Friday, June 3rd, 2011
The World Bank has in principal agreed to fund US $200 million (Rs 900cr) Environmentally Sustainable Development Policy Program (ESDPL) to meet challenges of economic growth in four sectors that include agriculture, hydropower, industries and tourism. The...
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
The international community of the 21st century has witnessed two particularly momentous transformations: globalization, accenting cooperation over confrontation; and the shift of the world’s economic center toward Asia, which has become a powerful driver of global development....
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
The South Australian Government has unveiled a plan that it says will protect almost 180,000 hectares of land in the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale from housing. Residential growth would be restricted in the two protection zones,...
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Trimble introduced today Trimble RealWorks version 7.0, the first commercially available software suite that incorporates the newly approved ASTM International E57 E2807 data exchange standard for 3D imaging systems. Trimble RealWorks version 7.0 allows 3D laser scanning...
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
StreetMapper, the vehicle-based laser mapping system, has successfully completed high speed surveying trials in Malaysia. StreetMapper conducted a detailed engineering survey of the Univerisiti Teknologi Malaysia in a challenge, set by surveying company Jalal Johari Consultants, to...
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The Government is going to invest $9.3 million over the next six years in fresh water research, ministers said today. Environment Minister Nick Smith and Science Minister Wayne Mapp said that along with climate change, improving fresh...
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The world should agree to limit global warming to just 1.5C instead of the current target of 2C, the United Nations' climate chief has said, in remarks that shocked the governments of developed nations. Christiana Figueres, executive...
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
With a USD 2.2 billion order book to build nearly 4,000 km (2,500 miles) of road lanes across India and its bank credit tapped out, KMC Constructions turned to private equity for funding. Private equity investors are poised...
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) has published a list of 46 domestic websites that offered online mapping services without obtaining permission, warning they would be punished if they fail to obtain approval after July...
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that RADARSAT-2 information will be used by the Government of Russia to enhance their ability to provide critical information to support disaster...
