Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
The Office of Spatial Policy will be relocating offices on 7 September 2011. This follows on from the administrative change which came into effect on 1 July 2011 whereby the function of the Office of Spatial Data Management...
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Geoscience Australia is pleased to present the 2011 Top GeoShot photo competition. We are looking for a collection of photographs that capture the essence of Earth science. The image can be anything from an unusual land formation,...
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Thick smog from 85 newly detected hot spots is reported to be covering West Sumatra province. According to the head of the West Sumatra Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG)’s observation and information section, Syafrizal, recent satellite monitoring had...
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies is pleased to announce that SuperGIS Desktop 3 and SuperPad 3 are selected to improve the agricultural research and palm oil plantation business in Sierra Leone. The sales achievement is contributed by Satscanner Sdn. Bhd.,...
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Construction and Planning Agency (CPA), the central government authority responsible for national spatial resource planning, utilizing, and management, dedicates to balance regional development, promote urban regeneration, and manage non-urban land development permission. In order to deal with...
Monday, September 5th, 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending loans of up to $500 million to help India improve rail services along some of its busiest freight and passenger transport routes. The ADB Board of Directors has approved a multitranche financing facility...
Monday, September 5th, 2011
The Forestry Ministry promised that they would comply with instructions from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to speed up the issuance of permits for geothermal projects based in forest areas. “When the requirements are completed, we guarantee that...
Monday, September 5th, 2011
Strategic regional land use planning, is the way we are trying to manage the land use tensions that have emerged with the mining boom. The final policy will have a major impact on agriculture, communities, royalties received by...