Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Typhoon Roke came ashore in Japan this week causing considerable damage and several deaths. Beginning as a tropical depression 1370 km south of Japan in the Philippine Sea ten days previous, the storm ranged from a Category...
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
The Philippines is urging a meeting between the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China to clearly map disputed areas in the South China Sea in order to reduce tensions. The meeting of ASEAN Maritime...
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
As the world of 3D expands and grows, the role of the printer is adapting to meet the challenge. While most 3D spatial data is usually maintained within a digital environment and managed within software, a 3D...
Friday, September 16th, 2011
The Internet of Things holds great promise with more objects and systems interconnected and available for query and data collection through Internet connectivity. IBM is leading the way with much of this development in a smarter city...
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
In Indonesia the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping Agency (RAN) with the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia (ANRI) took place this week. The scope of this cooperation...
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The use of mobility tools and technologies is rapidly innovating and underpins the development of new design work flows from the office to construction sites and operators information systems. Continuous data gathering, exchange and update operations are...
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has won the prestigious Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) award from the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA). The URA Digital 3D Urban Model System garnered praise because it was built...
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Monitoring and mapping of oceanographic currents helps in understanding the movement of contaminants in ocean waters and estimating the impacts of climate change and to provide faster sea ship routes. The Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration has recently...
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has started work on multi-hazard vulnerability mapping of the country's entire coastline. The mapping effort aims to inform authorities of vulnerable areas so that they can adequately prepare...
