Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
The United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP), Tokyo, invites applications for the new intensive 4-week postgraduate programme on Building Resilience to Climate Change, developed under the framework of the University Network for Climate and...
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Topcon Positioning Systems and DICKEY-john Corporation, which designs, manufactures, markets and supports sensors, monitors, and control systems, have formed a strategic relationship in the agriculture industry. Topcon recently unveiled its System 350 machine control system, which utilizes...
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Maps are central to all government decision making: they tell us where and who. The speed with which maps get made available by media outlets show just how much citizens crave spatial visibility when natural disaster strikes:...
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Thales will deploy its latest generation Eurocat ATM system nationwide, together with an integrated Digital Voice Control System (VSCS), Aeronautical Information System (AIS), Automated Message Handling System (AMHS), ATN Router, GNSS monitoring and metrological systems. In addition,...
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
The incessant inflow and the exponential growth of a city, in itself, may not be a scary challenge, but weak urban planning and lack of political commitment to provide adequate housing is, as Arjun Appadurai points out...
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
SimActive a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that GeoForce Technologies Co., Ltd. of Taiwan has purchased its Correlator3D™ product. GeoForce will be using the software suite in conjunction with its UltraCamXp camera system.
...Monday, January 10th, 2011
Geomatics technologies are able to support management and recovery in the aftermath of manmade and natural disasters. However, disaster management also poses big challenges in all aspects of the geo-information cycle, from data acquisition, processing, management and...
Monday, January 10th, 2011
The flooding of the Vaal river has caused considerable crop damages along its banks in three provinces, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said on Monday. "We have really been touched by the amount of devastation, particularly...
