Monday, December 18th, 2017
Self-driving cars need high-quality digital maps to function properly. They not only use digital maps to find their general location, but also in some cases to locate landmarks that aid maneuvering in low-viability situations, or when a...
Monday, December 18th, 2017
Esri India launched the Hindi version of Portal for ArcGIS, a component of ArcGIS Enterprise that allows users to share maps, scenes, apps, and other geographic information with other people in the organization. Read More at ETCIO
Monday, December 18th, 2017
CAIRO – President of the Egyptian-Russian Foundation for Culture and Science, Hussein Al-Shafei, said Egypt and Russia intended to launch a new Egyptian satellite by 2019, stressing that the satellite is in the final stage of development....
Monday, December 18th, 2017
Over the next three years, China will launch 10 additional satellites from the island of Hainan to survey the South China Sea, a move analysts view as Beijing’s demonstration of its control over contested waters in the...
Tuesday, December 12th, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency (MRSA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the development of geospatial analytics. Read More at Malaysian Digest
Monday, December 11th, 2017
China seems to move a step forward in the field of satellite navigation technology, as China and the US have cooperated to establish compatible signal characteristics that will both protect and advance service quality for GPS users...
Monday, December 11th, 2017
KATHMANDU, Nepal and WASHINGTON - The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Radiant.Earth have signed a strategic partnership agreement for knowledge and technology transfer of Earth observation (EO). Under this agreement, the parties will establish...
Monday, December 11th, 2017
Serbia was the original actor to begin construction of a controversial railway line connecting Belgrade and Budapest. As part of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, China is now funding the project to build a high-speed –200km/h...
Monday, December 11th, 2017
The Geological Survey of India is undertaking a ‘National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping’ in 18 states, including West Bengal, spanning approximately 4.27 lakh sqkm of land and forest areas. Read More at The Indian Express
Monday, December 11th, 2017
The Center for Geographic Information Systems(CGIS) under the Ministry of Municipality and Environment is working on a cutting-edge technology to develop 4D mapping features in GIS which will further help in urban planning as well as many...
