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Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Scientists Meet in Oamaru to Discuss Results from Canterbury Ocean Drilling

About 40 scientists from nine countries are meeting in Oamaru this week to review results from a scientific ocean drilling expedition that took place off the coast of South Canterbury in early 2010. Using the seafloor drilling ship, JOIDES...

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

SKM Enviros wins three Edie Awards for Environmental Excellence

Clients have named SKM Enviros the Best Consultancy in three categories at the 2011 Edie Awards for Environmental Excellence, our best performance at the Edie Awards to date. The prestigious awards are a showcase for the leading consultancies...

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Gillard to Unveil Ambitious Asia Disaster Response Plan

The plan drawn up by Australia and Indonesia - which hosts the East Asia Summit beginning in Bali today - would involve countries including China and the US instantly sharing sensitive satellite images, damage and casualty reports...

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

GIS for Flood Fighting Personnel Praised in Thailand

Dr Anond Snidvongs, GIS expert working for Froc, in a live NBT flood report praised all personnel working behind the scene for their all-out-effort in fighting the Great Flood. Dr Anond noted that all canals see declining water...

Friday, November 18th, 2011

TWD97 Coordinates Update Forum Ended Successfully

Ministry of the Interior held the forum on the TWD97 coordinates update at the NLSC, Taichung City on Oct. 28, 2011. The present situation of the TWD97 coordinate system, analyses to the coordinate results of the existing...

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Taiwan – Discussion over Uses of e-GPS Data on Judicial Cases

In order to enhance the function for full-time monitoring the outdoors whereabouts and movements of convicts, the 3rd generation monitoring equipment is planned to integrate the GPS technology. On Oct 26, 2011, judicial officers, the 27 members...

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Beyond Bushfires, a Study Into Community Resilience and Recovery

A long-term study into the health and wellbeing of community members affected by the 2009 Victorian bushfires, is being led by the University of Melbourne. The study aims to capture a diversity of experiences including those directly or...

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Vietnam to Build Space Centre by 2018

Under the plan, the Vietnam Space Centre, covering an area of nine hectares at Hoa Lac High-tech Park in Hanoi, will specialise in researching and producing small satellites to be used in domestic weather forecast, geodesy, exploration,...

Friday, November 18th, 2011

DMRC Chief Moots High-speed Rail Project for State

Padma Vibhushan Dr E Sreedharan, better known as India's Metro Man, said here on Thursday that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had submitted a feasibility study report on a high-speed railway line between Kasargode and Thiruvananthapuram....

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Celebrating International GIS Day 2011

For the first time ever, the International GIS Day is set to be celebrated in Southern Leyte on November 17, 2011 spearheaded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH – Environment and Rural Development (EnRD)...