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Friday, January 14th, 2011

China Information Technology Inc. Announces $39.6 Million in Newly Signed Contracts

China Information Technology, Inc. a total solutions provider of geographic information systems (GIS), digital public security technology (DPST) and digital hospital information systems (DHIS) in China, today announced that its newly signed contracts in the fourth quarter of 2010...

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Surveying and Mapping Group Accomplishes Important Tasks

The officers and men of the field operation team of a surveying and mapping group under the Nanjing Military Area Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army climb high mountains, wade trough rapids and camp on islands...

Friday, January 14th, 2011

South Korean Policy Say Google’s Mapping Service Violated Laws

Google has been accused of collecting emails and other personal information from unsecured wireless networks while it took photos of neighbourhoods in South Korea for its "Street View" mapping service between October 2009 and May 2010. In...

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Flood Inundation Mapping- An Application of Remote Sensing Techniques

This paper describes two applications of remote sensing on a near-real time mapping of flood inundation and crop health in the light of natural disaster and crop monitoring. The mapping of flood inundation was carried out over...

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Australia – Breaking the Riverbanks

A RAGING wall of water charged through Toowoomba, a city in south-east Queensland, on January 10th, sweeping unsuspecting people before it. Two days later, the floodwaters had reached Brisbane, the state’s capital and Australia’s third-largest city (population...

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Russia to Launch Ocean Satellite in March

Russia will launch an oceanography satellite in March to keep track of a vast amount of data that will help improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts, a Russian scientist said on Wednesday. "It will be a kind...

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

ISDE7, WALIS Forum 2011 and the State NRM Conference – Call for Papers

Share your knowledge, experience and vision with over 1000 delegates by presenting a paper at the ISDE7, WALIS Forum 2011 and the State NRM Conference. We are now inviting submissions of abstracts for both oral and poster presentations....

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Full-scale Ops of Russia’s GLONASS to Start by July

Full-scale operations of Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) are expected to start sometime in January–June, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Director Anatoly Perminov said, ITAR-TASS reported Tuesday. In early December 2010, Perminov said GLONASS was expected to...

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Thales Enhances Philippines’ Air Traffic Management System

Thales will deploy its latest generation Eurocat ATM system nationwide, together with an integrated Digital Voice Control System (VSCS), Aeronautical Information System (AIS), Automated Message Handling System (AMHS), ATN Router, GNSS monitoring and metrological systems. In addition,...

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

GeoForce Technologies Purchases SimActive’s Photogrammetry Software

SimActive a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that GeoForce Technologies Co., Ltd. of Taiwan has purchased its Correlator3D™ product. GeoForce will be using the software suite in conjunction with its UltraCamXp camera system. 

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