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Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
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Long March 12 launches despite recent 7A failure, Long March 2C launches satellite for UAE
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India-US space ties deepen as NASA invites ISRO to join moon base program
NASA has formally invited India to participate in its...
H3 launches navigation satellite
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Chinese rocket carrying satellite explodes seconds after launch
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NASA invites ISRO to join its ambitious Moon Base programme
India and the United States are set to strengthen...
India counters China’s map war: Names of 27 Arunachal Pradesh locations standardised on Survey of India maps
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2016

China Sends Carbon-Monitoring Satellite into Orbit

A Chinese satellite designed to track greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere rode into orbit Wednesday aboard a Long March 2D rocket, joining an international fleet of orbiting carbon dioxide monitors aimed at combating climate change. Read More...

Tuesday, December 27th, 2016

Hemisphere GNSS Names Halsey New President and CEO

Hemisphere GNSS has named industry veteran Farlin Halsey as its president and chief executive officer, effective January 2, 2017. Halsey replaces interim president and CEO Xinping Guo, who has served in that position for eight months. In...

Tuesday, December 27th, 2016

A fruitful year for ISRO

The year 2016 was a bag of mixed fortunes for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with successes on the technological front and setbacks on the legal front. Read More at The Hindu

Tuesday, December 27th, 2016

Google Maps Will Now Guide You to the Nearest Public Toilet

Thanks to a collaboration between Google and the Indian government, finding a public restroom in several Indian cities has just became easier. Read More at Mashable.com

Tuesday, December 27th, 2016

OGC Calls for Participation in its Indian Interoperability Plugfest

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is calling to vendors doing business in India for participation in its latest Interoperability Plugfest. The Department of Science and Technology (DST), under Government of India, is interested in planning and convening...

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

NS Groep N.V. to Deploy Real-Time Diagnostic System from Trimble Company, Trimble Railway Limited

SUNNYVALE, Calif.  — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that NS Groep N.V. (NS), the Dutch state-owned rail company, will be deploying the Trimble® R2M real-time remote diagnostics monitoring system. As a core component of NS’ overall real-time...

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

Blue Marble Geographics Announces Revised Global Mapper Training Curriculum and Schedule for 2017

Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the successful completion of its 2016 Global Mapper Certified Training Program with a sold-out three-day class in Orlando, FL from December 6-8. Blue Marble’s hands-on instructor-led classes have proven...

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

CALL FOR PAPERS – GeoRich 2017 – ACM SIGMOD Workshop on Managing and Mining Enriched Geo-Spatial Data

Both the current trends in technology such as smart phones, general mobile devices, stationary sensors and satellites, as well as a new user mentality of utilizing this technology to voluntarily share information, produce a huge flood of...

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

Dewberry Awarded Second Consecutive HGACBuy Contract

Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, was recently awarded a three-year, all hazards preparedness, planning, consulting, and recovery services contract through the HGACBuy cooperative purchasing program. Services will be provided in the areas of homeland security,...

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

Illinois Wesleyan University Selects Geospatial Corporation’s GeoUnderground and GIS-Centric Smart-Asset Management Technologies

PITTSBURGH - Geospatial Corporation (OTCQB Symbol "GSPH"), a leading innovator of asset management/analytics/mapping software and 3D mapping technologies, announced today that Illinois Wesleyan University has chosen the Company's industry leading GeoUnderground software to accurately map and manage both...