Thursday, December 9th, 2010
Vietnam is to receive almost $8 billion in investment for infrastructure from outside agencies it was reported this week. This money will be used to accelerate the country's infrastructure construction and help to connect climate change efforts...
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Crowdsourcing involves the data capture and collection efforts of many people who each contribute a smaller piece to a larger geospatial data and geoinformation puzzle. OpenStreetMap is perhaps the most well-known crowdsourcing project internationally, and serves to...
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
The Ashtech brand returned a short while ago. The company provides high quality GNSS technologies and by all accounts the pace of innovation has been increasing, providing many new products around the globe since the name change....
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
As promised last year at the COP15 climate talks in Copenhagen, the Google Earth Engine launched today at the COP16 Climate Change Conference in Cancun. Earth Engine is a dynamic digital model of our planet that is...
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
China has begun construction on a national Geographic Information Industrial Park that will cover 66.7 hectares in Beijing. An investment of 15 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) is being made with funds from the State Bureau of Surveying...
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
This past week saw North Korea launch live ammunition into South Korea. The event has raised tensions in the region. While the original border between these two countries was mapped when the Armistice was signed in 1953,...
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
The “Internet of Things” is upon us, where ubiquitous network connectivity provides a means for sensors or devices to communicate. The ability for each sensor or device to have their own IP address adds a two-way communication...
Friday, November 19th, 2010
The Beijing meeting of the Group on Earth Observations earlier this month marked the half-way point toward achieving the goals of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). The event was a time to reflect on...
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Mt. Merapi began erupting October 26 and has pushed volcanic ash into the atmosphere continuously at an alarming rate. This ash has already claimed 200 lives. Furthermore, it has had damaging consequences for not only the native...
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
China has slowly re-opened the door for development of mega hydro projects. This follows a period where such development was limited due to environmental concerns. A number of projects have recently been given approval to proceed including...
