Monday, July 25th, 2011
The Waimakariri District Council have made available a five page report consisting of aerial maps of Kaiapoi. Each of the five maps shows consequences of the earthquakes in terms of liquefaction, the severity of damage over the...
Monday, July 25th, 2011
HCM City could save as much as 30 per cent of the energy it spends on transportation if it develops an efficient public transport system, a conference on energy saving heard yesterday. With its public transport inefficient, people...
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Beneath the surface of this tropical paradise in the city of Townsville on Australia’s Sunshine Coast lies a still hidden maze of tunnels and underground bunkers, once said to be used by General Douglas MacArthur. Learning the...
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
As China's first manned deep-sea craft prepared for a landmark dive to 5,000 meters, or 16,400 feet, that surpasses current U.S. capabilities, a United Nations body approved Beijing's plan to explore a swath of ocean floor between...
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Intergraph, the leading global provider of engineering software, has opened Intergraph 2011 Southeast Asia today in Pattaya, Thailand, bringing together Southeast Asia’s top businesses, governments and organisations for two days of information sessions and networking among industry...
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Nepal has ordered a new survey of Mount Everest to end the "confusion" over the exact height of the world's highest mountain, a government spokesman has said. The official overall height of Everest is designated as 8,848m (29,029ft). But...
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Japanese map publisher Zenrin Co Ltd may acquire 24% stake for $30 Mn in CE Info Systems Pvt Ltd, which runs MapMyIndia.com, an online map service. The deal will value MapMyIndia at $125 Mn. If the deal...
