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ISRO hands over 10 advanced technologies to Indian firms in major push for space commercialisation
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DIGIPIN Launched: India Embraces Geospatial Precision in Digital Addressing
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HAL to build, market Isro’s SSLV in landmark deal
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Taiwan developing space capabilities for all-weather imaging
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Honda hails successful test of reusable rocket as it looks to get into the space business
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China’s space program provides larger platform for broader international cooperation
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India To Launch $1.5 Billion Joint Earth Mission With NASA In July
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Monday, June 6th, 2016

ISRO, Other World Space Agencies Unite to Monitor Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Bengaluru: For the first time, under the impetus of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French space agency, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), space agencies of over 60 countries have agreed to engage their satellites for coordination in...

Monday, June 6th, 2016

Illegal Mapping Now a ‘Serious’ Case in Western China

Illegal mapping has become a “serious” problem in remote areas of western China, the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation (NASG) announced in its annual report. Read More at Yibada  

Friday, June 3rd, 2016

Multiple Petitions Oppose Geospatial Bill as Deadline for Comments Approaches

NEW DELHI: As the deadline for the controversial Geospatial Bill draws to a close over the weekend, various agencies are requesting common users to sign petitions voicing their concerns against the Bill. At the forefront are the...

Friday, June 3rd, 2016

Satellite Mapping for Delimitation of Wards

PUNE: Tools like satellite mapping would be used for defining borders of wards for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections early next year.Civic officials said the election commission had issued norms for the delimitation of wards. PMC...

Friday, June 3rd, 2016

15th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference Abstract Deadline Now July 1st

First off, a great thank you to all who submitted abstracts for the 15th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference (GSDI 15) before the previous June 1st deadline.  With more than 110 abstracts received, additional space has been...

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

Maptek to ‘Switch on Innovation’ at Technology Conference in Johannesburg

Integrated solutions developer Maptek invites African mining professionals to gather at Switch on Innovation  to learn ways Maptek technology fulfils their productivity and safety goals.   The conference will be held at the University of Witwatersrand in...

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

NSDI to generate geo-data, digital mapping: Bangladesh PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government would soon form 'National Spatial Data Infrastructure' (NSDI) to generate geo-data and digital mapping aimed at country's planned development. Read More at Prothom Alo

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

India’s Geospatial Bill Creates Curosity, Generates Controversy

New Delhi: Helping people in times of emergency or calamity can soon become a thing of past if the government proposed Geospatial Information Bill becomes an Act. The draft Bill prevents creation of any geospatial data and...

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Topcon Announces Increased Integration with Autodesk Scanning Software

LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – June 1, 2016 – Topcon Positioning Group announces increased integration in the Autodesk and Topcon reality data workflow that is designed to increase project efficiency. Raw scan data from...

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Railways. PEC Sign MoU to set up Kalpana Chawla Chair on Geospatial Technology

Ministry of Railways and PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh on 30 May 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up Kalpana Chawla Chair on Geospatial Technology for Indian Railways at the University. Read More at...