Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Recently there has been speculation that India's earth observation satellites have not been performing to expectation. The Comptroller and Auditor General for the country opened the door and stepped into the satellite industry and determined that several satellites...
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
A major threat to GNSS realiability comes from the sun. Solar-related phenomena, and their effect on the Earth's ionosphere, can cause disruptions in signal delivery, and there are little to no protections in current systems. As we...
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The Delhi Assembly has just passed a bill that will centralize GIS and spatial data, and make geospatial technology central to all planning, utility services and infrastructure development in the state of Delhi, India. The Delhi Geo-spatial...
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The occurrence of radiation within the Japanese food supply is raising concern for both local and international consumers of food products from impacted areas - and even those areas that are completely safe. Accurate information about the...
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Geophysical activity around the globe results in a need to monitor the earth's physical activity closely. Earthquakes, volcanoes and geological investigations are all monitored so internal and surface activities can be studied, understood and even modeled. Recent...
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Hong Kong has a long history of mapping and surveying since the beginning of the colony. This history dates back as far as the Qin (221-206 B.C.) and Han (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.) dynasties. Initial land...
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Handheld field data gathering devices have rapidly advanced with new innovations. These hardware devices not only record field data, they augment spatial data gathering operations and workflows throughout the organisation. Next generation field data gathering supports gathering...
Friday, March 11th, 2011
An 8.9 magnitude earth earthquake has struck off the coast of northern Japan. The earthquake has generated a 10 m high tsunami that is reportedly extending a kilometer inland in some locations. Japan sits atop one of...
Friday, March 11th, 2011
China Information Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNIT) has reported a banner year with a 62% increase in revenue and a 39% increase in profit, largely led by an increase of 43% in its GIS segment. The company specializes...
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
A recently released report in London suggested this past week that society has become too dependent on GPS - the technology that allows us to navigate and perform positioning guidance through the use of satellites. I seriously...
