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Palakkad Celebrates as NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Set for First Space Mission
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13, 2026: Kerala’s Palakkad district is set to...
G20 satellite is expected to be launched in 2027: ISRO Chairman
ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan has said that the G20...
Unidentified metal spheres found on Australian beach are ‘debris from a foreign rocket body’, space agency says
The Australian Space Agency says the objects "appear to...
Singapore and Japan sign agreement to strengthen space collaboration
SINGAPORE: The space agencies of Singapore and Japan signed...
Japan space probe skims asteroid in test for planetary defense
A Japanese space probe performed a flyby of a...
Hong Kong-developed ‘Eye for Space’ now operating aboard Tiangong space station
Hong Kong’s first home-grown astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, assembled and...
ISRO conducts first SOLVE ground test important for Gaganyaan missions
Sub-Orbital Launch Vehicle for Experiments (SOLVE) solid motor was...
New 3D Detection Method for Detecting Atmospheric Rivers in Antarctica
Researchers in Japan demonstrate how vertically layered atmospheric rivers...
Uttar Pradesh Govt launches Special Land Measurement Campaign
The Uttar Pradesh government yesterday launched the statewide Digi...
Japan Eyes Sovereign D2D Satellite Network
Japan plans to select a proposal this month for...

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Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

GeoXphere Launches at Intergeo to Bring Low-Cost Airborne Sensors and Cloud GIS Together

GeoXphere, a new UK-based company has launched this month with the support of airborne hardware manufacturer WaldoAir (USA) and aerial survey and solutions provider Getmapping (UK). The aim is to bring together the revolutionary airborne survey sensor,...

Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

EuroGeographics Announces New Management Board

EuroGeographics has announced a new Management Board comprising senior representatives from Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry Authorities. During the Association’s 2016 General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary, members elected Anne Cathrine Frøstrup, Norwegian Mapping Authority; Konstantin...

Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

Sanborn Completes Kentucky County Aerial Project

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —   The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has completed a project for Boone County GIS (BCGIS), Burlington, Ky., comprising the acquisition and delivery of oblique imagery and orthoimagery for the 256-square-mile county. Geospatial and...

Monday, October 24th, 2016

International Year of Global Understanding Story Maps Competition

The International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) Story Maps Competition is a contest aimed at young people from around the world to help raise awareness of the global implications of local everyday actions. Our world faces social,...

Monday, October 24th, 2016

Municipalities are Adopting Analytics for their Geospatial Projects

A few months ago Maptiks announced their web map analytics for Esri’s ArcGIS Online. It made it possible for ArcGIS Online users to track visitor activities, helping to answer key questions like “how and where are users...

Monday, October 24th, 2016

GSDI 15 Welcomes Dr Tso-Chien Pan to Keynote on Disaster Management

Each Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) Conference brings together engaging speakers and specialists from around the world to explore the challenges and innovations related to increasing access to and use of geospatial data. The overall theme...

Friday, October 21st, 2016

Bluesky Aerial Mapping Tech Helps Prevent Trees Falling onto Power, Road and Rail Networks

Aerial mapping from Bluesky is helping to reduce the risk of trees falling on power lines, key roads and railways. Part of an NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) funded project, 3D data produced by Bluesky is being...

Friday, October 21st, 2016

Esri Brings Smart Mapping to IBM World of Watson 2016

Global smart-mapping leader Esri today unveiled its gold sponsorship of IBM World of Watson, to be held October 24 to 27 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. The IBM World of Watson conference will demonstrate a...

Friday, October 21st, 2016

Pakistan to Launch Remote Sensing Satellite in 2018’

The country is all set to launch its first remote sensing satellite, which is currently in development stages, in 2018, said Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) chairperson Qaiser Anees Khurram on Monday. Read More...

Friday, October 21st, 2016

Four Day World Space Week Opens Today

ISLAMABAD: The Institute of Space Technology (IST), has planned to celebrate World Space Week (WSW) 2016 between October 19-22, 2016 by organizing various events/activities at its campus in Islamabad. Read More at The Nation