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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

Asia Pacific Remote Sensing Symposium held at New Delhi

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), along with the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and the SPIE (the International Society for Optics and Photonics) organised the 10th edition of Asia Pacific Remote Sensing Symposium, 2016 (APRS 2016) during...

Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

Satellite Technology Takes Root in Philippine Farms

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is fully embracing satellite technology, with data generated from hundreds of kilometers up, to help address matters that affect food production down on the ground. Read More at Inquirer.Net

Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

Saving Tigers from Extinction, With a Little Help from Satellites

The world has lost almost 8% of forest crucial for tigers over a 14-year span, with the largest losses occurring in Indonesia and Malaysia due to the expansion of industrial agriculture. Read More at Star2

Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

China Deploys Drones to Monitor Sources of Pollution

BEIJING: Three unmanned aerial vehicles have been deployed by China at its environment monitoring station in Hebei to identify possible polluting activities and help cut down pollution in the province.  Read More at The Economic Times

Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

Space Agency Leaders Sound Need at SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing for Collaboration, Constancy in Remote Sensing of Earth

NEW DELHI, India, and BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA -- High-level leaders from several nations' space agencies provided insider perspectives on programs for monitoring natural and manmade impacts on the environment, as featured speakers at the SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote...

Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

Topcon Announces Global Distribution Agreement with VMT GmbH

LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces the launch of Topcon Delta, its new deformation monitoring solution for construction, tunneling and mining. Topcon Delta is a system of software and hardware...

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Qatar Will Host “UNMANNED WORLD”, the First and Most Complete Exhibition of Unmanned Vehicles in Middle East

Qatar  will  host  "UNMANNED  WORLD”,  the  first  and  most  complete  Exhibition  of  Unmanned  Vehicles in Middle East • The unmanned  vehicles  industry,  which  plans  to  triple  its  market  in  the  next  five years, will have its landmark in Unmanned World, the first Trade Show to be  held  in  Qatar  on  Unmanned  Vehicles.  The  event ...

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Mapping the World’s Biomass to Better Tackle Deforestation

One of the early successes in efforts to combat global warming has been a renewed push to tackle deforestation in some of the world’s last remaining tropical rainforests. Read More at Forest News

Monday, April 11th, 2016

Toyota and Nissan Are Teaming Up on Intelligent Maps

Japan’s government and auto giants Toyota and Nissan will join in an effort to develop intelligent maps by 2018, the Nikkei daily said, as competition heats up to improve the technology key for autonomous driving. Read More...

Friday, April 8th, 2016

North East Will No Longer Be Remote: Zeliang

Nagaland Chief Minister T. R. Zeliang has expressed hope that the geographical isolation and remoteness of the North East will soon become a thing of the past through better development and use of space technology.  Read More...