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bitsensing Signs MOU with IKIO Technologies to Advance AI-Based Traffic Monitoring on India’s Expressways, Highways and Municipal Areas
Backed by proven success in South Korea and Europe,...
Nuri rocket successfully completes KAIST’s next-gen satellite mission
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)...
President Lai reviews progress on first indigenous satellite constellation
President Lai Ching-te said developing space technology is a...
Japan’s iQPS lines up eight SAR launches
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UAE Astronauts Promote AI and Collaboration in Space at GITEX Europe
The Arab world’s first astronaut, Hazzaa Al Mansouri, and...
New species of space-adapted bacteria discovered on China’s Tiangong space station
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe...
Isro’s 101st mission fails as PSLV-C61 suffers third-stage anomaly
India’s latest Earth observation satellite mission faced a setback...
Iraq’s First Fully Solar-Powered Village in Kulak Is Now Operational
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – May 20, 2025 — The...
Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies ready to launch maiden Eris Test flight the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
Gilmour Space Technologies is the leading launch services company...
Korea’s space agency seeks revision of plan to modify next-gen rockets into reusable system
South Korea's aerospace agency said on Thursday that it...

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Monday, December 21st, 2015

The making of 3D Google Earth Map: Clouds, Typhoons, Can’t Stop Hong Kong Firm

Clouds, tall buildings and the risk of typhoons were among the challenges for a Hong Kong company charged with taking the images behind the first 3D Google Earth map of an Asian city. Read More via South...

Friday, December 18th, 2015

Unfettered Display of Geospatial Data Pose National Security Implications: Government

NEW DELHI: It is essential to come up with a legislation for dissemination of images and geospatial data in public domain before according permission to service providers such as Google as "unfettered display of data" could have...

Friday, December 18th, 2015

China Cracks Down on Politcally Incorrect Maps

When it comes to maps, China isn’t messing around. Starting next year, you don’t want to be caught with the “wrong” maps—that is, maps containing content “that endangers the country's sovereignty, safety and interests,” according to a...

Friday, December 18th, 2015

Galileo’s Dozen: 12 Satellites Now in Orbit

December 18, 2015 — The pace of deploying Europe’s own satellite navigation system continued to increase with today’s launch of the latest pair of Galileo satellites, doubling the number of satellites in space within nine months.Galileo 11 and...

Thursday, December 17th, 2015

LiDAR Pioneer Velodyne Displays Mobile Feast at Capturing Reality Forum

MORGAN HILL, Calif., Dec. 17, 2015 —The mobile mapping market is poised for remarkable growth, thanks to breakthroughs in LiDAR technology, a host of new applications, and the economics of the business – so said Erich Smidt,...

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

87% of Himalayan Glaciers Stable Since 2001: Javadekar

NEW DELHI: As many as 248 of 2,018 or 12.3% of Himalayan glaciers are "retreating" while 18 are advancing, environment minister, Prakash Javadekar told the Rajya Sabha on Monday in a written reply. The minister's reply, however,...

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

CartoConsult Partners with Proteus to Harness the Power of New Laser Scanning Technology

Swindon, UK, December 16, 2015 — CartoConsult has signed a joint venture agreement with Proteus to develop and promote the use of the latest laser scanning technology. As new systems are launched to market, such as handheld mobile mappers,...

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

EO tech for the Belt and Road Initiative

The International Symposium on Earth Observation for Maritime Silk Road (EMSR) was convened in Sanya, a coastal city in southernmost China on November 25-27, 2015. The three-day event wrapped up with the adoption of the Sanya Declaration...

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

1Spatial FME Solution a Model for Optimal Routing of Emergency Services

Sydney, Aust., December 16, 2015 — 1Spatial, the spatial big data company, has enabled London Fire Brigade (LFB) to create faster, automated routes queries, which reduced processing time from 40 working hours to just two.  Emergency services organisations face...

Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

ISRO to Launch PSLV C-29 on Dec 16

Nellore: ISRO will launch its 32nd flight of PSLV commercial mission C-29 for placing six satellites of Singapore into the low earth orbit at 6 pm on December 16 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota for...