Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Indonesia is expanding rapidly as the economy flourishes. Recently the country's credit rating was upgraded to investment grade as the economy rolls forward on about 6.5% growth per year. But the existing infrastructure is in need of...
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Higher commodity prices are resulting in higher bottom lines for many agricultural producers today. Productive agricultural land is no longer readily available, and a growing global population increasingly depends upon technological innovation to meet consumer needs. As...
Friday, December 30th, 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, we are reminded of the many feature articles that have been published throughout 2011. The editors of Asian Surveing and Mapping have gathered together the Top 5 articles of the year...
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Last year saw extensive flood damage throughout the Brisbane, Australia area. Damage estimates were in the billions of dollars. Infrastructure was destroyed, crops were submerged and the energy industry was impacted significantly. The toll on human life...
Friday, December 16th, 2011
On 1–2 December, 2011, the High Level Seminar on Hyperspectral Earth Observation convened in Beijing. Nearly 200 Chinese experts, graduate students and industry representatives in fields related to imaging spectroscopy attended the seminar. The seminar was divided into...
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Indonesia is taking aim at infrastructure development. The country recognizes the serious shortage of infrastructure within it's borders and understands that services, including basic protection, transport and marine operations all depend upon fully functioning infrastructure. The government...
Friday, December 9th, 2011
Interoperability and data format exchange capabilities are important to further the sharing of scientific results and improving collaboration about the world's oceans. The World Ocean Council has embarked on the challenge of bringing together the many diverse...
Friday, December 9th, 2011
Marine surveys are conducted to acquire underwater geophysical information. In most cases, marine surveyors will acquire 3D data using sounding equipment. Sound reflections bounce off of underwater surfaces and are returned to survey ships detectors along carefully...
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Agricultural food production is linked closely to geospatial technologies. From an agronomic perspective, variable rate (VR) approaches are about much more than nitrogen fertilizer applications alone. Plants depend upon several macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients as well as other...
Friday, November 25th, 2011
China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System continues to grow as it approaches 10 satellites in space, marching onward toward it's 2012 mainly China operational status with global coverage targeted for 2020. It is being reported that the Beidou...
