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Monday, September 5th, 2011

Construction of Digital Cities Class – Chengdu Wenjiang

In accordance with the unified arrangements of the CPC Central Committee Organization Department, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information hosts digital city construction special class 2 to 7 September in Chengdu, Sichuan Wenjiang held. State...

Monday, September 5th, 2011

ADB $500 Million Loan to Boost Indian Railways

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

Saudi Arabia investing $ 20 Billion in Petrochemicals Industry

Saudi Arabia’s petrochemicals industry is about to get a massive boost, with a new $20bn plant in the works and extensive state spending on infrastructure set to further improve the nation’s logistics backbone. Before the full benefits...

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Indonesia to Speed Up Geothermal Permits

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 Land Use Planning

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...

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Mapping China’s New Development

Jin-Sheng Ning, an academician of the China Academy of Engineering and president of Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping Institute and Li Jiancheng, Xu Yaming Vice President, Director of Surveying Engineering Institute Zou Jingui recently completed a visit...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Scorpio Tanker Completes Northern Sea Route Voyage to Thailand

A tanker managed by Scorpio Ship Management s.a.m. recently completed a voyage from Vitino, Russia to Map Ta Phut, Thailand, via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) -- with the assistance of nuclear powered icebreakers. This is the...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Pakistan to Expand Satellite Network

Pakistan plans to work with China, Japan and Europe to expand its network of remote sensing (RS) satellites for use in environment monitoring and natural resource surveys. The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) announced this...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Modelling Glacier Melt and Runoff in Greenland and in the Nepal Himalaya

The world’s population is projected to reach approximately 7 billion by 2012. Much of the growth will be in less economically developed countries in central Asia and South America where demands on water resources are already high...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Taiwan – High-speed Rail Preparing to Offer 4G WiMAX

The Bureau of High Speed Rail (HSR) said Wednesday it will upgrade its telecommunications service by next June to offer its passengers uninterrupted Internet access on mobile devices. In a NT$500 million (US$17 million) joint project with the...