Monday, May 10th, 2010
New book on drought assessment using SPI, remote sensing and modelling. The Indo-Gangetic Region (IGR), situated in the north of India, occupies nearly 20% of the total geographical area of India. The IGR of India primarily encompasses...
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Compared to other countries’ pavilions, which mostly have four walls, the Indonesian pavilion is open with good air circulation. Entering the pavilion, visitors can easily spot a giant waterfall – measuring 40x17 meters – that features a...
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
The agreement came during a meeting between Iranian Communications and Information Technology Minister Reza Taqipour and Russian Communications and Mass Media Minister Igor Olegovich Shchegolev in Russia last week. Read More
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
The agreement was formalized in a recent signing ceremony in China. Peace Map is one of the Henrietta company's nine international technology licensees and its first in the world's most populous country. Read More
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided to postpone the launch of the Cartosat-2B and other payloads to some time in June due to faults discovered in the launch vehicle. Inspections discovered a troublesome drop in...
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Prof. Deren Li of Wuhan University in China has received an honorary doctorate degree from ETH (Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich. Li is renowned for his contribution to photogrammetry, remote sensing and GIS and is a...
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Earth observation is the number one satellite-based application worldwide, with governments spending $6.7 billion on EO in 2008, according to a report from international satellite research and consulting firm Euroconsult. The same report named satellite...
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
The European Space Agency’s global land cover map – which the agency says is 10 times sharper than any previous global satellite map – is now available online. It is the highest resolution, completely validated land cover...
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
The National Research Foundation has launched the Africa Centre for Climate and Earth System Science (ACCESS), hosted at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa. CSIR researcher and ACCESS supervisor Neville Sweijd says...
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Trimble president Steven W. Berglund and Dr Robert Kriegel, author of the international bestseller If it ain’t broke...BREAK IT!, will be among the keynote speakers at Trimble Dimensions 2009 (23-25 February, Las Vegas). Other speakers include: former...