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Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

Keynote Speaker – 6th Digital Earth Summit

The 6th Digital Earth Summit, together with a celebration of the tenth anniversary of ISDE, will be held on 7-8 July 2016 in Beijing, China. With the theme of “Digital Earth in the Era of Big Data”,...

Monday, May 9th, 2016

Asia Minute: Mapping the Law in India

Geography is not always a strong subject for Americans.  The National Assessment of Educational Progress consistently finds US students’ score poorly on geography tests, and other studies find many parents don’t do much better. But if you...

Monday, May 9th, 2016

Bundi to Get Minute Digital Mapping, First in the Country

Bundi in Rajasthan will be the first in the country to have minute digital mapping with comprehensive database of its demographical and geographical information, including small lanes, streets, trees, drains, electric poles and houses, besides monuments with...

Monday, May 9th, 2016

This is How ISRO is Mapping the Heatwave in South India

As the heat wave engulfs more people in its deathly tirade, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has started an interactive ‘heat-wave visualization’ map on its Indian Geo-Platform Bhuvan, monitoring the intensity of the heatwave in the...

Monday, May 9th, 2016

ISRO Anticipates High Resolution Images from Cartosat Satellites

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on course to getting high resolution satellite images with Cartosat-2E and Cartosat-3 during 2017-18 timeframe, for preparing and updating large-scale base maps for urban planning, infrastructure development, utilities planning and traffic...

Monday, May 9th, 2016

China’s Earth Observation Satellite Assists Ecuador Quake Relief

China has offered a set of hi-resolution imageries of the Ecuador quake zone, captured by satellite Gaofen-2 to aid relief work, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday. Read More at China.org.cn

Monday, May 9th, 2016

ISRO Signs MoUs for Space Exploration with 37 Countries

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed MoU/ Cooperative agreements for exploration and use of outer space with 37 countries viz. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy,...

Monday, May 9th, 2016

Beijing UniStrong Chief Takes Over (Temporarily) at Hemisphere GNSS

Hemisphere GNSS, Inc. announced that Xinping Guo has been named Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Read More at Inside GNSS

Monday, May 9th, 2016

India’s New Draft Bill for Geospatial Information Could be a Rs 100 Crore Headache for Google, Apple

The Indian government has prepared a draft law that if implemented will make it mandatory for maps and navigation services like Google Maps, Apple Maps or Here Maps to secure a licence from the government for operating...

Friday, May 6th, 2016

GSDI 15 World Conference: Greg Scott Joins Keynote Speaker Lineup

The organizing team of the 15th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure World Conference (GSDI 15, http://gsdi15.org.tw/) is pleased to announce that Greg Scott will shore up the conference’s already impressive keynote speaker line-up. Mr. Scott will join Mark...