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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

National Drive for Accurate, Standardised Digital Data on Local Authority Assets

The Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA)has joined the push for a uniform national standard that requires land developers to provide Councils with digital data showing the accurate ‘as constructed’ location and details of all council assets such...

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Bangladesh’s Claim On The Continental Shelf in the Bay of Bengal

The United Nations will hear Bangladesh's claim on the continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal on August 25, months after Dhaka sought international arbitration following disputes with neighbouring India and Myanmar. Foreign Minister Dipu Moni will present...

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Boeing Helps Russian Airports Prepare for Traffic

Boeing will partner with Basel Aero Company, which operates Sochi International Airport, and Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography in this initiative. Under the guidance of the Boeing Flight Services Air Traffic Management (ATM) group and...

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Prestigio Starts Sales of GLONASS / GPS Navigators in Europe

Prestigio’s Executive director for European and CIS countries Yuri Antoshkin has reported that while working on Prestigio GeoVision GV5135 they particularly oriented on Russian market but a number of European markets demonstrated an unexpected interest to double-system...

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Cosgrove: It’s Urgent to Fast-track NZ Land Development

Waimakariri MP and Earthquake Recovery spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove wants the Government to take up his members airport bill urgently to allow fast-track development of large areas of affordable Kaiapoi and Christchurch land. Clayton Cosgrove says his Christchurch International...

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

PetroVietnam to Ramp Up Production

PetroVietnam is to be one of the nation's leading groups, both inside and outside the country, with sharpened competitive edges and growth of up to 20 percent a year, according to a five-year plan approved by the...

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

New Aqueduct Alliance to Measure, Map, and Report on Global Water Risk

Recent water-related events – from extreme droughts across the southwestern United States to flooding in central China – provide vivid examples of the potential impacts of water on people, businesses, and local infrastructure. To assess and respond...

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Trimble – New Compact OEM GNSS Modules for High-Accuracy Mobile Positioning

Trimble introduced the Trimble BD910 and BD920 modules to its GNSS OEM portfolio. These small modules feature centimeter-level, Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) positioning capabilities that are ideal for high-precision and control applications. Capable of...

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Kurdistan Regional Government Selects Innovyze InfoWater

Innovyze announced that following a competitive review, the General Directorate for Water and Sewerage of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq, has elected to deploy multiple licenses of Innovyze’s InfoWater Suite, the industry’s premier ArcGIS-centric water supply and distribution...

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Turkey Launches Its First Observation Satellite

RASAT, the first observation satellite designed and produced by Turkish engineers, will be launched into space on Wednesday, from the Yasny Launch Base, located in a southwestern Russian oblast bordering Kazakhstan. RASAT was designed, manufactured and tested...