Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
United Nations humanitarian agencies in Pakistan are on standby after sustained rains have reportedly affected up to 750,000 people in Punjab and Sindh provinces, killing up to 25 and displacing some 50,000 others. The UN Office for...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Government officials in Palau joined United Nations experts at a training workshop here on the use of satellite technology to improve the Pacific island nation’s preparedness for natural disasters that are a major threat to national physical...
Monday, August 15th, 2011
The government will increase investments on physical infrastructure in the 12th Five-Year Plan, starting next year, with special emphasis on connecting remote and rural parts of India through rail and road, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday...
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities provides a unified view of all city agencies so you can predict events and quickly respond. IBM Intelligent Operations Center monitors and manages city services. It provides operational insight into daily...
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
VSG, Visualization Sciences Group, and Xradia Inc. today announced they have signed an OEM partnership agreement. Xradia will offer VSG’s Avizo Fire software as their primary product offering for high-end 3D visualization and analysis that is used...
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Natural mayhem can create havoc not only to human lives, but also to economies. The Recent disaster in Japan vouches for this. Recently an ‘analysis and mapping’ firm maplecroft released a report stating that emerging economies like India,...
Friday, August 12th, 2011
U.S. researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups say they've created a map of the world's coral reefs charting climate stress impacts. The map identifies world reef systems at risk from high seawater temperatures, ultra-violet radiation,...
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren Thursday said that ore reserves in the state would be assessed through remote sensing. "We have prepared maps of iron ore mines by remote sensing and we plan to assess the availabilities...
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Agrisoft Citra Buana, PT and OpenGeo producer of the OpenGeo Suite, announced a new collaboration to establish an official OpenGeo Suite reseller in Indonesia. Agrisoft is the latest company to join the rapidly growing OpenGeo global partner...