Friday, March 9th, 2012
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region 4B has launched recently its Cadastral Survey Project for the municipalities of Magsaysay and Calintaan in Occidental Mindoro to establish project control points, political boundaries and lot surveys. Regional Executive...
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The 2011 Tohoku tsunami was Japan's deadliest in more than 100 years. Despite an extraordinary level of preparedness by the Japanese, the tsunami caused more than 90 percent of the almost 20,000 fatalities last March. Georgia Tech...
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Satellite images of an Iranian military facility appear to show trucks and earth-moving vehicles, indicating an attempted cleanup of radioactive traces possibly left by tests of a nuclear weapon trigger, diplomats said Wednesday. Comments from the diplomats,...
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
The Maharashtra government is finally climbing the technology curve. It has decided to use geographical information systems (GIS) and other spatial technologies for urban planning. The new plan for redevelopment of very old buildings would be created...
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Guam - Acting Department of Land Management Director Monte Mafnas won pledges of support from a number of Senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday. Read More
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 UN-REDD Programme Viet Nam is developing two reports, the evaluation report for effectiveness of awareness raising and training, and lesson learned report from activities in particular areas such as Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), Benefits Distribution...Lessons from UN-REDD in Vietnam
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system will soon be adding its unique talents to a global search and rescue service. The international satellite rescue system, Cospas-Sarsat, has been making air and sea travel safeter for 30 years and already...
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Japan’s remarkable recovery from last year’s tragic earthquake leaves big lessons unlearned. The economy bounced back more quickly than expected after March’s earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear leak. But the government flunked a bigger test by failing...
