Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
The government of India will undergo a detailed mapping effort of all the mineral resources in the country. The country is known as a mineral-rich area with 28 varieties of minerals that include precious stones. The minerals...
Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
A new web map allows for an interactive view of the impact of electricity in India. The spread of electricity in India has been an ongoing objective for more than 20 years, however, there are still more...
Monday, June 27th, 2016
Researchers using InSAR satellite images (Envisat ASAR images and TerraSAR-X images) have determined that the geology under the city of Beijing is collapsing due to excessive pumping of groundwater. The imagery revealed that the central business district...
Monday, June 27th, 2016
Progress on a unified master plan for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region is underway with plans for completion by mid-December. The unified plan will bring together five different master plans and zoning regulations. The unified master plan is being...
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
The Chinese government acknowldges that 60 percent of the country's water is contaminated, however this statistic doesn't help locals understand their water quality. Activists have stepped into the gap to create the MyH20 to map, measure and...
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a record 20 satellites from Sriharikota on June 22 aboard the PSLV C-34 rocket. India's latest earth observation satellite in the Cartosat-2 series will be onboard along...
Monday, June 13th, 2016
Scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) will release underwater robots to monitor how ocean conditions influence monsoon rainfall. Meanwhile, collaborators from a partner project led by the University of Reading with collaborators across the UK...
Monday, June 13th, 2016
China's Gaofen-4 high-orbit remote sensing satellite is now in operation after a six-month testing period. The satellite was launched in December of 2015 as the first high-orbit (36,000 kilometers) installment of the Gaofen series. The low Earth orbit counterparts can...
Monday, June 6th, 2016
The New South Wales State Emergency Services recently unveiled a tsunami evacuation map that unfortunately coincided with the announcement of a major storm. The map shows areas that would be evacuated if a tsunami reached the shores....
Monday, June 6th, 2016
Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority will hire a data collection company to track heavy vehicle travel and parking data in order to better plan. The supplier will install GPS tracking devices on the heavy trucks. There are 44,000 heavy...
