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Saturday, September 17th, 2011

India’s GVK Pays $1.3 B for Stake in Australia’s Hancock

 India's GVK Power & Infrastructure will pay $1.26 billion for a majority stake in three Australian coal mines and a port and rail project owned by Hancock Group to secure long-term coal supplies for the Indian group's...

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

Remote Sensing Satellites Monitor Kerala Backwaters, Bhagirathi Basin

This startling revelation was made by Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, former chairman of ISRO and current member of planning commission, during a presentation this evening at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). The focus of his 45-minute...

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

GBTU Approves M Tech to Teach Remote Sensing

The Gautam Buddh Technical University's (GBTU) academic council on Friday gave green signal to introduce MTech in remote sensing from the next academic session. The course will be launched in collaboration with the state government's Remote Sensing...

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

China to Begin Mapping Seabed

China will accelerate its pace of mapping the deep seabed, Zhang Jixian, president of the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, told China Daily in an exclusive interview. "In the near future, China's surveying and mapping science will...

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Autodesk to Help Drive Data Interoperability in AEC Industries

Autodesk, Inc. announced that the company's Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) exporter for its Revit products is now accessible as open source code, licensed through a LGPL v. 2.1 licensing agreement. Since 2005, Autodesk Revit products have provided...

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Near-3D Views of Thiruvanan​thapuram City

Google Earth and Google maps have made higher resolution maps available for several parts of Kerala. Near-3D views are available for areas north of Vanchiyoor and Government Ayurveda College for the Thiruvananthapuram city. On the West Coast...

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

SuperGeo Wins Geospatial Excellence Award 2011 in Transportation Management

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, has been selected for the 'Asian Geospatial Excellence Award - Transportation Management' by means of 'National Traffic Information System.’ This award ceremony will be held...

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

China Accelerates Seabed Mapping Project

China will accelerate its pace of mapping the deep seabed, Zhang Jixian, president of the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, told China Daily. Unlike the electronic navigation chart released by the Chinese navy on Aug 25...

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Tender Floated for Oman Rail Network Design

Ambitious plans for the implementation of a national rail network, which were stalled for the last six months following the cabinet reshuffle earlier this year, are now back on track with the Tender Board floating a tender...

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Logo for GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar Selected

JAXA has decided on the logo mark for the dual-frequency precipitation radar (DPR) aboard the main satellite of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) project. As an international program, the GPM project has been led by Japan and the...