Geospatial Information Research Centre Opens in Beijing
The Geospatial Information Research Center opened this week in Beijing via a partnership between the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping and the U.K. University of Nottingham. The research center will focus on navigation, global positioning, photogrammetry and remote sensing, cartography and geographic information systems to help solve key scientific issues of the two countries.
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Seminar on Hyperspectral Earth Observation Convened in Beijing
On 1–2 December, 2011, the High Level Seminar on Hyperspectral Earth Observation convened in Beijing. Nearly 200 Chinese experts, graduate students and industry representatives in fields related to imaging spectroscopy attended the seminar. The seminar was divided into three parts: a review of the latest developments in hyperspectral Earth observation, imaging spectrometry technology, hyperspectral data processing and its applications.
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Indonesia Takes Aim At Infrastructure
Indonesia is taking aim at infrastructure development. The country recognizes the serious shortage of infrastructure within it’s borders and understands that services, including basic protection, transport and marine operations all depend upon fully functioning infrastructure. The government has submitted a Bill that would revolutionize infrastructure investment and development to meet the challenge.
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| GALILEO: 1st Navigation Signal Transmitted to Earth
Europe’s Galileo system has passed its latest milestone, transmitting its very first test navigation signal back to Earth. The first two Galileo satellites, launched on 21 October, are in the midst of their In-Orbit Test campaign.
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| GIS Builds Bird’s Eye View of Adelaide Airport Safety
AAL has now partnered with the country’s leading location intelligence specialists Esri Australia to integrate world-leading Geographic Information System (GIS) technology into their wildlife hazard management program.
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| Collecting LiDAR Bathymetry Data
The LINZ geodetic team wanted to fly some gravity over Christchurch as a pilot scheme to improving the accuracy of the national geoid model and so we worked together to develop the RFP for the ‘Multi-Sensor Airborne Platform Project’ (M-SAP).
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| Google Publishes Street View Imagery of Post-Tsunami Japan
The site, called “Memories for the Future” (in Japanese “Mirai e no kioku”), allows you to compare before and after images of the tsunami-affected regions of Japan in Google Street View.
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| SuperPad 3 Selected for Efficient Field Survey at Adhiyamaan College of Engineering
SuperGeo Technologies announced that its reseller in India, RSI SOFTECH, has successfully gotten into the domestic education market. The local partner promotes SuperPad 3 to Adhiyamaan College of Engineering. Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, founded in 1987 and located in the Dharmapuri District of the State of Tamilnadu, purchases SuperPad 3, the full function mobile GIS software to conduct efficient field survey.
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| Disaster Preparedness Long Overdue
The Philippines is among the ten countries most vulnerable to severe weather caused by climate change. The country sits on the earthquake-prone Pacific Ring of Fire. It is also on the path of typhoons that form in the western Pacific.
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| Lockheed Testing Prototype of Improved GPS Satellite
Although this particular satellite won’t ever be deployed, a model scheduled for a May 2014 launch should arrive at Lockheed next year to be similarly assembled and tested under extreme space-like temperatures before going into orbit.
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| Indonesia to Map Coal Mines to Avoid Overlapping Claims
The move comes after one of the world’s biggest mining firms threatened to take the country to international arbitration over a dispute, in a high-profile case that highlights the risks of doing business here.
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| The Survey of India Undertakes Mapping of Country’s Coastline
The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZMP) project is estimated to cost Rs. 125 crore (approx. $2.5 million), and will take the next five years to complete. The project will generate a 0.5 meter elevation contour map on 1:10,000 scale up to a maximum width of 7 km from the shore line.
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| Invisible Hazard of Groundwater Depletion in Bangladesh
Groundwater, unlike surface water such as ponds, lakes and rivers, is located in water tables beneath the ground which are recharged by seepage from rainfall; groundwater forms about 20 percent of the earth’s freshwater supply.
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New Products & Services
December 16, 2011
| Gatewing Stretchout – UAV Desktop Processing Solution
Stretchout runs fully automatic at the best possible performance and delivers georeferenced orthophotos and DSMs with an incredible accuracy. |
| Next Generation Focus3D Laser Scanner
The two new sensors deliver the orientation and the relative height against a set starting point for each scan. They significantly improve the automatic registration process, minimizing manual effort in post processing. |
| Navman Wireless Rolls Out Reporting Application
The Dynamic Dashboard platform was a reporting application that analysed vehicle trends such as idling times, distance travelled and overspeeds, vice president Asia Pacific Ian Daniel said, building on Navman Wireless’ existing technology. |
| nearmap.com Captures Scale of W. Australia’s Development
The images provide a first look at major development hot spots in the region — which include projects at Barrow Island, Karratha, Dampier, Burrup Peninsula, Port Hedland. Roeboume, Cape Lambert and Broome — and are the most up-to-date, highest resolution PhotoMaps available. |
| UN Climate Talks Real-World Outcome Will Be Determined in Asia
U.N. climate talks Sunday in Durban, South Africa, it became clear that its real-world outcome will be largely determined in Asia, rather than in Africa or the West. |
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| Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Plan their Own Base Map
Dissatisfied with the limitations of the base map provided by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the civic body has decided to prepare its own digital base map of the city, on which it plans to plot all civic utilities and amenities. |
| Russia – Two More Glonass Satellites Into Operation
Two more Glonass navigation satellites will be up and running before the end of the year, Russian space officials said. “We plan to put two more satellites into operation before the end of the year. |
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