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Australian Space Agency funds development of aerospace-grade GNSS receiver
The Australian Space Agency has funded the development of...
Continuity risks for Australian EO data access
A new report details the widespread use of Earth...
China launches new remote sensing satellite
JIUQUAN, April 15 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday launched...
7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Taiwan
A major, 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern coast of...
Tata Deploys Its Geospatial Satellite In Space on Space X’s Falcon 9 Rocket
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Tata Company launched India's first private commercial satellite...
Taiwan’s Formosat-8 Satellite Set for Launch by 2025
The Taiwan Space Agency has announced progress on the...
Iranian Scientists to Build Satellite Constellation for 2 Simultaneous Missions
The scientists at the knowledge-based company had previously succeeded...
China provides geospatial intel and other military support to Russia, US says
The US has warned its European allies that China...
Japanese lunar lander company ispace raises $53.5 million in stock sale
WASHINGTON — Japanese lunar lander developer has raised $53.5...
Esri and Prince Sultan University Advance GIS Education Through Strategic Partnership
Memorandum of Understanding with Institution Enhances GIS Curriculum and...

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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

The Trains of Tomorrow, Today

With the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway to begin operating in June, the world's attention has turned to China for this momentous occasion in rail technology and modern transportation. Aside from being the fastest train in the world, reaching...

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Zenrin Aligns with Indian Mapping Firm CE Info Systems

Zenrin Co will form a business alliance with Indian mapping firm CE Info Systems PVT Ltd through acquisition of more than 15% of its shares, as part of efforts to expand in the growing Indian market. The Kitakyushu-based...

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Google ‘Applying for China Mapping Licence’

 Google and its joint venture partner in China have applied for a licence to operate an online mapping service in the world's biggest web market, a news report said on Tuesday. The State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping...

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

SuperGIS Desktop Selected by Universidade Federal do Ceará in Brazil

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that its reseller in Brazil, ENGESAT, has successfully promoted SuperGIS Desktop Lab Kit and GIS Learning CD to Universidade Federal do Ceará.

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

SpaceX Secures Launch Contract in Major Asian Market

Thai satellite company THAICOM Plc. has chosen Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to launch the new Thaicom 6 telecommunications satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) from its Cape Canaveral launch site in the second quarter of 2013. The contract brings another...

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Nepal Nagqu Lake Hydrological Scientific Investigation Starts

By the major national scientific research programs of global change, "the Tibetan Plateau climate system change and its impact on East Asia and mechanism of the" second issue "the role of the Tibetan Plateau during more than...

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Hong Kong Satellite Positioning Reference Station Network

Survey and Mapping Office (SMO) of Lands Department has applied new technology to improve the quality of services in recent years. It makes use of the Global Positioning System, GPS technology of United States to develop a...

Monday, June 13th, 2011

CSIRO Dam Break Modelling to Help Flood Planning

The research has been helping China’s disaster management authorities better understand the full impact of the catastrophic flooding that would occur if one of China’s, and the world’s, biggest dams collapsed. The work could also be applied in...

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Tasmanian Spatial Council Report

Invitation to stakeholders and user groups. Do you or your organisation have an issue, a proposal or a success story that you would like to discuss with TASSIC? In 2011, TASSIC will be scheduling meetings with different stakeholder and/or...

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Russian, Turkmen Scientists Create Satellite Monitoring Centre

The Russian Academy of Sciences has offered support and assistance to Turkmenistan in creating a national satellite monitoring centre. The offer was made in the Russian Academy of Sciences’ section of the international exhibition “Science, Hardware and Innovative...