Friday, December 30th, 2011
If you are reading this today you cannot be in Samoa. Friday, December 30, has been cut this year for the tiny South Pacific island nation as it ditched a time-zone alliance with the United States and moved...
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
Seasonally frozen ground across the former Soviet Republic extended 31.9 cm shallower in winter of 2000 than in the 1930s. That’s according to a comprehensive assessment of soil thermal conditions in the Eurasian high latitudes, which also found that the...
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
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...
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
UPS has launched UPS Temperature True, its door-to-door cold chain transportation and monitoring service in Asia. Working closely with the industry and governmental regulating bodies, UPS also introduced PharmaPort 360, a specially-designed airfreight container for healthcare cold chain...
Friday, October 21st, 2011
The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is a constellation of multiple satellites, with at least one satellite positioned near zenith over Japan at anytime. The purpose of the system is to enable improved satellite coverage, thereby enhancing the...
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
The Sentinel Asia initiative is a collaboration between space agencies and disaster management agencies, applying remote sensing and Web-GIS technologies to support disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region. Read More
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
The annual INTERGEO 2011 Conference and Trade Show was held this week in Nürnberg, Germany. Ranking as one of the top 5 geospatial events globally, this year saw 17,000 people in attendance from 30 countries - and Asian...