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Friday, March 4th, 2016

India Geospatial Excellence awards presented at Expo Mart in Greater Noida

Geospatial Conference 2016 being held in Greater Noida conferred awards on some big names from the Geospatial Industry under various categories. The awards and recognitions were given for exemplary innovations and practices in the Indian geospatial industry....

Friday, March 4th, 2016

The Philippines To Launch Its First Microsatellite

AsianScientist (Mar. 3, 2016) - In a cross-border collaboration with universities in Japan, engineers from the Department of Science and Technology have successfully built the Philippines’ first microsatellite. Read more at Asian Scientist

Friday, March 4th, 2016

Topcon Announces New Geodetic Antenna

LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands  – Topcon Positioning Group announces the release of a new full wave geodetic antenna — the G5-A1.  The portable antenna is designed to provide improved multipath mitigation for use...

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

DLR is Expanding Cooperation with Japan and South Korea

A DLR delegation led by Pascale Ehrenfreund visited South Korea and Japan from 21 to 27 February. The delegation cultivated and expanded the close cooperation with partner organisations. Two important partnership agreements were signed during the visits....

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

South Asia’s Largest Geospatial Conference Begins in Noida

The biggest geospatial conference in South Asia, GeoSmart India 2016, started on Tuesday with stalwarts in the industry deliberating upon the potential of geospatial technologies and its applications for India’s economic development. Read More via Business Standard

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

N.Korean Media Cites Russian Official on Functional Satellite

North Korea media once again claimed the country’s newly launched satellite was operational yesterday, this time citing Russia’s National Space Monitoring Center, whose director told media it was operating normally. Read More via NK News

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

Baidu Inc. Pushes Its Mapping Boundaries Into Other Parts of Asia

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) recently announced that it's expanding its Maps offering to three Asian countries and one city-state that are popular with Chinese tourists: Japan, Thailand, South Korea, and Singapore. This move shows discipline and focus on the part...

Monday, February 29th, 2016

Septentrio Awarded AiRobot – Winners of the special Septentrio Galileo Masters (Flanders Challenge) Prize 2015 – with an AsteRx-m UAS Receiver

Leuven, Belgium, 29 February 2016 – Septentrio, a leading designer and manufacturer of GNSS solutions recently awarded the winners of the Galileo Masters (Flanders Challenge) of the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2015 a special prize of the...

Monday, February 29th, 2016

GIS, GPS Would Have Helped Tackle 2013 Calamity Better: CM

Underlining the importance of using Geographic Information System and Global Positioning System in the state's remote hill areas, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has said maximum use of these technologies prior to 2013 flash floods would have helped...

Monday, February 29th, 2016

Call for Session Proposals: 6th Digital Earth Summit

Under the theme of “Digital Earth in the Era of Big Data”, proposals for invited sessions, falling within the topics of “Big Data and Digital Earth”, “Advances in Digital Earth”, “Digital Earth Technologies” and “Digital Earth Applications”...