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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”...

Friday, February 26th, 2016

FlexiCadastre Goes Live for Oil & Gas in Australasia

Spatial Dimension, a Trimble company, is pleased to announce that Origin Energy Limited recently went live with FlexiCadastre as its enterprise tenure and agreements management solution. Focusing on onshore and offshore operations across Australia and New Zealand,...

Friday, February 26th, 2016

Blue Marble Partner Schnell Informatics Exhibiting at the GeoSmart India Conference

Hallowell, Maine – February 25, 2016 - Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that its regional partner, Schnell Informatics LLC, will be showcasing the company’s suite of geospatial software products at the forthcoming GeoSmart India...

Friday, February 26th, 2016

IndoorAtlas, Yahoo Team Geomagnetic Building Mapping In Japan

IndoorAtlas, an indoor positioning company that specializes in geomagnetic mapping and tracking, announced a partnership with Yahoo! Japan today to deliver indoor positioning services across the country. Read More via Media Post

Friday, February 26th, 2016

North Korea’s Satellite can Function as Spy Vehicle – Russian Official

North Korea has placed its remote sensing satellite into orbit and can function as a spy, Col. Andrey Kalyuta, head of Russia's Main Center for Space Intelligence, said on Feb. 22. Read More via Russia Beyond The...

Friday, February 26th, 2016

Chhattisgarh to Map Water Bodies to Boost Pisciculture

The government of Chhattisgarh will undertake a survey using remote sensing technology for mapping the location of ponds, rivers and other water bodies to encourage fish farming in the State. Read More via The Hindu

Thursday, February 25th, 2016

DLR and JAXA Strengthen Cooperation

On 25 February 2016, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signed an ‘Inter Agency Arrangement for Strategic Partnership’ at the German Embassy in Tokyo, Japan....

Thursday, February 25th, 2016

Military Action Against North Korea Possible: Top US cmdr.

The United States does not rule out a possible military action against North Korea, if Pyongyang continues to develop its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, says a top US military commander. Read More via Press TV