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India-US space ties deepen as NASA invites ISRO to join moon base program
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Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Reminder – The 7th International Symposium on Digital Earth

You are cordially invited to attend the 7th International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE7), which will be held in Perth, Australia, from 23-25 August 2011. Digital Earth is a global initiative as virtual representation of...

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Libya: Satellite Images Show Refugee Crisis

Satellite pictures showing the extent of Libya’s refugee problem have emerged. The GeoEye-1images reveal a mass of people at the Ras Ajdir crossing at Libya’s border with Tunisia. But they only indicate scale, not detail. The satellite pictures taken on...

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Spirent Explains How to Model Your GNSS Antenna

A radio system is only as good as its antenna" is a common proverb in the communications field. It is no less true with GNSS. However, significant constraints are often placed on the antenna in a GNSS...

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Vexcel Imaging Receives ISO 9001:2008 Certificate

On 4 February 2011, Vexcel Imaging GmBH, a Microsoft® company, received an ISO 9001:2008 Certificate from  the certification body SystemCERT. This certifies that Vexcel Imaging has implemented and maintains a Quality Management System which fulfills the requirements...

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Esri Recognizes Seven Longtime Partners

Today at the 2011 Esri Partner Conference (EPC), Esri president Jack Dangermond acknowledged organizations that have been Esri partners for 20 or more...

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

SuperGeo Spin off EMCT for Environmental Consulting Services

SuperGeo Technologies announces a new spinoff company, EMCT, to provide specialized environmental consulting services using GIS technologies. The newly established company, Environmental Management Consultant Technologies Inc. (EMCT), used to be a project team focusing on the consulting services...

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Russia to Track GLONASS from Australia

In the near future Russia and Australia will sign an agreement on the establishment of monitoring stations for the Russian GLONASS navigation system around the Australian city of Brisbane, an official with the Russian space agency said. The...

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Australian Navy Maps PNG Seabed

The Australian Navy is mapping the seafloor around what will become one of Papua New Guinea's most important ports. For the last two weeks the hydrographic ship, HMAS Leeuwin, has been surveying Caution Bay near Port Moresby. The...

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

GPS In Cops’ Vehicles Go On the Blink

At least 30 police vehicles fitted with either global positioning system (GPS) or geographic information system (GIS) could not be traced while they were patrolling the metropolis' streets, as the equipment installed to track their positions are...

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

South Korea: Mapping Burial Grounds

South Korean net users have created a Google map listing where the culled cattle were buried. South Korean government dumped about a quarter of its herd on numerous spots throughout the country to slow down its worst foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. And worries grow that the animal blood and...