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Uttar Pradesh Govt launches Special Land Measurement Campaign
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

South Asia’s Largest Geospatial Conference Begins in Noida

The biggest geospatial conference in South Asia, GeoSmart India 2016, started on Tuesday with stalwarts in the industry deliberating upon the potential of geospatial technologies and its applications for India’s economic development. Read More via Business Standard

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

N.Korean Media Cites Russian Official on Functional Satellite

North Korea media once again claimed the country’s newly launched satellite was operational yesterday, this time citing Russia’s National Space Monitoring Center, whose director told media it was operating normally. Read More via NK News

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

Baidu Inc. Pushes Its Mapping Boundaries Into Other Parts of Asia

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) recently announced that it's expanding its Maps offering to three Asian countries and one city-state that are popular with Chinese tourists: Japan, Thailand, South Korea, and Singapore. This move shows discipline and focus on the part...

Monday, February 29th, 2016

Septentrio Awarded AiRobot – Winners of the special Septentrio Galileo Masters (Flanders Challenge) Prize 2015 – with an AsteRx-m UAS Receiver

Leuven, Belgium, 29 February 2016 – Septentrio, a leading designer and manufacturer of GNSS solutions recently awarded the winners of the Galileo Masters (Flanders Challenge) of the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2015 a special prize of the...

Monday, February 29th, 2016

GIS, GPS Would Have Helped Tackle 2013 Calamity Better: CM

Underlining the importance of using Geographic Information System and Global Positioning System in the state's remote hill areas, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has said maximum use of these technologies prior to 2013 flash floods would have helped...

Monday, February 29th, 2016

Call for Session Proposals: 6th Digital Earth Summit

Under the theme of “Digital Earth in the Era of Big Data”, proposals for invited sessions, falling within the topics of “Big Data and Digital Earth”, “Advances in Digital Earth”, “Digital Earth Technologies” and “Digital Earth Applications”...

Friday, February 26th, 2016

FlexiCadastre Goes Live for Oil & Gas in Australasia

Spatial Dimension, a Trimble company, is pleased to announce that Origin Energy Limited recently went live with FlexiCadastre as its enterprise tenure and agreements management solution. Focusing on onshore and offshore operations across Australia and New Zealand,...

Friday, February 26th, 2016

Blue Marble Partner Schnell Informatics Exhibiting at the GeoSmart India Conference

Hallowell, Maine – February 25, 2016 - Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that its regional partner, Schnell Informatics LLC, will be showcasing the company’s suite of geospatial software products at the forthcoming GeoSmart India...

Friday, February 26th, 2016

IndoorAtlas, Yahoo Team Geomagnetic Building Mapping In Japan

IndoorAtlas, an indoor positioning company that specializes in geomagnetic mapping and tracking, announced a partnership with Yahoo! Japan today to deliver indoor positioning services across the country. Read More via Media Post

Friday, February 26th, 2016

North Korea’s Satellite can Function as Spy Vehicle – Russian Official

North Korea has placed its remote sensing satellite into orbit and can function as a spy, Col. Andrey Kalyuta, head of Russia's Main Center for Space Intelligence, said on Feb. 22. Read More via Russia Beyond The...