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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Autodesk and Pitney Bowes Software Enter Strategic Alliance Agreement

Autodesk, Inc. and Pitney Bowes Software, Inc.,  today announced they have entered into a strategic alliance agreement. The new agreement will serve as a framework for both companies to provide resources, services and solutions to help infrastructure...

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

AAAS – Mapping Fire Frequency in Nepal Using Remote Sensing

Fire is integral component of environmental systems throughout the world, including the Himalayas. Understanding fire patterns is...

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Knowing Earth Systems for a Better Life-Dr. Shailesh Nayak

The intricate interactions among the different sub-systems of earth: atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, geosphere and biosphere, make earth a single inter-linked system. Understanding these interactions can lead to improved prediction of weather and climate.

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

China Opens 2012 with ZiYuan-3 Launch via Long March 4B

China launched a new high-resolution remote sensing satellite on Monday at 03:17 UTC using the Long March 4B (Chang Zheng-4B -Y26) launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. According to the official Xinhua News Agency, the...

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Google Maps – Designing the Modern Atlas

It is often the case in interaction design that the best solutions simply get out of the way, allowing the user to achieve their goal and get on with their life. With Google Maps, this is certainly the...

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Bridge Monitoring Using Wireless Smart Sensors

Health is an important issue not only for human beings, but also for civil infrastructures. Bridge collapses often result in a large number of casualties, as well as negative social and economic consequences, as was seen in...

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Award for Fugro in Australia

FUGRO-TSM Pty Ltd, has been awarded the Greater Western Flank (GWF) Phase 1 Project Subsea Installation Contract from Woodside Energy Limited. The contract value is in excess of AUD 100 million, with engineering and design work for the...

Monday, January 9th, 2012

iXSurvey Design and Install a Big Frame in Fos sur Mer Gulf

For the SECMAR project iXSurvey was sub-contracted to design a big frame (6 m of diameter, 1.2T).This frame is intended to support an acoustic antenna. The GG9 and the divers team are installing the frame in the Fos sur Mer Gulf....

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Digital Revenue Record to Ease Preparing Land Database

The entire revenue record of Haryana would be digitised and updated using high resolution satellite imageries for the seamless preparation of a database of land records. The updated maps would be geo-referenced using the benchmark Ground Control...

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Preliminary Result of Mandai Mapping Project

After a few months of hard work in Mandai mangroves, Mangrove Action Squad is glad to report some preliminary of Mangrove Apprentice a.k.a. Rick’s project. After having mapped about 600 trees,  the distribution of tree species near Sungei Mandai Kechil...