Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
BENGALURU: India's largest online retailer Flipkart is building its mapping platform based on the data from MapmyIndia, where it picked up over 34% stake last year. The online retailer is building Flipkart Maps, which will help it...
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
The region where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea has seen some of the most rapid urban expansion in human history over the past few decades – transforming what was mostly agricultural land in...
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
In a news report by Daily Mail, the North Korean Space rocket technology called Simorgh was obtained by Iran and it was finally tested for the first time. Read More at Nature World News
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
Due to MNCs like Google and Apple giving a cold response to India's security concerns, they might soon need a license for satellite mapping in India, says a proposed legislation. As reported last week, a draft of...
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
In a bid to curb the mushrooming illegal structures, the state government has decided to identify and check illegal structures across the state with the help of a remote sensing technique. Read More at DNA India
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
The 6th Digital Earth Summit, together with a celebration of the tenth anniversary of ISDE, will be held on 7-8 July 2016 in Beijing, China. With the theme of “Digital Earth in the Era of Big Data”,...
Monday, May 9th, 2016
Geography is not always a strong subject for Americans. The National Assessment of Educational Progress consistently finds US students’ score poorly on geography tests, and other studies find many parents don’t do much better. But if you...
Monday, May 9th, 2016
Bundi in Rajasthan will be the first in the country to have minute digital mapping with comprehensive database of its demographical and geographical information, including small lanes, streets, trees, drains, electric poles and houses, besides monuments with...
Monday, May 9th, 2016
As the heat wave engulfs more people in its deathly tirade, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has started an interactive ‘heat-wave visualization’ map on its Indian Geo-Platform Bhuvan, monitoring the intensity of the heatwave in the...
Monday, May 9th, 2016
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on course to getting high resolution satellite images with Cartosat-2E and Cartosat-3 during 2017-18 timeframe, for preparing and updating large-scale base maps for urban planning, infrastructure development, utilities planning and traffic...