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Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Guidelines Running Years Behind Schedule – Flood Planning”

A new set of national engineering guidelines for dealing with storm and floodwaters are bogged down in funding problems, while Victoria's major flood strategy is more than two years behind schedule and still incomplete. Urban flooding is...

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

PHL to Host Asia Pacific GIS User Confab

The Esri Asia Pacific Conference, one of the most highly anticipated geographic information systems (GIS) events in the region, will be hosted by the Philippines on January 26-27, 2011 at the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City....

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

NZGB Sets Deadline for Proposing Names

The next meeting of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) has been scheduled for 29 April 2011. The deadline for making proposals to assign, alter, approve or discontinue names is 25 February 2011,...

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

LINZ Appoints Surveying Firms

Following a competitive tender process, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has appointed Opus, Beca, and CPG to carry out critical re-surveying work in post-quake Canterbury. The three firms will share the significant task of restoring the region's...

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Thammasat Passengers Set for GPS Safety Boost

Public vans commuting between Thammasat University Rangsit campus and inner-city areas will soon be equipped with GPS tracking devices to boost safety for passengers. The TU Rangsit campus public van station will be the first in the country...

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Russia Meteo Satellite Electro-L Successfully Orbited

The Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) told Itar-Tass, “The Zenit-2SB carrier rocket with Fregat-SB upper stage, that was blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome at 15:29, Moscow time, Thursday, at 00:28 MSK Friday successfully placed on the target...

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

World Bank Report – Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Project

China is experiencing rapid and large scale urbanization—and the resulting local and global urban environmental challenges are unprecedented. The Chinese Government has fully recognized these challenges and various initiatives are being pursued to make urban growth more...

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Cambodia and UNDP Partnership for Responsible Mineral Development

The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) inked an agreement today forging ahead with their partnership to help develop Cambodia’s nascent mining sector. Read More

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Geospatial Award to Gujarat

Offering space and logistical support for setting up of country’s first Geospatial Technology Park, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today invited the world leaders in the sector ‘to be part of the growth story of Gujarat.’

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Thursday, January 20th, 2011

ISRO To Provide Satellites Images for Sabarimala

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will provide the satellite images of Sabarimala to the State Government for the infrastructure development of the area in a bid to prevent disasters such as Pulmedu stampede in...