Monday, June 6th, 2016
MANILA - The Philippines' first microsatellite, DIWATA-1, has successfully captured and sent back test images from orbit during its initial shakeout phase, according to Professor Joel S. Marciano Jr., head of the PHL-MICROSAT Program and Microsatellite Research...
Monday, June 6th, 2016
For consumer internet companies promising to deliver a product or service at your doorstep in time, relying on existing maps isn't enough. Shadma Shaikh and Payal Ganguly take a look at how these companies have built hacks...
Monday, June 6th, 2016
Bengaluru: For the first time, under the impetus of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French space agency, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), space agencies of over 60 countries have agreed to engage their satellites for coordination in...
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
NEW DELHI: As the deadline for the controversial Geospatial Bill draws to a close over the weekend, various agencies are requesting common users to sign petitions voicing their concerns against the Bill. At the forefront are the...
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
PUNE: Tools like satellite mapping would be used for defining borders of wards for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections early next year.Civic officials said the election commission had issued norms for the delimitation of wards. PMC...
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
First off, a great thank you to all who submitted abstracts for the 15th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference (GSDI 15) before the previous June 1st deadline. With more than 110 abstracts received, additional space has been...
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016
Integrated solutions developer Maptek invites African mining professionals to gather at Switch on Innovation to learn ways Maptek technology fulfils their productivity and safety goals. The conference will be held at the University of Witwatersrand in...
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government would soon form 'National Spatial Data Infrastructure' (NSDI) to generate geo-data and digital mapping aimed at country's planned development. Read More at Prothom Alo
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
New Delhi: Helping people in times of emergency or calamity can soon become a thing of past if the government proposed Geospatial Information Bill becomes an Act. The draft Bill prevents creation of any geospatial data and...
