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Monday, April 11th, 2011

The Global Geodetic Observing System Portal

GGOS is the Observing System of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). GGOS works with the IAG components to provide the geodetic infrastructure necessary for monitoring the Earth system and for global change research. The GGOS Portal will...

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

GIS Maps to be Linked with Data on Households for Census

As part of a countrywide exercise, the Census Directorate will undertake GIS mapping of 647 statutory towns and 1.06 lakh villages in Uttar Pradesh, which will show each and every house and the number of people living...

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

OGC and SIG 3D Advance Standards for 3D Digital Cities

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and Special Interest Group (SIG) 3D SIG 3D members defined the first version of CityGML and in 2005 submitted CityGML as a candidate standard into the OGC standards process. CityGML is a...

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

India Not Ready to Handle Natural Disasters

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has said India is not prepared to face natural disasters. The NDMA arrived at this conclusion after taking stock of psycho-social support and mental health services in the country. The stock-taking found the...

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

Level Crossing Technology an Australian First

The technology works by fitting a radio transmitter unit to trains or roadside infrastructure such as railway level crossings which broadcasts a local signal. Small receiver units are fitted to the sound system of vehicles and upon...

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Recruitment – Asia- Pacific Researcher and One Associate Researcher for Forest Conservation

The IGES Natural Resources Management (NRM) Group conducts strategic policy research, capacity building activities and outreach to contribute to the management, protection and enhancement of natural resources in the Asia-Pacific region. As part of the NRM Group, the Forest Conservation...

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Call – 4th Phase of GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot

AIP-4 will improve access to the GEOSS datasets that have been identified as supporting critical Earth...

Friday, April 8th, 2011

LINZ Seeks Greater Knowledge of Geospatial Industry

LINZ will launch an online survey later in April to gather insights into the New Zealand geospatial industry. The purpose of the survey is to help us develop a better understanding of the geospatial industry; the companies...

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

400 Land Plots of Municipalities Sold in Azerbaijan

In the first quarter of this year 392 land plots used to be owned by municipalities were sold in Azerbaijan through tenders and auctions. State Committee for Land and Cartography of Azerbaijan has reported that there were...

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Hydroelectric power: China Calls for Private-public Partnerships

China has offered financial and technical assistance to develop hydro electricity and wind power by upgrading the existing transmission system, and is looking to provide an integrated solution to the perennial problem of power shortages in Pakistan....