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Monday, September 5th, 2011

Mapping China’s New Development

Jin-Sheng Ning, an academician of the China Academy of Engineering and president of Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping Institute and Li Jiancheng, Xu Yaming Vice President, Director of Surveying Engineering Institute Zou Jingui recently completed a visit...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Scorpio Tanker Completes Northern Sea Route Voyage to Thailand

A tanker managed by Scorpio Ship Management s.a.m. recently completed a voyage from Vitino, Russia to Map Ta Phut, Thailand, via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) -- with the assistance of nuclear powered icebreakers. This is the...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Pakistan to Expand Satellite Network

Pakistan plans to work with China, Japan and Europe to expand its network of remote sensing (RS) satellites for use in environment monitoring and natural resource surveys. The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) announced this...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Modelling Glacier Melt and Runoff in Greenland and in the Nepal Himalaya

The world’s population is projected to reach approximately 7 billion by 2012. Much of the growth will be in less economically developed countries in central Asia and South America where demands on water resources are already high...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Taiwan – High-speed Rail Preparing to Offer 4G WiMAX

The Bureau of High Speed Rail (HSR) said Wednesday it will upgrade its telecommunications service by next June to offer its passengers uninterrupted Internet access on mobile devices. In a NT$500 million (US$17 million) joint project with the...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

MEO Buys Into Fugro 3D Seismic Survey Offshore Western Australia

MEO Australia Ltd. has purchased 323 sq km (125 sq mi) of Fugro Multi Client Services Pty Ltd. seismic survey with processing to come from offshore Western Australia in permit WA-361-P. MEO says this fulfills the work commitment for year...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Six Winners in Australian Offshore Acreage Release

Six companies have been awarded a total of 10 permits to explore for oil and gas in Australian waters off the Western Australia and South Australian coasts in areas open for bidding under the 2010 offshore petroleum...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

RapidEye AG Assets Acquired by Iunctus Group

RapidEye Canada Ltd., an affiliate of Iunctus Geomatics Corp., announced today that it has aquired the assets of RapidEye AG of Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, a global provider of high-resolution imagery and geospatial solutions. The purchase was finalized...

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Workshop on Cooperative Project on the Establishment of ASEAN

On 26 July 2011, GISTDA hosts the Workshop on Cooperative Project on the Establishment of ASEAN Earth Observation Satellite at Siam Bayshore Spa and Resort, Pattaya, Chonburi Province. The aim of the workshop is to discuss view...

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Fugro Returns to the Aleutians for NOAA

Under it’s five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with US National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration (NOAA), Fugro Pelagos Inc. have commenced surveying operations aroundthe Aleutian chain’s Krenitzin Islands, Alaska in late July 2011. This 36 day program of...