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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

LINZ – PositioNZ-RT – Real-time Data Streams

PositionNZ-RT is LINZ's Global Positioning System Active Control Network. Through this site you can download GPS 30 second RINEX files from the active control stations which you can use with remote GPS station data to determine precise positions...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Timber Trade Flow Maps of China and the Mekong Region

This report gives an interesting overview of the timber trade flows in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and their respective trading partners. More than 20 maps graphically depict the import and export volumes and values of the wood...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

President CheeHai TEO Visits China Land Surveying and Planning Institute

China Land Surveying and Planning Institute is a newly appointed Affilliate Member of FIG. The Institute acts as a “think tank” within the Ministry and areas of activities include land use planning, land survey and evaluation, cadastral...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

UN Creates Expert Group – Managing Geospatial Information

The United Nations ECOSOC made history on 27 July 2011 in Geneva by establishing a new intergovernmental body, the UN Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management, to bring together, for the first time at the global level, government experts from...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

PCI – RapidEye Contract for GeoImaging Accelerator Technology

PCI Geomatics has announced it was awarded a contract and has successfully delivered a GeoImaging Accelerator (GXL) Satellite processing system to RapidEye, based in Germany. The contract represents a major win for PCI Geomatics as it continues...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

City Needs $673m for Flood Control, irrigation

The HCM City People's Committee has asked the Government to allocate more funds to 16 flood-control and irrigation projects due for completion in 2015. It also sought approval to mobilise funds for these projects, which are estimated to...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Pentax SMT888-3G Favored by the Thai Government

The Pentax SMT888-3G high-end technology market represents a new generation of Pentax products. Users rely on their SMT888-3G quality as compared to similar products with a competitive price. Pentax product sales in the domestic and foreign market...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

UN Humanitarian Agencies on Standby As Monsoon Floods Strike Pakistan

United Nations humanitarian agencies in Pakistan are on standby after sustained rains have reportedly affected up to 750,000 people in Punjab and Sindh provinces, killing up to 25 and displacing some 50,000 others. The UN Office for...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

ESCAP Helps Pacific Island Nation of Palau Use Satellite Technology

Government officials in Palau joined United Nations experts at a training workshop here on the use of satellite technology to improve the Pacific island nation’s preparedness for natural disasters that are a major threat to national physical...

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Govt to Step Up Investment on Infrastructure

The government will increase investments on physical infrastructure in the 12th Five-Year Plan, starting next year, with special emphasis on connecting remote and rural parts of India through rail and road, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday...