Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Queensland utility Ergon Energy is quietly testing technology that could pinpoint the location of people stuck in emergency situations. When someone trapped in a disaster zone calls triple zero using their 3G-capable smartphone, their position or co-ordinates...
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
The Seoul police raided Google’s office here Tuesday on suspicion that its mobile advertising unit, AdMob, had illegally collected users’ location data without users’ consent, the police said. The raid represents the latest setback to the U.S....
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Working in close collaboration with the US Department of the Interior (DOI), Esri is pleased to announce the release of Landsat image services. These provide access to almost four decades' worth of Global Land Survey (GLS) Landsat...
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., as part of its effort to assist in the reconstruction following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, has donated a TerraGo GeoPDF map atlas to the central Japanese government, disaster response headquarters and local...
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
The University of Canterbury has been formally accepted as an Essential Participant in the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information. The New Zealand node of the Australian-based CRCSI was established in 2010 and is based in the...
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Mayor Mauricio Domogan has ordered the suspension of the issuance of clearances and other certifications relative to the processing of public land applications through the Free Patent Law or Republic Act No. 10023 to avoid future problems...
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Geospatial information such as survey results plays an important role in appropriate national land management such as prompt response to disasters, including an earthquake, storm and flood, as well as the conservation of a favorable environment. In recent years, opportunities...
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has used RISAT, a radar imaging satellite which can penetrate clouds to take pictures, to track down the helicopter of Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu. With tremendous pressure on the...
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Could Osama bin Laden have been found faster if the CIA had followed the advice of ecosystem geographers from the University of California, Los Angeles? Probably not, but the predictions of UCLA geographer Thomas Gillespie, who, along...
