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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016

Korea Transfers Its Knowledge of Spatial Information System to Central Asia, Africa

The National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) is planning to launch spatial data infrastructure (SDI) building projects in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. The NGII signed business agreements with these countries to this end last year and master...

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016

Pentagon Mapmakers Are Using Social Media to Chart Syrians’ Exodus

Streams of Facebook, Instagram, and other social media posts shared by smartphone-toting children and families at border crossings are providing U.S. intelligence analysts with a real-time map of the Syrian exodus. It’s not picture perfect, but it fills...

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016

India Considering Satellite Plan Change After Pakistan Hurdles

After consistently running into the Pakistan firewall, India wants its South Asian satellite project to take off on a sub-regional basis, again showing how issues between the neighbours could derail regional initiatives. Read More via Hindustan Times

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016

NASA Set to Launch Philippines’ 1st Microsatellite to the ISS

MANILA, Philippines -- Diwata-1, the Philippines' first microsatellite, will be brought to the International Space Station (ISS) at 11 p.m. of March 22, Eastern Standard Time (11 a.m., March 23, Philippine Standard Time). Read More at Interaksyon

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Govt Plans Law on What Can be Seen in India from Skies

The Centre is drafting a law to regulate data and high resolution images collected from the skies and shared through applications such as Google Earth, a move aimed at securing strategic installations from enemy eyes. Read More...

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Ministry of Railways and ISRO Signed MoU for Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies

The Ministry of Railways and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 17 March 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding Effective Use of Space Technology in Remote Sensing and Graphic Information System (GIS) based Governance Application...

Monday, March 21st, 2016

NDDB Wins India Geospatial Excellence Award

Anand-headquartered National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was recently awarded the India geospatial excellence award in the annual Geosmart India 2016 conference of the geo-spatial /GIS industry at the India Expo Centre at Greater Noida. Read More at...

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Japanese Mapping Project Records Last Movements of 2011 Tsunami Victims

An innovative mapping project tracks the last moments of the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read More at Global Voices

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

EIVA Launches New Generation of Survey Navigation and Positioning Solution

The fourth generation of NaviPac, the flagship of our NaviSuite software suite, is to be launched at Oceanology International 2016 on 15 March. Visitors at the EIVA stand will be able to get a demo by the...

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

Hemisphere GNSS Debuts S321 GNSS Survey Smart Antenna

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA – March 16, 2016 – Today, Hemisphere GNSS announces the release of S321, their next-generation multi-frequency, multi-GNSS survey smart antenna. The all-new S321 combines Hemisphere’s Athena™and Atlas technologies along with a completely new web...