Monday, October 24th, 2011
This map presents the standing flood waters over Nakhon Nayok,Thailand based on analysis of satellite data recorded 16 October 2011. A preliminary analysis show extensive flooding over the provinces of Nakhon Nayok, Pathon Thani, Bangkok, Phra Nakhon...
Monday, October 24th, 2011
The wreck of a ship believed to have been part of the ill-fated attempts by Kublai Khan, the Mongolian ruler of China in the 13th century, to invade Japan has been found lying relatively intact under the...
Monday, October 24th, 2011
The NSW Minerals Council has called on the Government to strike a balance in strategic land use planning and to provide certainty. Speaking at the Environment and Community Conference today in Wollongong, NSWMC CEO Nikki Williams stated that "the...
Monday, October 24th, 2011
For better management and planning of coastal areas and their resources, Gujarat government is implementing a Geo-Spatial Information System (GIS) development project. "The development of GIS for coastal areas is a key component of Integrated Coastal Zone...
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Search giant Google on Monday launched its Person Finder service to help locate missing residents in the wake of the magnitude-7.2 quake that struck Turkey. The Google Crisis Response Team said the Google Person Finder lets people...
Monday, October 24th, 2011
The US is forgiving $28.5 million in debt to Indonesia for forest preservation efforts in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. The debt-for-nature program is a part of the US Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA). Read More
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Representatives from 90 countries and delegates from dozens of international organizations and civil society gathered in the capital of the Republic of Korea today for a series of United Nations-backed meetings on improving the management of geospatial...
Monday, October 24th, 2011
A defunct German research satellite crashed into the Earth somewhere in Southeast Asia on Sunday, a U.S. scientist said — but no one is still quite sure where. Most parts of the minivan-sized ROSAT research satellite were...
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Battling near-freezing temperatures and darkness, rescue workers and residents in eastern Turkey early Monday scoured the wreckage wrought by the country's most-powerful earthquake in more than a decade, hoping to find survivors. Television pictures showed them using...
