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Monday, August 1st, 2011

Australia – Ultrafine Location Fixes

The GPS technology that allows cell phones and other devices to pinpoint their location to within a few meters has made possible new services ranging from location-aware social networks to self-driving cars. A new location technology accurate...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Maps – History of the South China Sea

The South China Sea dispute centers on the sovereignty over the Nansha Islands, a network of islands that stretches 1,000 km from north to south in the southeastern corner of the sea. China was the first country...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Remote Sensing to Assess Indian Trees

According to forest and environment minister, Ajay Singh Yadav, the forest department has made an agreement with the Haryana State Remote Sensing Application Centrein Hisar, and the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) in Hydrabad, who will be...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

UAE’s Reach Widens on Land and From Space

With each pass over Japan’s ravaged landscape in the hours and days after March’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, DubaiSat-1 collected images of large swaths of toppled towns, scanned the dramatically altered coastline and zeroed in on the...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Launch of PositioNZ-RT Monitoring Service

LINZ publicly broadcasts real-time, one-second Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data. The data is streamed free-of-charge from 39 Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) throughout New Zealand. This includes 34 LINZ PositioNZ stations and 5 stations which are...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Spatial Parcel Improvement Project Update

As detailed in the August edition of Landwrap, the spatial parcel improvement (SPI) project captures and adjusts survey data from existing survey plans to improve the accuracy of the cadastre in high priority areas. The two-year project...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Column: GIS Delivers in Christchurch – SSSI

I am writing this on a 'normal' day in Christchurch. This entails being shaken out of bed this morning by a 4.1 double and ensuing blackout. I went to work in my long-term ‘temporary’ office in the...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

GISTEC 3-GIS Business Partner of the Year 2011 Award

3-GIS congratulates business partner GISTEC for receiving the 2011 3-GIS Business Partner of the Year Award. The award recognizes outstanding partner achievements in sales, product development and advancing 3-GIS innovative thin-client web-based solutions into utilities, telecom, and...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

China Launches Another GPS Satellite

China says it successfully launched another satellite for its indigenous global navigation and positioning network system. The satellite was placed into a geostationary orbit by a Long March-3A rocket after a Wednesday launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Remote Sensing for Nature in Malaysia

The aircraft glided across the skies over a vast expanse of forest, a sensor strapped to its underside capturing detailed and breathtaking shots, before this only seen in the realm of science fiction.The hyperspectral imaging kit is...