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...
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
‘Such activities by Chinese ships are extremely regrettable. We are demanding the Chinese government order their immediate withdrawal,’ said government spokesperson Takeo Kawamura. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso described the incident as ‘an obvious intrusion of Japanese territorial...
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
The Pentagon's National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has given GeoEye, Inc a contract valued at US$12.5 million per month for the next year. Under the agreement, GeoEye will supply satellite imagery products to the NGA as soon as its...
