Friday, April 1st, 2011
An innovative new online mapping portal that will mobilise communities to help protect koalas and their habitats was launched today by Esri Australia and the Australia Koala Foundation (AKF). The AKF’s KoalaMap lets visitors be part of...
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...
