Monday, September 12th, 2011
A state-of-the-art Oceansat-2 ground station (data reception and processing system) was inaugurated today by the Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Vilasrao Deshmukh at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (Incois) here. Read More
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Land Information of New Zealand has made available a great set of 1:50,000 scale Topographic Maps. I downloaded all 455 of the maps covering the main island of New Zealand and coverted them to a seamless Google...
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
The future for Kiribati, one of the low-lying Pacific nations threatened by rising seas, is so dire that the government is contemplating relocating the entire population to man-made islands resembling giant oil rigs. "We're considering everything... because...
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
The Lands Management Sector, DENR Region 9 has lined up thirty one (31) municipalities in Zamboanga Peninsula to be covered by the enhanced cadastral program for CY 2012. This was announced by Regional Executive Director Arleigh Adorable...
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The National Water Account for Perth includes information about the region, its water resources, land use and water-related infrastructure. The Perth region is home to waterways and wetlands of environmental and cultural significance, such as the Swan–Canning...
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Daniel Craig, who will star in “Bond 23,” the next James Bond sequel, is likely to be signed as the official ambassador of Indian Railways, Dinesh Trivedi, India’s railways minister, said in an interview. He hopes that having...
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The Digital Maps covering the whole territory of Hong Kong are available for sale to the public from Map Publications Centre, Hong Kong. The Digital Maps are continuously updated by SMO. Except Digital Aerial Photos which are...
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Geoscience Australia is pleased to present the 2011 Top GeoShot photo competition. We are looking for a collection of photographs that capture the essence of Earth science. The image can be anything from an unusual land formation,...
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Thick smog from 85 newly detected hot spots is reported to be covering West Sumatra province. According to the head of the West Sumatra Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG)’s observation and information section, Syafrizal, recent satellite monitoring had...
Monday, September 5th, 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending loans of up to $500 million to help India improve rail services along some of its busiest freight and passenger transport routes. The ADB Board of Directors has approved a multitranche financing facility...
