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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
It is with sad heart that I must pass along the news of the recent passing of our colleague, Geoff Howard, Chief Topographer at LINZ. As many of you know Geoff was an institution within the New Zealand...
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
China has sent eight Beidou satellites into orbit, with the latest launched in April, said Ran Chengqi, director of China Satellite Navigation System management office at the second China satellite navigation academic annual meeting. Eight more will...
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
China will allocate 35 billion yuan ($5.3 billion) to improve the inland water navigable capacity of rivers in southwest China's Sichuan Province between 2011 and 2015, the Southwest Commercial News said Tuesday, citing provincial government officials. Two...
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
DARPA's Microscale Rate Integrating Gyroscope program seeks to develop miniature navigation grade gyros for use in personal navigation, unmanned vehicle navigation, GPS denied/challenged locations, and other size and power constrained applications requiring precision navigation. Northrop Grumman, in...
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
The federal government has unveiled its blueprint for the future of the nation's 18 largest cities. The National Urban Policy, released by federal Infrastructure and Transport Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday, sets out a broad range of principles...
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
A senior official at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says solar storms pose a growing threat to criticial infrastructure such as satellite communications, navigation systems and electrical transmission equipment. NOAA Assistant Secretary Kathryn Sullivan says...
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
The US space agency said Tuesday it is preparing to launch a satellite to observe levels of salt on the surface of the world's oceans and how changes in salinity may be linked to future climate. The...
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Large shallow earthquakes also trigger widespread, coseismic landslides that cause significant but spatially heterogeneous erosion. Research using high-resolution satellite imagery examine the potential changes in orogen volume using landslide area. According to the research, the Wenchuan earthquake...
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
The United States and India announced a joint $50 million fund to promote research in clean energy technologies on Wednesday, a step seen as part of efforts to whittle down their differences over how to fight climate...
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announced new membership options for organizations based in emerging economies. To support the current trend toward more global participation in the OGC’s open standards process, the OGC has responded to requests for...
