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Intermap Announces $1 Million Program in Malaysia and Business Updates
DENVER – Intermap Technologies (TSX: IMP; OTCQB: ITMSF) (“Intermap” or...
From Kuala Lumpur To Singapore: Malaysia’s High-Speed Rail Resurgence Sparks China’s Pan-Asia Vision
The Malaysian government is once again working on building...
Japan’s Synspective successfully launches fourth SAR satellite
Synspective, the Japanese provider of Satellite/Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)...
South Korea’s Joowon Industrial Selects Aeva 4D LiDAR for Automated Power Line Inspection Program
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & SEONGNAM CITY, South Korea- Aeva®...
Synspective’s SAR Satellite, StriX-3, Successfully Reaches Its Target Orbit and Spreads Its Wings
TOKYO, 2024, March 13 – Synspective Inc., a SAR...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Commissions Genesys Digital Twin Map Stack in His Parliamentary Constituency
Mumbai: The Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, recently...
Geo Connect Asia 2024 to unveil geospatial’s transformative power
Geo Connect Asia (GCA) is set to return to...
Iran launches ‘domestically developed’ imaging satellite from Russia
The launch of Pars 1 is fourth this year,...
Astranis relocating hobbled debut satellite from Alaska to Asia
TAMPA, Fla. — Astranis is moving its debut satellite...
Asia space race heats up as China, Japan and India reach for the stars
After another year of US aeronautics company SpaceX dominating...

News

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Captain Scott and Captain Shackleton: A 100 Year Old Expedition

If there is a land above the seas that remains a last frontier for mankind, it’s Antarctica. A recent GPS mapping conducted by the British Antarctic Survey provided a reminder of how uncharted and unknown the vast white continent...

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

ION GNSS 2012 Conference Now Accepting Abstract Submissions

Panel sessions and system workshops reflect timely policy and business related issues featuring leading industry decision makers.

Friday, December 16th, 2011

GALILEO: 1st Navigation Signal Transmitted to Earth

Europe’s Galileo system has passed its latest milestone, transmitting its very first test navigation signal back to Earth. The first two Galileo satellites, launched on 21 October, are in the midst of their In-Orbit Test campaign. A detailed...

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Disaster Preparedness Long Overdue

I’m referring to disaster preparedness. We all know how many lives have been lost, how many homes, schools, roads, and other facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed by earthquakes, floods, typhoons, and other calamities. German watch, an international...

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

UN Official Wants to Plug Data Gaps

Support must be given to the efforts of developing countries to improve data collection, Sha Zukang, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, told the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi (13 December). "We must establish partnerships...

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Collecting LiDAR Bathymetry Data

The idea for LINZ contracting the collection of some bathymetric LiDAR data came about for a number of reasons; to measure the performance of the latest Airborne Laser Bathymetry (ALB) systems; to collect data in Wellington Harbour...

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Paper: Open Source GNSS Reference Server for Assisted-Global Navigation Satellite Systems

Assisted-Global Navigation Satellite Systems (A-GNSS), or Assisted-Global Positioning Systems (A-GPS) in particular, are now commonly accepted as an effective way to reduce the time-to-first-fix (TTFF) in GNSS-unfriendly environments, e.g. in areas of weak GNSS signals. Today’s location-based service (LBS) devices...

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Swinburne Uni Student Wins Award for Irrigation Design

Ed Linacre, an industrial design graduate of Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, has won the 2011 James Dyson Award for his Airdrop irrigation system. In developing the promising new irrigation-by-condensation technique, Linacre has captured the attention of...

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Need for Improved Data Modeling – Epidemics

Downscaled models and better evidence about what the large models are saying about future threats for these regions are drastically needed. It is also essential to mainstream the authoritative collection of weather station data, to make it...

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Google Publishes Street View Imagery of Post-Tsunami Japan

The historic 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan back in March may have fallen out of the public news cycle, but the massive rebuilding efforts continue. Now Google has launched a Web site dedicated to...