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Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

MicroSurvey 25 Years Old

Twenty Five years ago, at about this time of year, I was calling a lawyer to incorporate MicroSurvey. It's been my entire post university working life. In that many years there are few businesses that escape extreme...

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

SuperGeo to Exhibit at Map Malaysia and Map Middle East in April 2011

SuperGeo Technologies is going to attend ‘Map Malaysia 2011’ in Sabah, Malaysia, and ‘Map Middle East 2011’ in Doha, State of Qatar; both are held in April 2011. SuperGeo and its partners will be showcasing the latest...

Monday, April 4th, 2011

Korean Railroad to Invest In Indonesia Mass Transport Projects

The Korean Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) is showing interest in working on Indonesia transport infrastructure projects, especially for fast train. One of such project being consider is the mass transportation project linking the Jakarta city center with...

Monday, April 4th, 2011

First Broad-Scale Maps of Life on Australia’s Sea-Shelf

Marine scientists from five research agencies have pooled their skills and resources to compile a directory of life on Australia's continental shelf.They examined the shelf  seascape during a three-year program of the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities (CERF)...

Monday, April 4th, 2011

Iran to Build Remote Sensing Satellite with APSCO

Iran has said it will build a new remote sensing satellite in cooperation with the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organisation (APSCO) of which it is an active member. The country's space agency chief Hamid Fazeli said Sunday that Iran...

Friday, April 1st, 2011

Soyuz Launch Site Ready for First Flight

The Soyuz site at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is now ready for its first launch. ESA yesterday handed over the complex to Arianespace, marking a major step towards this year’s inaugural flight.C onstruction of the Soyuz...

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Why Do Russian Images of Earth Look So Different from NASA’s?

It was taken by a Russian spacecraft, a new weather satellite called Elektro-L. It’s now orbiting Earth on a geostationary orbit 36,000km above the equator, after being launched on January 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, on board...

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Nine New Geothermal Areas Ready To Be Developed

The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced nine potential geothermal areas as geothermal working areas. This is done to increase the geothermal contribution to the national energy mix. This statement is announced by the Director...

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

China State Nuclear Electric Power Selects SmartPlant Foundation

State Nuclear Electric Power Planning Design and Research Institute (SNPDRI) based in Beijing, China, has chosen Intergraph SmartPlant Foundation and other SmartPlant Enterprise solutions to manage engineering data for its AP1000 project. As a subsidiary of State Nuclear...

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

CCEA Approves GAGAN Project

The government on Tuesday approved a one time grant-in aid of Rs 378 crore as Budgetary support for implementation of GPS-aided Geo Augmented Navigation system (GAGAN). The GAGAN system, estimated to cost Rs 774 crore, would make...