Monday, August 29th, 2011
Typhoon Nanmadol headed to Fujian province on Monday after dumping more than 20 inches of rain in southern Taiwan, where wide swaths of agricultural land were flooded and some 8,000 people evacuated.
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd (BPHB) has engaged KTA (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd to carry out a detailed design for the proposed Samalaju Port, a crucial component of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score) to serve energy-intensive industries. Chief...
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Obayashi Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement on the joint development of a BIM cloud-computing platform with NEC Corporation and GRAPHISOFT. The goal of the agreement is to provide technology leadership for Obayashi...
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
China announced on Thursday that its mapping scientists have finished a 1:50,000-scale map database for comprehensive geographic information. The database will provide essential geographic reference to China's economic and social development, said an official with National Administration of...
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) invites participation in a Hydrologic Forecasting Interoperability Experiment (IE). This activity, which will begin on September 22, 2011, is designed to advance the development of WaterML 2.0 and test its use in...
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
The Ministry has recently conducted a digital mapping of coastal areas especially in Gujarat for the purpose of gaining knowledge on resources available, forewarning in case of tsunamis, cyclones etc.Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)...
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Mr. M. Shahzad Sarfraz (Malik), PhD student from RSGIS, AIT Thailand attended 2011 ProSPER.NET Young Researchers’ School held in Hosei university Tokyo from 1-12 August under the theme ‘Learning from Japan’s experiences on urban sustainability’ funded by...
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
The archipelago of Japan is often struck by natural disasters including earthquakes, floods, and eruptions of volcanoes, which could be disastrous. It is one of important tasks of GSI to provide data for disaster prevention and mitigation...
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Intermap Technologies a leading provider of location-based information (LBI) solutions created from its uniform, high-resolution 3D digital models of the earth's surface, today announced the appointment of Dr. John C. Curlander to its Board of Directors effective...
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
DubaiSat-1, the UAE-owned and operated earth observation satellite, has relayed images of the Holy Cities of Mecca, Medina and Al Quds from outer space. The pan-sharpened, multi-spectral images show the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the Prophet’s Mosque in...
