Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Imagine a powerful cyclone about to hit the coast at a wind speed of 155 km per hour (100mph). Imagine the havoc it can wreck in the area and the threat it poses to fishermen out in...
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
One of the more surprising consequences from the March 2011 earthquake in Japan was that the forces unleashed shifted the earth's mass sufficiently to accelerate its rotation, shortening each day by no less than 1.8 microseconds, according...
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
The world's largest atlas made its debut at an appropriate venue—the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest trade fair for books, held each October in Germany. The atlas, created by Sydney, Australia, publisher Millennium House and named Earth:...
Monday, April 11th, 2011
GGOS is the Observing System of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). GGOS works with the IAG components to provide the geodetic infrastructure necessary for monitoring the Earth system and for global change research. The GGOS Portal will...
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
As part of a countrywide exercise, the Census Directorate will undertake GIS mapping of 647 statutory towns and 1.06 lakh villages in Uttar Pradesh, which will show each and every house and the number of people living...
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and Special Interest Group (SIG) 3D SIG 3D members defined the first version of CityGML and in 2005 submitted CityGML as a candidate standard into the OGC standards process. CityGML is a...
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has said India is not prepared to face natural disasters. The NDMA arrived at this conclusion after taking stock of psycho-social support and mental health services in the country. The stock-taking found the...
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
The technology works by fitting a radio transmitter unit to trains or roadside infrastructure such as railway level crossings which broadcasts a local signal. Small receiver units are fitted to the sound system of vehicles and upon...
Friday, April 8th, 2011
The IGES Natural Resources Management (NRM) Group conducts strategic policy research, capacity building activities and outreach to contribute to the management, protection and enhancement of natural resources in the Asia-Pacific region. As part of the NRM Group, the Forest Conservation...
