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India-US space ties deepen as NASA invites ISRO to join moon base program
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Chinese rocket carrying satellite explodes seconds after launch
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India counters China’s map war: Names of 27 Arunachal Pradesh locations standardised on Survey of India maps
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2016

Chinese Space Station Falling Back to Earth

China's Tiangong-1 space station, which has been orbiting Earth since 2011 to test technologies the country will use for a planned space station it will launch in 2020s, is out of control and falling back to Earth....

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Esri Chosen by Microsoft as its GIS Service for Enterprise Users

Redlands, California—Esri, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, is collaborating with Microsoft Corp. on two new offerings leveraging Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Azure. This collaboration makes the power of geospatial analytics available to...

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure Acquires GISquadrat

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. —  Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has acquired GISquadrat GmbH of Vienna, Austria. The acquisition will enhance Hexagon's geospatial, cloud and mobile solutions for governments and utility providers in Europe. A Hexagon partner prior to the...

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Press Release: Dr Winnie Tang of Esri China (Hong Kong) to Keynote at GSDI 15 World Conference

With a PhD in Science from the University of Hong Kong, Dr. Winnie Tang JP has over 20 years’ experience in the industry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and is the Founder and Chairman of Esri...

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

In a first, PSLV Puts 8 Satellites in Two Different Orbits

In a first, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s PSLV C-35 rocket launched a total of eight satellites, into two different orbits. The 371 kg SCATSAT-1, a satellite for weather-related studies, was placed in the polar sun synchronous...

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Global Mapper v18 Released with Improved User Interface and Full Range Rendering of 3D Data

Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Global Mapper version 18. The culmination of an extensive design and development effort, this major version release boasts a bold new look and feel with...

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Geodetics Introduces Mobile Mapping System with Lidar, GPS

Geodetics Inc.’s newest mobile mapping product, Geo-MMS, is a fully integrated lidar mapping payload for integration with unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The Geo-MMS includes an inertial navigation system (INS) coupled with a lidar sensor. Raw data from the...

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Trimble Launches New Portfolio of Wireless IoT Sensors for Water Monitoring

NEW ORLEANS - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today its Telog® 41 Series of wireless, battery-powered sensors for water monitoring applications. These new Internet of Things (IoT) sensors use innovative, low-power, Long-Range (LoRa® technology) wireless communications to remotely...

Monday, September 26th, 2016

OGC Seeks Public Comment for Candidate Moving Features Access Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on its candidate Moving Features Access Standard. Applications using moving feature data, such as vehicles or pedestrians, are rapidly increasing. Innovative applications are expected to require the overlay, integration,...

Monday, September 26th, 2016

Pakistan to Launch Remote-Sensing Satellite in 2018: President

ISLAMABAD: As space technology is being used in the planning and monitoring of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmo­sphere Research Commission (Suparco) will launch the country’s first remote-sensing satellite in March, 2018....