Friday, October 7th, 2011
The Perth, Australia office of international professional and environmental services firm AECOM has developed an new tool to assess the risks to critical marine habitats from development. HabiMAP provides new survey techniques to map and assess animals,...
Friday, September 30th, 2011
The Malaysian government has made a five-year and RM200 million (US$66 million) commitment to extend their RazakSAT earth observation satellite program that began with the launch of RazakSATE-1 on July 14, 2009. The Ministry of Science, Technology...
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
The adoption of high precision GNSS in China is helping fuel a growth trajectory that is projected to double by 2016, according to ABI Research. While the market was impacted in 2009, there are multiple markets where...
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
The annual INTERGEO 2011 Conference and Trade Show was held this week in Nürnberg, Germany. Ranking as one of the top 5 geospatial events globally, this year saw 17,000 people in attendance from 30 countries - and Asian...
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...
