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Australian Space Agency funds development of aerospace-grade GNSS receiver
The Australian Space Agency has funded the development of...
Continuity risks for Australian EO data access
A new report details the widespread use of Earth...
China launches new remote sensing satellite
JIUQUAN, April 15 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday launched...
7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Taiwan
A major, 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern coast of...
Tata Deploys Its Geospatial Satellite In Space on Space X’s Falcon 9 Rocket
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Tata Company launched India's first private commercial satellite...
Taiwan’s Formosat-8 Satellite Set for Launch by 2025
The Taiwan Space Agency has announced progress on the...
Iranian Scientists to Build Satellite Constellation for 2 Simultaneous Missions
The scientists at the knowledge-based company had previously succeeded...
China provides geospatial intel and other military support to Russia, US says
The US has warned its European allies that China...
Japanese lunar lander company ispace raises $53.5 million in stock sale
WASHINGTON — Japanese lunar lander developer has raised $53.5...
Esri and Prince Sultan University Advance GIS Education Through Strategic Partnership
Memorandum of Understanding with Institution Enhances GIS Curriculum and...

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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

GPS Survey of Sydney’s Traffic Shows Results

The survey by RACV subsidiary Intelematics Australia took in the 26 busiest commuter routes in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, measuring traffic data over two years. After Thomastown the slowest traffic on Melbourne's seven busiest arterials was...

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Trimble Announces Second Quarter 2011 Revenue of $407.2 Million, Up 22 Percent

Trimble today announced second quarter 2011 revenue of $407.2 million, up approximately 22 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2010. Operating income for the second quarter of 2011 was $51.6 million, up 27 percent...

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Russia Plans Three Launches in August

Russia has planned to launch three rockets (LV) from its Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in August including GLONASS, Russian media report. According to ARMS-TASS, Russian Federal Space Agency will launch the rocket Proton-M from the center...

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Terrestrial LiDAR

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a pixel worth to a substation? Electrical substations are everywhere — generation substations, transmission substations, distribution substations, privately owned substations and the list goes on. Not as...

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Dharna Planned Against Draft Land Acquisition Bill

The first major opposition to the draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 will be in the form of a three-day dharna here beginning on Wednesday by the project-affected people. Various peoples' movements under the...

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Italy Albignasego City Government Selected SuperPad 3 for Field Survey

SuperGeo Technologies has successfully promoted SuperPad 3 to the Technical Division at Albignasego City in Italy. Located around 35 kilometers west from Venice, Albignasego is a municipality in the Province of Padua, Italy. Ufficio Tecnico, Comune di Albignasego, namely the Technical Division...

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Javad Petitions for End to P-Code

Encrypting GPS P-codes is a step backward in providing the best of this excellent work of science and art. As the leader in GPS technology, we consider P-codes encryption as being neither good science nor good politics. Our...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

GIS Introduced for School Mapping in India

For the first time in India, Manipur has introduced Geographic Information System (GIS) for mapping schools located in remote areas of the State. With the introduction of GIS, effective monitoring can now be done whether or not funds...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Australia – Ultrafine Location Fixes

The GPS technology that allows cell phones and other devices to pinpoint their location to within a few meters has made possible new services ranging from location-aware social networks to self-driving cars. A new location technology accurate...

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Maps – History of the South China Sea

The South China Sea dispute centers on the sovereignty over the Nansha Islands, a network of islands that stretches 1,000 km from north to south in the southeastern corner of the sea. China was the first country...