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Monday, December 28th, 2015

Map Data for China Must be Housed on Servers in the Country

In the area of the law, many authorities are just starting to catch on the mobile and internet revolution and write laws accordingly. From texting and driving to cyber bullying, bases are being covered at a relieving...

Monday, December 28th, 2015

Drones Complete Aerial Mapping of Sohna in Gurgaon to Create Administrative Tools

PATNA: Drones have completed a minute aerial mapping exercise of Sohna town, in close proximity to the national capital, to create new age tools that will assist the administration for checking on encroachments, collecting property tax and...

Monday, December 28th, 2015

2016 Set to Lift ISRO Towards Heavy Missions

The year 2016 is set to see the national space programme slowly shift gears towards large satellites, a heavy-lift launcher and improved Earth observation capabilities. Read More via The Hindu

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015

Toyota to Reveal New Mapping Technology at CES Tech show

Toyota will unveil a new system for generating high-precision maps using data from onboard cameras and GPS devices at next month’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Read More via Autocar

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015

Training programme for Capacity Building in Geospatial Technologies Begins at JU

JAMMU, Dec 23: Twenty one day Winter School Training Programme for Capacity Building in Geospatial Technology, organized by the Department of Remote Sensing and GIS, began today at the University of Jammu. Read More via Daily Excelsior

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

Nepali Infrastructure Firm Chooses SuperGIS Desktop Professional

With the collaboration of Indian geospatial professional company, Satpalda Geospatial Services, the Nepali infrastructure firm in Kathmandu, Evernal Infrastructure Ltd., has selected SuperGIS Desktop 3.3 Professional and relevant extensions for analyzing topography. SuperGIS Desktop Professional is outstanding...

Monday, December 21st, 2015

Drone Used for Photography in Big Fat Indian Wedding

A 29-year-old businessman married his college sweetheart in a typical big fat wedding at a plush farmhouse close to the IGI airport. But his photographer who took aerial shots of the function with an unmanned aerial vehicle...

Monday, December 21st, 2015

The making of 3D Google Earth Map: Clouds, Typhoons, Can’t Stop Hong Kong Firm

Clouds, tall buildings and the risk of typhoons were among the challenges for a Hong Kong company charged with taking the images behind the first 3D Google Earth map of an Asian city. Read More via South...

Friday, December 18th, 2015

Unfettered Display of Geospatial Data Pose National Security Implications: Government

NEW DELHI: It is essential to come up with a legislation for dissemination of images and geospatial data in public domain before according permission to service providers such as Google as "unfettered display of data" could have...

Friday, December 18th, 2015

China Cracks Down on Politcally Incorrect Maps

When it comes to maps, China isn’t messing around. Starting next year, you don’t want to be caught with the “wrong” maps—that is, maps containing content “that endangers the country's sovereignty, safety and interests,” according to a...