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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Motion Pictured: How an Earthquake Warps a Landscape

A team of geologists from the U.S., Mexico and China are using light detection and ranging (LiDAR) laser altimetry to study how an earthquake can change a landscape. In particular, the geologists want to know more about...

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Civil Engineers Needed in 3 Disaster-hit Prefectures in Japan

Many coastal Tohoku municipalities in Japan hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster and others affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis are suffering from a severe shortage of civil engineers and other backup staff, according...

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

3D Printer Vendor Sees Big Opportunities in Australia

Objet has appointed Objective 3D to distribute its 3D printer range, with the vendor aiming to double its market share in Australia in the next three years. Objet's 'PolyJet' products are inkjet-style 3D printers that use photopolymer to...

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Philippines – Kibungan Town Creates Own Land Council

The municipality recently created a council in order to manage the town’s land properly. The town’s council through the leadership of Vice Mayor Aureiana Sacpa formulated the land information office and cadastral council last month. This is to...

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Japan Leverages Imaging Technology to Forge Africa Ties

JOGMEC - the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, a special resources development agency of the Japanese Government - established the Geologic Remote Sensing Centre in Botswana three years ago. The centre conducts joint research programmes...

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

China Unicom Asked to Apply for Online Maps License

China Unicom, the country's second largest mobile operator, has been asked to apply for a license for its Internet maps service, which is being operated without official approval, the mapping service regulator said. The company will be further...

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Indian PM Should Deal With Space Science issues: Jaswant

The treatment meted out to the former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman, G. Madhavan Nair, was inappropriate, according to senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh. “This is not the way to treat a great scientist like him,”...

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Satellite Imager Shows Ice in Far East Pacific

Due to an aggravated ice situation in the Sea of Okhotsk 3 fishing vessels got stuck in drifting ice. “Suvorovets” rescue tug boat took the “Gutsul” mother fishery ship out of the thick ice on Friday and...

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

SuperSurv 3.0, Mobile Survey System, Released Globally

SuperSurv 3.0, released by SuperGeo Technologies, support bilingual user interface, traditional Chinese and English, and global coordinate system. SuperSurv is the mobile survey system operated on Android mobile device.  SuperSurv 3.0 focuses on the convenience of data collection...

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Institute of Navigation – Chris Rizos is a Recipient of 2012 Elected Fellow Membership

The Institute of Navigation (ION) has announced that Professor Chris Rizos is a recipient of the 2012 Fellow Membership during the ION International Technical Meeting (ITM) 2012 in Newport Beach, California January 30- February 1, 2012. Election to...