Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
SOPAC member countries have been encouraged to use satellite image data as an essential tool to help in national development, management, security, and protection. Dr Wolf Forstreuter, SOPAC's GIS and Remote Sensing Unit Specialist, said there were a...
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Five special municipalities across Taiwan with 60 percent of the country's population will begin operations today, kicking off a new phase in Taiwan's administrative history. Taipei, Xinbei, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung will begin operating as mega cities almost...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has for the last two years, been in the process of conducting a massive exercise to map the 13.87 lakh properties in the 198 wards in the city. Geographical Information System...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
“The proposed sites are the Sarawak River Delta covering the river from Bau to Santubong in Sarawak, and Mount Kinabalu in Sabah,” said Minerals and Geoscience director-general Datuk Yunus Abdul Razak. It was pivotal for these sites...
Sunday, December 26th, 2010
Russia plans to launch a new-generation geostationary hydrometeorological satellite, Elektro-L, on January 20, 2011, a Russian space rocket industry source told Interfax-AVN. The launch was originally planned for December 25, 2010. "The launch of a Zenit-2SB launch vehicle coupled...
Sunday, December 26th, 2010
Pakistan can reap the IT benefits by effectively using the remote-sensing and digital image processing technology and producing vibrant human resources to make planning ahead of any activity. This was stated by Professor Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan...
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The World Bank on Tuesday approved a USD 1.5 billion Credit and Loan for India's Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) aimed towards improving rural accessibility of roads. The new project will concentrate on the states of Himachal...
Monday, December 20th, 2010
NIWA today released a report reviewing its seven station temperature series, which adds to its analysis of New Zealand’s temperature trends over the past 100 years. The report was independently peer reviewed by Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology to...
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
The Malaysian Cabinet has approved the setting up of a mass rapid transit system for the country's capital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Saturday. Najib said the 36-billion-ringgit (11.5-billion-U.S. dollars) project is the largest...
