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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

China Bans Foreign Companies Offering Online Mapping

Foreign companies are effectively banned from providing Internet mapping services in China, however joint ventures are exempted, according to a notice issued by the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping on Wednesday. The notice cited an amended regulation...

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Democrats’ Megaprojects More Realistic – researcher

The Democrat Party is seen as having an edge over Pheu Thai in terms of megaproject policies that are more realistic and potentially less harmful to the environment. However, the country's oldest party should create more variety...

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Vector1 Media Welcomes Roger Longhorn with the Launch of SDI Magazine

Vector1 Media, publishers of V1 Magazine and Asian Surveying & Mapping, are pleased to welcome Roger Longhorn, an international expert on the development of spatial data infrastructure (SDI), as founder and editor of SDI Magazine (http://www.sdimag.com/). This...

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

2011 Be Together: The Bentley User Conference ‘Keynote Report’

Bentley Systems, Incorporated held its annual Be Together: The Bentley User Conference May 23-26, 2011, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. This highly interactive conference, whose theme was “Sharpen Your Edge,” gave Bentley users the opportunity...

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Property Ownership Data on GIS Platform

Tracking ownership details of properties in Lutyens' Delhi to get your leasehold property converted to freehold — so that you can become the rightful owner — is likely to become a hassle-free task. All records, data, ownership...

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Australia, Germany Fund Local Climate Change Program

Australia and Germany provided US$63.7 million to the extended Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems Program (CCCEP) in Vietnam. The funds will be used to restore mangrove forests, build advanced sea dikes and educate coastal residents about sustainable cultivation...

Monday, June 6th, 2011

GIS Proves Key to Flood and Fire Management

Geographic Information System (GIS) technology is the key to reducing the social and economic tolls of flood, fire and extreme weather events, according to Gary Johnson, Esri Australia Principal Consultant for Financial Services, speaking at the Australian...

Monday, June 6th, 2011

JAXA – Hosting Sites for Multi-GNSS Monitoring Network

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is pleased to announce the launch of the first step in the establishment of the Multi-GNSS Monitoring Network. The project is a contribution to the establishment of global, continuous observation network for...

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Kalam Suggested ISRO to Build Satellite Service Station

Former President of India A P J Abdul Kalam Thursday suggested that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) build a satellite service station in geo-synchronous orbit as he saw an opportunity for it in this field. Kalam, himself an...

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Training Programme on Disaster Management Ends on High Note

he five-day technical training programme on the Asean Cooperation Project on Utilisation of Satellite Images for Disaster Management came to a close yesterday. The closing ceremony was held at the Information Communications Technology Centre of Universiti Brunei Darussalam...