Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
In this International Year of Forests, much focus is being places on the health of forests and the services that they perform for the environment, biodiversity and the economy. Asia has been a global leader in forest...
Friday, January 28th, 2011
The Geographic Information Science, also known as GI Science, is a newly emerging discipline of applied sciences. GI Science is concerned with the collection or capture of spatial data by such methods as satellite remotely sensed images,...
Friday, January 28th, 2011
PLUS Expressways Group is the largest toll expressway operator in South East Asia, managing 973 km of expressways in Malaysia, including the North-South Expressway. The organisation began using GIS in the 1980s, completing a project to convert...
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
The exploding growth that is evident throughout Asia is a major change in all aspects of infrastructure creation and management. The rapid improvements evident across the region often have started with the creation of an accurate...
Friday, January 21st, 2011
Changing climate is heightening the need for improved information related to weather. Traditionally, Russia has not many such satellites operating in space and therefore has not had the capability to provide up-to-date weather forecasting. But that picture...
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Given steep terrain, frequent seismic activity, and torrential rains from typhoons, Taiwan is susceptible to large-scale and devastating debris flows and landslides. To address this considerable problem, and particularly the issue of loss of life and property,...
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
The Geospatial World Forum took place this week in Hyderabad, India. This is the third bi-annual event in a series, although the word mapping has been replaced with the word geospatial for this year’s installment. The conference...
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Construction and infrastructure is poised to expand across Asia in 2011. This growth will include many different types of infrastructure and engage a broad range of geomatics technologies and geospatial technology supported expansion. Emerging and Developing Asian...
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Singapore has been growing rapidly. The statistics for the country are impressive including an annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 6.9% and a jobless rate of 2.1%, for the last quarter of 2010. The mean population growth...
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Giant pandas have been known to require a unique habitat, but data mining of a recent in-depth and large-scale mapping and monitoring effort yields new insight indicating that they need old-growth forests as much as bamboo ...
