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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

India Govt Eases Data Policy for Remote Sensing

The government, late on Monday night, announced a forward looking and new data sharing policy for India's Remote Sensing satellites. The new policy effectively breaks the monopoly that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had on the remote sensing...

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

GRAPHISOFT Strategic Partnership with JZFZ in China

GRAPHISOFT Asia Sales Director Robert Greenfield and General Manager of JZFZ Zhang Yuhua signed an agreement that lays out the terms for a strategic partnership. The parties will cooperate in an effort to promote the application of...

Monday, July 4th, 2011

ALSTOM : Grid Wins a Major Contract to Rebuild Iraq Energy

The contract, that includes the supply of GIS substations and power transformers2, has been signed within the framework of the Ministry of Electricity's "Mega Deal3" project to add more than 10,000 MW of power generation capacity in...

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Infrastructure Australia Unveils Priority List

Australia's national infrastructure body on Monday unveiled an 86 billion Australian dollar project priority list ranging from railroads to ports and urged lawmakers to overhaul the financing and planning of major public works programs. Creaking infrastructure has long...

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Crisis Mapping Helps with Disaster Relief

The power of the mobile phone and other social media became clear in the aftermath of the tsunami and earthquake in Japan.  Just hours after disaster struck, Japanese volunteers used social media information  to create a crisis...

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Technical Advisory Mission to Bangladesh

The mission team was comprised of eight experts from the UN-affiliated Centre for Space Science Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific, India, from the National Disaster Reduction Centre of China, the Asia Pacific Space Cooperation (APSCO),...

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Arup Proposes ‘cluster’ City for Water Starved Area of China

Less reliance on fossil fuels, biodiversity and neighbourhood planning are the buzzwords in the latest report released by design, engineering and planning sages, Arup. And they are hoping to put the proposals in the report to test by...

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Is the Vision of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Practical?

Yes, in fact SDIs are beginning to be established around the world. Several national and regional SDIs are already building the policy framework for collaboration and opening up GIS assets. With the rise of web services, cloud computing,...

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Russia Invites China for High-speed Rail Co-op

As Russia expands its railway construction, China could enjoy greater cooperation potential with Moscow in the sector, especially on high-speed rail projects, says the president of the state-run Russian Railways company. Vladimir Yakunin told Xinhua that based on...

Monday, July 4th, 2011

National GIS Promises to Transform Governance Landscape

India is mapping out its newest national asset, a state-of-the art online information bank, which promises to transform governance, aid planning and make life easier for the man on the street. Called National GIS, this geographical information...