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Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ahead of a June touchdown
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Indian astronaut to travel soon to ISS as part of ISRO-NASA Mission
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China issues regulatory framework to support direct-to-device satellite services
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Astranis clinches $115 million Taiwan deal despite satellite setback
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UAE and Egypt Strengthen Space Collaboration with New MoU
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Friday, May 20th, 2011

Hemisphere GPS Reports 2011 First Quarter Results

For the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, Hemisphere GPS achieved revenue growth of 41%, reporting $21.2 million in revenues, compared to $15.1 million in the first quarter of 2010. Revenues from all market segments increased in the first quarter. "The...

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Satellite Image Reveals Spread of a Megacity

A newly released satellite image reveals Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey at 15 million inhabitants, is quickly becoming a "megacity" covering almost 700 square miles. A newly released satellite image reveals Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey...

Friday, May 20th, 2011

World Heritage Site in the Making for Malaysia

The Bukit Bunuh archaeological site in Perak, which has thrown up evidence of the oldest “Old Stone Age” human culture to exist outside Africa, has been conferred a special geological status in an effort to help conserve...

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Bentley Issues 2011 Be Inspired Awards Call for Entries

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that it is accepting entries for the 2011 Be Inspired Awards competition. Be Inspired brings together infrastructure professionals from around...

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

WB Monitors Registration of Real Estate in Azerbaijan

The project consists of four components – registration of real estate, management and registration of state property, basic cartography and land registry, trainings and formation of state policy. The project is worth $38.57 million, $30 million of...

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Program Online – 25th International Cartographic Conference

Based on over 900 papers, the programme of the 25th International Cartographic Conference is covering all the facets of the cartography and geomatics and highlighting its most innovative and pratical aspects as well as the most theoretical. 

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Jakarta Prepares Earthquake MicroZonation Map

The Jakarta government is preparing an earthquake microzonation map. The map, drafted together with the National Earthquake Map Revision (RPGN) team, is expected to serve as a guideline for earthquake detection and mitigation. Read More

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Topcon Notice – Changes of Pres., Dir., Corp Auditors and Exec Officers

Topcon announces that, at a meeting of its Board of Directors held today, it decided changes of President, Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Auditors including Substitute Corporate Auditors in case of filling vacancy as stated below. Changes...

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Pacific Hydro Taps the Power of GIS

Maja Barnett, GIS Co-ordinator at Pacific Hydro, estimates that over 95% of documents across the organisation have some sort of geospatial reference and has cited this as the reason for developing a system to spatially enable documents...

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Paper – GNSS Heighting and Its Potential Use in Malaysia

A system of vertical control is realised with the establishment of a levelling network whereby the height value of points may be defined. In early 1977, the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM) began to undertake...