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Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Morocco, South Korea Sign Water and Environment MoU

The agreement provides for preserving natural resources, enhancing water resources, rehabilitating watercourses, managing water infrastructures, and protecting the environment, said a statement of the Secretariat of State in charge of Water and Environment. The two countries also...

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

China Satellite Application Center Launched

The opening ceremony of SBSM Satellite Surveying and Mapping Application Center was held on December 18, 2009. SBSM Director General Xu Deming unveiled the plate of the center and made a speech at the ceremony. The center’s...

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

VNN Counters Ex-min’s Claims on GIS Taxation

The tussle between the Varanasi Nagar Nigam (VNN) and former minister Shatrudra Prakash over the use of geographic information system (GIS) for calculating and issuing house tax bills seems to be growing fast. The nagar nigam authorities...

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2011

On behalf of the Asian Association on Remote Sensing (AARS), I would like to welcome you all to the 32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS) to be held in Taipei from October 3 to 7, 2011....

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Interactive Timeline Mapping China’s Drought-ridden Provinces

This spring’s extreme weather is the latest in a series of water shortages, exposing the risks that limited freshwater resources pose for the world’s biggest agricultural producer, top energy consumer, and fastest-growing industrial economy. Click through the...

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Viet Nam – To Boost Rural Areas, says PM

Building a new rural model is an urgent mission and a strategic policy for the sustainable development of Viet Nam, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the launching ceremony for the Central Council for Emulation and...

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2012 Busan, Korea

Welcome to the International Water Association (IWA)’s first electronic newsletter for the next IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition which will be held in Busan, South Korea from 16 to 21 September 2012. As planning proceeds and...

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

New Appointments at FOIF Survey

Optical Instrument Co., Ltd. held a meeting of shareholders and the fourth board to decide the resolution: Chuang Yuan Technology Co., Ltd. General Manager Mr. Zhu Zhihao to act as Vice Chairman; Mr. Cao Yidong (the original...

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Official Opening of the German Galileo Test and Development Environment GATE

The GATE test infrastructure is now capable of transmitting the Galileo OS, the Galileo Safety-of-Life (SoL) Service (functional), the Galileo Commercial Service (CS) and a Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) dummy signal. The GATE system upgrade has been...

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Fujifilm Selects NAVTEQ Maps New GPS Enabled Digital Cameras

NAVTEQ has been selected by Fujifilm to support the introduction of their new GPS-enabled digital cameras with map data and POI content. NAVTEQ is now supplying map and POI (points of interest) data for Fujifilm's FinePix F550EXR...