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Monday, May 16th, 2011

Vietnam to Have Online Mapping Service

The bureau chief, Nguyen Tuan Hung said that his agency completed the first stage of the project. A website of Vietnamese maps is under construction. The website will provide online maps of Vietnam at difference ratios. The site...

Monday, May 16th, 2011

ISRO – 75% of Himalayan Glaciers Retreating

A comprehensive study of Isro satellite images reveals 75% of Himalayan glaciers are on the retreat, with the average shrinkage being 3.75km during the 15 years under study. The grim findings come after raging controversy over claims...

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

Second Announcement on HealthGIS 2011

The First and second International Conferences on HealthGIS were held in 2005 and 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. The 3rd International Conf. on healthGIS was in Hyderabad, India in 2009. All the three conferences were resounding success attracting 350+...

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

IGNSS 2011 International Symposium on GPS & GNSS

The International Global Navigation Satellite Systems Society Inc (IGNSS) will be  holding the IGNSS 2011 symposium, exhibition and field day at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia from the 15th to the 17th of November 2011. Click...

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

Call – The Value of Geo-Information for Disaster and Risk Management

With the publication of VALID, it is intended to give evidence of the economic, humanitarian and organizational benefits of applying geoinformation in all phases of disaster management, based on analyses of representative cases, and on an expert...

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

Viet Nam PM Greenlights Rural Development Policies

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on the Viet Nam Farmers Association to roll out rural development policies during 2011-20. The move aims to promote the association's role in establishing new rural areas, developing agriculture production and...

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

Indonesia Battles Forest Fire on Sumatra Island

Indonesia has sent 120 firefighters to battle blazes from peatland areas that are causing unhealthy levels of pollution in neighbouring Malaysia, an official said. Authorities in Kuala Lumpur said on Thursday air quality had reached 104 in...

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Iranian Fajr Satellite to be Launched in Four Months

Iran plans to launch its domestically-manufactured Fajr (victory) satellite during the first half of the Iranian calendar year (began on March 21), Asghar Ibrahimi, director of SAIRAN Aerospace Industry, announced on Tuesday. Speaking in a seminar on...

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Bright Future for GLONASS

The Russian Federal Space Agency is planning to increase the orbital network of GLONASS to 24 satellites this year. The project was launched in 1976 to address defence issues, but it has since been reoriented to the...

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Call – Asian Space Conference

I invite you to participate in the forthcoming Asian Space Conference here in Singapore, 14-16 December 2011. How?  You could submit a paper, exhibit space-industry technology, release your new book, demonstrate projects and products, exhibit space art, discuss your latest satellite, show your amazing remote...