Monday, July 25th, 2011
Thailand ranked the worst in disaster recovery readiness among eight countries in Asia-Pacific, defying the trend toward increasing use of cloud-based backup and disaster recovery programmes in the region, according to a survey. Conducted by the independent...
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Some 11 infrastructure projects worth P15.5 million are underway in support to the health and education needs primarily of 2,983 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...
Monday, July 25th, 2011
The Waimakariri District Council have made available a five page report consisting of aerial maps of Kaiapoi. Each of the five maps shows consequences of the earthquakes in terms of liquefaction, the severity of damage over the...
Monday, July 25th, 2011
HCM City could save as much as 30 per cent of the energy it spends on transportation if it develops an efficient public transport system, a conference on energy saving heard yesterday. With its public transport inefficient, people...
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Nepal has ordered a new survey of Mount Everest to end the "confusion" over the exact height of the world's highest mountain, a government spokesman has said. The official overall height of Everest is designated as 8,848m (29,029ft). But...
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Japanese map publisher Zenrin Co Ltd may acquire 24% stake for $30 Mn in CE Info Systems Pvt Ltd, which runs MapMyIndia.com, an online map service. The deal will value MapMyIndia at $125 Mn. If the deal...
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Perth-based geospatial mapping company NearMap has reported a 2000 per cent year-on-year growth in revenues, as the company targets an expansion into new platforms and customer segments. Nearmap.com provides photomaps, with images sourced from its proprietary HyperPod aerial...
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Monday, July 18th, 2011
The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has elected Fiji’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Peter Thomson, as its President for the ISA’s annual session currently underway in Kingston, Jamaica. The Assembly is the supreme...
