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President Lai reviews progress on first indigenous satellite constellation
President Lai Ching-te said developing space technology is a...
Japan’s iQPS lines up eight SAR launches
ST. LOUIS — Japan’s Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of...
UAE Astronauts Promote AI and Collaboration in Space at GITEX Europe
The Arab world’s first astronaut, Hazzaa Al Mansouri, and...
New species of space-adapted bacteria discovered on China’s Tiangong space station
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe...
Isro’s 101st mission fails as PSLV-C61 suffers third-stage anomaly
India’s latest Earth observation satellite mission faced a setback...
Iraq’s First Fully Solar-Powered Village in Kulak Is Now Operational
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – May 20, 2025 — The...
Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies ready to launch maiden Eris Test flight the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
Gilmour Space Technologies is the leading launch services company...
Korea’s space agency seeks revision of plan to modify next-gen rockets into reusable system
South Korea's aerospace agency said on Thursday that it...
UAE Space Agency Signs Agreement With Technology Innovation Institute to Execute the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt’s Lander Project
In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin...
Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ahead of a June touchdown
A private lunar lander from Japan is now circling the moon, with...

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Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

Indonesia Launches Interactive Geospatial Portal for Forest Protection

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has launched a new geospatial portal, which aims to serve as the dedicated source of data on the country’s forests and other natural resources. Read More at Eco Business

Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

LizardTech Unveils Lossless Compression of Harris Geiger-Mode LiDAR Data in GeoExpress 9.5.3

SEATTLE, Wash. — LizardTech®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, has unveiled lossless compression of Harris Geiger-Mode LiDAR data in the newest release of its GeoExpress software. Users of GeoExpress 9.5.3 can...

Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

Popular Esri ArcGIS Marketplace App Reaches Milestone With 3,000 Organization Installations

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - GEO Jobe is pleased to announce an important milestone event in the life of our popular Admin Tools for ArcGIS Online. Recently, the popular application designed for Administrators of ArcGIS Online within facilities, government,...

Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

Boundless Education Program Expands Support to Promote Geo-Education Everywhere

Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today announced that it has extended the Boundless Education Program to provide open source GIS software and support for free to educators and students across the globe.   "We believe open source software...

Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

Ecometrica Makes Deloitte 2016 Technology Fast 500 EMEA

Edinburgh/London, 14 December 2016 - Ecometrica has been named on the prestigious Deloitte 2016 Technology Fast 500™ Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) list, following a year of rapid growth and important developments for the sustainability...

Tuesday, December 13th, 2016

Scientists Study Tibet’s Collapsing Glaciers

The Journal of Glaciology recently published the first account from scientists at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITPCAS) concerning a glacier that collapsed on July 17, 2016, killing nine local...

Tuesday, December 13th, 2016

GerMAP Launches New Aerial Mapping UAV

G170-V, a VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) fixed-wing UAV, is the latest UAV German-based GerMAP has added to the remote sensing and aerial mapping market. G170-V ideally combines the easiness of manual or automatic vertical take-off and...

Tuesday, December 13th, 2016

Controversy Continues After S. Korea’s Rejection of Releasing Mapping Data

The Korean government had rejected offshore release of detailed local mapping data. However, this time, the government showed a contradictory attitude after a civil complaint about its rejection was submitted, creating some controversial responses from the public....

Tuesday, December 13th, 2016

The Hydrographic Society UK Launches Alan Ingham Student Award Scheme

The Hydrographic Society UK, which also maintains an overseas membership drawn from nearly 45 countries, has launched an annual student and graduate paper Award scheme dedicated to the memory of Alan Ingham, founder member of the original...

Monday, December 12th, 2016

China Launches First Quantitative Remote-Sensing Weather Satellite in High Orbit

Beijing - China launched a weather satellite at 12:11 am local time on Sunday, making an upgrade of China's meteorological geostationary orbit. Read More at News Gram