Friday, June 10th, 2016
ISRO and its Japanese counterpart JAXA are exploring what could be their first joint mission: a spacecraft to study ocean and land weather processes which will sharpen their respective weather forecasting systems. Read More at The Hindu
Thursday, June 9th, 2016
India's space agency, which generates the satellite images used to create maps, says it has commented against provisions in the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, that puts restrictions on generating information on maps. Read More at Business...
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Wednesday appreciated the efforts of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India for taking geospatial information into consideration in view of ensuring security, sovereignty and...
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
BEIJING — China released a remote sensing report on Monday, detailing ecological information related to land cover, vegetation, agricultural conditions and marine environment on a global scale. Read More at News Xinhuanet
Monday, June 6th, 2016
MANILA - The Philippines' first microsatellite, DIWATA-1, has successfully captured and sent back test images from orbit during its initial shakeout phase, according to Professor Joel S. Marciano Jr., head of the PHL-MICROSAT Program and Microsatellite Research...
Monday, June 6th, 2016
For consumer internet companies promising to deliver a product or service at your doorstep in time, relying on existing maps isn't enough. Shadma Shaikh and Payal Ganguly take a look at how these companies have built hacks...
Monday, June 6th, 2016
Bengaluru: For the first time, under the impetus of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French space agency, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), space agencies of over 60 countries have agreed to engage their satellites for coordination in...
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
NEW DELHI: As the deadline for the controversial Geospatial Bill draws to a close over the weekend, various agencies are requesting common users to sign petitions voicing their concerns against the Bill. At the forefront are the...
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
PUNE: Tools like satellite mapping would be used for defining borders of wards for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections early next year.Civic officials said the election commission had issued norms for the delimitation of wards. PMC...
