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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Philippine DENR To Nominate PPUR As Ramsar Site

After officially proclaimed as one of World’s Seven Wonders of Nature, another global recognition is in the works for the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) in Palawan. Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje said the...

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

UN Launches Information System to Boost Disaster Prevention

The United Nations launched today an information system to improve and expand the exchange of weather, climate and water data, which can be used for disaster risk reduction, water management, food security and health purposes. The World...

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

OHB Beats EADS to Galileo Satellite Contract – Sources

The European Union will award Germany's OHB AG a 250-million-euro ($327 mln) contract on Thursday to build eight satellites for the bloc's Galileo navigation system, EU officials with knowledge of the decision said. Read More

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Veripos – Siem Meling GNSS Positioning Contract

VERIPOS has recently secured an extension of its contract with Siem Meling Offshore DA, the Stavanger-based specialist shipping concern jointly owned by Siem Offshore and OH Meling. The three year contract extension is for the continued provision...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

GALILEO Satellite Named After School Girl

Adrianna Cyprus will be the name of an EU satellite, set to be sent to space in the coming years as part of the EU’s space navigation system, Galileo. The satellite was named after Adrianna Yiallourou, a 10-year-old...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Geoinformatics 2012 – Hong Kong

The Geoinformatics conference series was initiated by the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences(CPGIS) in 1992. This annual international conference has provided a unique forum for exchanging ideas and knowledge on geo-information sciences between...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

NT Spatial Excellence Awards – Nominate Now

The inaugural NT Spatial Excellence Awards will be presented at the NT Spatial 2012 conference dinner on the 22nd March at the Darwin Convention Centre. The goal of the awards is to recognise and promote the achievements and excellence of...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Sprint Workshops to help up NZ GISP-AP numbers

I’ve been collaborating with the NZ SSSI representatives to pull together these workshops, initially in Wellington, which have been designed to help you sprint through preparing your GIS-AP certification portfolio. GISP-AP (GIS Professional - Asia-Pacific Certification) is software-independent...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

CIFOR Looks for New Director General

Few international research centres are able to engage with a broad range of forest-related issues, stress the perspectives of poor countries and communities, combine policy and research, question conventional wisdom and constantly focus on how to have...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

United Arab Emirates University Receive Professional GIS Training with SuperGIS Desktop

SuperGeo Technologies announced that the Department of Geography and Urban Planning of United Arab Emirates University selected SuperGIS Desktop Lab Kit and GIS Learning CD for supporting its GIS establishments. Evolving GeoSystems, SuperGeo’s distributor in UAE, further...