Monday, August 1st, 2011
The GPS technology that allows cell phones and other devices to pinpoint their location to within a few meters has made possible new services ranging from location-aware social networks to self-driving cars. A new location technology accurate...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
The South China Sea dispute centers on the sovereignty over the Nansha Islands, a network of islands that stretches 1,000 km from north to south in the southeastern corner of the sea. China was the first country...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
According to forest and environment minister, Ajay Singh Yadav, the forest department has made an agreement with the Haryana State Remote Sensing Application Centrein Hisar, and the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) in Hydrabad, who will be...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
With each pass over Japan’s ravaged landscape in the hours and days after March’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, DubaiSat-1 collected images of large swaths of toppled towns, scanned the dramatically altered coastline and zeroed in on the...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
3-GIS congratulates business partner GISTEC for receiving the 2011 3-GIS Business Partner of the Year Award. The award recognizes outstanding partner achievements in sales, product development and advancing 3-GIS innovative thin-client web-based solutions into utilities, telecom, and...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
The aircraft glided across the skies over a vast expanse of forest, a sensor strapped to its underside capturing detailed and breathtaking shots, before this only seen in the realm of science fiction.The hyperspectral imaging kit is...
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Remote sensing solutions provider DMCii has appointed Professor Jim Lynch OBE Director of Forestry to oversee the development of effective tools and partnerships for the implementation of sustainable forestry programmes. Lynch was previously Chief Executive of the UK...
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
The argument raging over LightSquared's proposed LTE network and possible interference with GPS services is actually two arguments over two sets of frequencies, both of which the startup hopes eventually to use. One of the bands allocated to...
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
An Australian company is poised to take advantage of growing frustration at the limitations of satellite-dependent global positioning systems. Professor Chris Rizos, of the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems at the University of New South...