Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The Remote Sensing Applications Centre (RSAC) has done the Geographic Information System (GIS) Mapping of wetlands of UP, giving each such area an unique digital code which not only identifies the state, district and the tehsil, but...
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Rolta has been awarded prestigious mapping contract by Oman's supreme committee for town planning (SCTP) in cooperation with national survey authority (NSA) after a global bidding process. The project includes large scale digital topographic mapping to create...
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Russia has reportedly lost contact with its newest military satellite just hours after launching it into space today (Feb. 1), according to Russian reports. The satellite, called Geo-IK-2, blasted off atop a three-stage Rockot booster from Russia's...
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Fresh on the heels of a series of crippling floods that began in December 2010, and a small tropical cyclone, Anthony, this past weekend, the northeastern Australian state of Queensland is now bracing for what could become...
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Satellite radar imagery data was used to find the “Partner” fishing schooner lost in the Sea of Japan. According to Russian EMERCOM the area search operations for the “Partner” schooner that sent a distress call on January...
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Scientists can now tap into a flow of new data that will help to determine exactly how Earth's ice is changing. This information from ESA's CryoSat mission is set to make a step change in our understanding...
Monday, January 31st, 2011
India's home minister has admitted that half of the government's budget to build much-needed new roads never reaches its intended target in what he described as the country's "biggest swindle". P. Chidambaram, attending the World Economic Forum...
Monday, January 31st, 2011
Three multilateral agencies have launched an innovative assessment tool that helps identify the most sustainable sites, designs and operation rules for hydro power development in the lower Mekong River Basin. Marc Goichot, senior infrastructure advisor for the...
