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Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Kutlubey Forms e-cadastral Base and Map of Third City of Azerbaijan

The State Committee for Property Affairs of Azerbaijan has summed up the results of the tender procedure for creation of information database of electronic cadastre and structure of electronic cadastral map in the city of Sumgait. The Committee...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

National Spatial Data Infrastructure – 2011

The NSDI has come to be seen as the technology, policies, criteria, standards and people necessary to promote geospatial data sharing throughout all levels of government, the private and non-profit sectors, and academia. It provides a base...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Emirates Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins Avionics for New Aircraft

Emirates Airlines has selected a comprehensive package of Rockwell Collins avionics for 32 new Airbus A380 and 30 new Boeing 777 aircraft. Aircraft deliveries are in progress and will continue through 2015. The agreement was commemorated today at a...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

DigitalGlobe & Geoimage Announce an Australia Wide Imagery Promotion

From now until 31 st December 2011, orthorectified 4-band DigitalGlobe imagery provided with a resampled 2m resolution is available from Geoimage at a whopping 70% discount off the recommended retail price. DigitalGlobe satellite imagery has been used for a multitude...

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Government Plan Ready to Sell ‘unqualified’ Land

Unqualified state land will be subject to sale after new related legislation is approved by the Turkish parliament, generating revenues of 26 billion Turkish Liras. About 1 million houses and 1.74 million square meters of land whose cadastre...

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Most Rural Houses Vulnerable to Quakes

All Chinese houses built before 1979 and 90 percent of rural houses built after 1979 are not quake-proof in their design, said Sun Botao, head of the Engineering Mechanics Institute of China Earthquake Administration at Japan's Revelation...

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Australian PM Lauds Aquino for Introducing Reforms

The two leaders exchanged pleasantries and expressed appreciation for each other’s help such as Australia’s assistance in mapping out flood-prone areas in Metro Manila, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Laura del Rosario said. “The Australian government is helping us unmask...

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Remote Sensing to Map State’s Resource Data

Remote sensing technology would be used to prepare a resource atlas of the state. The technology was being used to collect data and images from satellites. It would be used in the next five-year plan as well,...

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Japanese Oil Firm Plans Cambodian Operations

Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation has started preliminary surveying as the sole operator in Cambodia’s Block 17 onshore oil field, a 6,500 square-kilometre area of hilly forest in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap...

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Remote Sensing Helps Pilbara To Get Groundwater Boost

The Department of Water says it is using three years of research to allocate more groundwater to meet the Pilbara's growing requirements. The department's Hamid Mohsenzadeh says it is using targeted scientific investigations to build knowledge of the...