Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
The National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) is planning to launch spatial data infrastructure (SDI) building projects in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. The NGII signed business agreements with these countries to this end last year and master...
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
Streams of Facebook, Instagram, and other social media posts shared by smartphone-toting children and families at border crossings are providing U.S. intelligence analysts with a real-time map of the Syrian exodus. It’s not picture perfect, but it fills...
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
After consistently running into the Pakistan firewall, India wants its South Asian satellite project to take off on a sub-regional basis, again showing how issues between the neighbours could derail regional initiatives. Read More via Hindustan Times
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
MANILA, Philippines -- Diwata-1, the Philippines' first microsatellite, will be brought to the International Space Station (ISS) at 11 p.m. of March 22, Eastern Standard Time (11 a.m., March 23, Philippine Standard Time). Read More at Interaksyon
Monday, March 21st, 2016
The Centre is drafting a law to regulate data and high resolution images collected from the skies and shared through applications such as Google Earth, a move aimed at securing strategic installations from enemy eyes. Read More...
Monday, March 21st, 2016
The Ministry of Railways and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 17 March 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding Effective Use of Space Technology in Remote Sensing and Graphic Information System (GIS) based Governance Application...
Monday, March 21st, 2016
Anand-headquartered National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was recently awarded the India geospatial excellence award in the annual Geosmart India 2016 conference of the geo-spatial /GIS industry at the India Expo Centre at Greater Noida. Read More at...
Monday, March 21st, 2016
An innovative mapping project tracks the last moments of the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read More at Global Voices
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
With a view to provide a platform to the institutes and students to showcase their skills and capabilities in the GIS technology, a Geographic Information System (GIS) Software & Solutions provider, Esri India, has announced the second...
Monday, March 14th, 2016
Milk drinking is pronounced in northwest India where the vast majority of people are lactose tolerant. In non-milk-drinking northeastern India, the lack of protein in the diet is generally made up by the consumption of meat, eggs...
