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Friday, December 9th, 2016

FARO Opens New Office in Australia

Singapore, 9 December 2016 – FARO Technologies, a global technology company that develops and markets computer-aided coordinate measurement devices and software, opens its new office in Brisbane, Australia.   This move is part of FARO’s long-term growth...

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

UAS To Offer A $23.6 Billion Revenue Opportunity For SATCOM & Geospatial Industries

Just released is NSR’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Satcom and Imaging Markets, 3rd Edition report that projects cumulative revenue opportunity of $19.9 billion for UAS satellite communications and $3.7 billion for commercial UAS imaging service during the...

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Supergeo Showcased the Latest GIS Products and Solutions in GSDI 15

Held by Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) and Ministry of the Interior (MOI), Taiwan, the 15th GSDI World Conference came to an end on December 2nd. Knowing the importance of spatial data infrastructure, Supergeo was willing...

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Decoding China’s Home-Developed Drone Wing Loong

BEIJING, (Xinhua) -- China is gearing up to strengthen its role in global aviation with the drone industry taking off. Read More at Xinhua

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

ISRO Successfully Launches Third Remote Sensing Satellite Resourcesat-2A

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched the remote sensing satellite, Resourcesat-2A using its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), on Wednesday. Read More at Hindustan Times

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Mitsubishi Electric Joins Race to Make Maps for Self-Drive Cars

The technology to make autonomous driving a reality is more or less in place. But what’s stalling the full public debut is the lack of detailed 3D maps driverless cars can rely on in all types of...

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Tim Marshall Frees the Prisoners of Geography with the UKGEOforum

The next UKGEOforum Annual Lecture will be given in January 2017 by the author and former Diplomatic Editor and Foreign Correspondent for Sky News, Tim Marshall. Tim served his time as an unpaid intern and endured many...

Wednesday, December 7th, 2016

Two Glaciers Collapse In Western Tibet

A glacier near Lake Aru in western Tibet collapsed on 17 July 2016. Now the Journal of Glaciology publishes the first scientific account of this cryospheric disaster in which nine local yak herders were killed. Eyewitnesses reported...

Wednesday, December 7th, 2016

Fugro’s Airborne Technology Deployed In Response To New Zealand Earthquake

Fugro’s LADS technology is being deployed in New Zealand to assist in relief efforts following the damaging 7.9 magnitude earthquake near Christchurch on 14th November 2016. At the request of the New Zealand Government, the Royal Australian...

Wednesday, December 7th, 2016

India Launches Third RESOURCESAT Satellite

On Dec. 7, 2016, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully took of from the Satish Dhawan Space Center and placed ISRO’s RESOURCESAT-2A remote-sensing satellite into orbit. The satellite weighs 1,235 kilograms and...