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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, March 22nd, 2011

NovAtel Inc. and Raven Industries Announce New Supplier Agreement

NovAtel Inc. and Raven Industries announce a new strategic partnership that will see NovAtel's industry leading Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning technology integrated into Raven's comprehensive line of precision agriculture products. The convergence of these two...

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Learning to Manage Disasters in Malaysia

An earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale followed by 10-meter high tsunami in Japan, last week managed to remove the perception of the international community since the beginning of this year's protest focused on the disaster...

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Leica Geosystems Geomatics Division Becomes Esri Gold Tier Partner

Leica Geosystems announced today that it has become an Esri Gold Tier Partner within the Esri Partner Network. Leica Geosystems has developed a surveying extension for ArcGIS – called Leica MobileMatriX – with an interface to a...

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Topcon Beijing (HK) Joins Pointools Sales Partner Program in Asia

Topcon Beijing (HK)  Ltd., a leading provider of 3D laser scanning technology, has joined the  Pointools Partner Program in Asia. Pointools software is used by project teams  to reference and reuse the largest point cloud models –...

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Simulation of the Tsunami That Struck Japan

This type of simulation is quite rare. Only researchers from NOAA (U.S. Agency study of the ocean and atmosphere) have carried out such simulations in the days that followed the tsunami.In Europe, UCL is one of the...

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Indian Earthquake Simulation System

A shrill alarm goes off, a giant screen comes to life and an earthquake strikes—measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale in the Pacific islands of Vanuatu. At the Tsunami Early Warning Centre of the Indian National Centre...

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Launch – Bhutan Regional Geographic Information System Center

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Caraga will launch its Regional Geographic Information System Center (RGISC) on March 22. The RGISC promotes Geographic Information System (GIS) as a tool for effective planning, decision-making, policy formulation, investment programming and...

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

Fiji – National Measuring, Reporting, and Verification System

Stakeholders and landowners present at the launch of the Fiji National REDD-plus policy were in a collective agreement that significant progress had been made towards the establishment of a national MRV (measuring, reporting, and verification) system. The two...

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

Eco – Data Base from CEA Using Remote Sensing

The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has develop an environmental resource information data base for each district as environmental profile by using its expertise knowledge on remote sensing and spatial data bases. The data base will allow identifying spatial...

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

New Govt Department for Christchurch an Option

The Prime Minister today said a new government department could be set up to deal with rebuilding Christchurch. John Key said the Government was going to play a leading role because no city council in New Zealand had...