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Thursday, May 26th, 2011

DubaiSat-2 – Improvement on Predecessor

Emirati engineers have completed the design for DubaiSat-2 at a satellite manufacturing plant in South Korea and are working on a flight model for the launch, which is expected at the end of next year from Russia. The...

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation

From the charts of ancient mariners exploring new found lands to the age of Google Earth, maps are about far more than just navigation. They reflect the latest technologies, culture and the distribution of power and politics...

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Azerbaijani Addresses Based on EURADIN Standards

The registry will be kept by Real Property Cadastre and technical inventory center of State Committee on Property Issues. The State Committee states that it is necessary to introduce GIS (geographic information system) and coordination system of...

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

RapidEye Partners With ImageSat

RapidEye announced today that a partnership agreement has been signed between RapidEye and the
ImageSat International. The agreement allows ImageSat to use RapidEye imagery to colorize their panchromatic 0.7 meter resolution imagery to produce a colorized product.

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Philippines, China Support Discussion on South China Sea

In March, the Philippines filed an official protest with China following a standoff involving forces from both countries in the Reed Bank, just east of the Spratlys. Philippine officials say Chinese patrol boats threatened a survey ship...

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Fires in Eastern Russia

Fires in remote regions of Siberia are creating a large quantity of smoke. NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the fires on May 24, 2011 at 02:55 UTC (10:55 p.m. EDT). The image was created from...

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

NZ’s Long Bay Development Underway

The Todd Property Group has awarded Coffey Geotechnics, a subsidiary of global professional services firm Coffey International Limited, as the lead geotechnical consultants for the Long Bay development in New Zealand. The 160 hectare development is one...

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Origin Energy Appoints MWH for Water Treatment Services

Consulting engineering firm MWH has been appointed by Origin Energy to provide detailed design services for two proposed water treatment facilities as part of the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project. Origin and ConocoPhillips are joint owners of APLNG, a...

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

SuperGeo Announces New Reseller in India

SuperGeo Technologies officially announced its latest partner in India- RSI SOFTECH is authorized to distribute SuperGIS series software, especially in the defense and military market in India.  

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Malaysia PM Calls for Structure Examination on Ag Land

Kuala Lampur - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak called for an examination of all houses and other structures erected on agricultural land nationwide to ascertain the risk they faced from landslides. He said Tuesday that...