Features
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...
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
A new initiative on Native Customary Rights (NCR) land has continued with the handover of the Section Six Gazette Notification of the Sarawak Land Code. The government is issuing ownership titles on NCR land surveyed by the...
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Wireless technology has been innovating at a rapid rate and can now be found throughout the geomatics and geospatial sector. There are several advantages to using wireless, some more obvious than others. Because it does not involve...
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
The number and severity of flood events throughout Asia has increased in recent times. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma and Vietnam have all experienced major flood disasters recently. Integrated flood management is emerging as a comprehensive approach for...
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
There are few suppliers today that provide a full range of surveying technology ranging from robotic total stations through to GNSS for surveying instruments - GeoMax is one of them. The company aims to deliver a price-to-performance...
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
The 53rd Photogrammetric Week was held in Stuttgart, Germany, from 5-9 September 2011 with 380 participants from 45 countries. The conference proved to be a very informative event with developments in new digital aerial cameras, lidar...
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
The relationship between surveying and geographic information systems (GIS) is integral for the development of most spatial data applications. Accuracy and precision in measurement matter. While the numbers and types of surveying related tools for measurment has...
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Digital Cities refer to the collection of data sources, processes and work flows that support the development of e-government initiatives. Ideally they will result in greater efficiency and improved transparency as greater numbers of people have access...
