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Monday, January 30th, 2012

GeoCart’2012 and ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop – 1st Call For Papers

The sixth National Cartographic Conference GeoCart'2012 and the second ICA RegionalSymposium on Cartography for Australasia and Oceania will convene in Auckland, 29-31 August 2012. It will be held at the outstanding facilities of The University of Auckland in the City of Sails -...

Monday, January 30th, 2012

New Web Mapping Application Tool Launched – Our Environment

Our Environment is a new web mapping tool which provides easy access to information on New Zealand’s land environments and land resources. Based on “Google Maps” style navigation the mapping tool makes it easy to search, view...

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Garmin Transitions Map Provider in Australia and New Zealand

Garmin has today announced that it will transition its map provider for the majority of its nuvi range of Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) to NAVTEQ from February 2012. Garmin PNDs in Australia and New Zealand released from...

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Johannes Riegl Jr. Appointed to Executive Management Group

In keeping pace with the success and growth of the corporation, RIEGL Laser Measurements Systems GmbH, Austria, announced today a new appointment to the executive management group. As of January 1st, 2012, Johannes Riegl Jr. was named the Chief...

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Land Art Mongolia 2012

To fully grasp the subject matter of spatial politics in contemporary art a broadly interdisciplinary approach to the investigation of land use is necessary. Artists are invited to provide drafts and work plans reflecting on smart growth,...

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

GIS Research Center Taiwan – 1st Cloud-based Municipal Works Map Platform

FCU’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Research Center has successfully applied Google Earth Enterprise cloud technology to the completion of Taiwan’s first municipal works cloud-based map platform. This project was commissioned by the Taichung City Government. With the...

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

SKM Appoints New Leader of Mining Business

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) has appointed a new general manager to head the company’s mining and metals business, following the appointment of the former general manager, Santo Rizzuto, to the role of CEO.

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Marine Ecosystems in the Mertz Glacier Region, Antarctica

In his account of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14, Sir Douglas Mawson (1915) described his encounter with large icebergs, resembling ice walls, during the voyage south to Adélie Land in January 1912: 'a south‒south‒east was blowing...

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Satellite Navigation Annual Output to Reach $35b in 2015

The annual output value of China's satellite navigation industry is estimated to reachmore than 225 billion yuan (35.64 billion U.S. dollars) in 2015, according to a latest researchreport on the country's geographic information sector. Compiled by a think-tank under the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, the report predicted the industry would become the country's third new ITeconomic growth point, after mobile communication and Internet. Read More

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Rohde & Schwarz Adds GLONASS and P Code for GPS to the GNSS Simulator

 The options for GLONASS (R&S®SMBV-K94) and GPS P code (R&S®SMBV-K93) have been launched for GNSS chipset and module manufacturers as well as for mobile radio, car radio and automotive and avionics equipment manufacturers. Rohde & Schwarz has launched...