that North Korea is a rogue state, ruled by a maniacal dictator, who's known to have 'traitors' killed on a whim by either feeding them to dogs or shooting them down with anti-aircraft guns, would...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

Some $180m Needed to Create Next Belarusian-Russian Satellite

About $180 million will be required to create a Belarusian-Russian satellite for the remote sensing of Earth, BelTA learned from Piotr Vityaz, Head of the Office of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Read More at...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

New Bill Aims to Modernize Federal Geospatial Data Collection

Congressman Bruce Westerman introduced the Bipartisan Geospatial Data Act July 27. The bill, co-sponsored by Congressman Seth Moulton, would prevent duplicative data purchases by federal agencies and modernize the collection of data. It would save an untold...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

ISRO Puts ‘Interstellar’ Spacecraft Into Orbit That Can Take Us To Another Star Someday

ISRO, on June 23 had launched the PSLV C38 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch vehicle mainly carried the 712 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation, but it also had 30 more...