Thursday, August 7th, 2014
The government today said a study has revealed that on an average around 40 per cent of Indian coast is subjected to coastal erosion. The Ministry of Environment and Forest, through the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal...
Friday, December 6th, 2013
The Survey of India is undertaking an Integrated Coastal Zone Mapping of the entire 6,000 odd km of India’s coastline as part of the hazard line mapping being taken up by the Ministry of Environment and Forests,...
Monday, September 23rd, 2013
To guard its 59,736-km-long coastline against tsunami and storms, Australia is keen to collaborate with ISRO for scientific space data. Australia has shown interest in getting data from Indian satellite Oceansat-2, which can measure ocean colour, a...
Sunday, November 25th, 2012
Union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Kumar inaugurated a chain of static sensors positioned along the coast of Andhra Pradesh at a programme organised at the Coast Guard district headquarters here on Friday. Addressing the gathering on...
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
Two drone bases will be established in Liaoning province to conduct surveillance of coastal waters, local authorities said on Saturday. One of the bases will be built on a land reclamation lot in the coastal city of Yingkou...
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
Defence Minister A.K. Antony Saturday inaugurated the Maharashtra cluster of the chain of static sensors aimed at providing real-time surveillance along the coastline. This is the first of a coastal surveillance network comprising static radar and electro-optic...
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012
Proteus, a provider of satellite-derived bathymetric mapping and seabed classification services, announced today that it completed a 200-square-kilometer bathymetric mapping project along the Red Sea coastline in just 10 days. Proteus derived the bathymetric data from DigitalGlobe®...
Monday, December 12th, 2011
The Survey of India is undertaking the surveying of the country's entire 7,500 km coastline. The hazard mapping effort will identify low-lying areas affected by high tides and coastal erosion, and rising sea levels. The Integrated Coastal...
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has started work on multi-hazard vulnerability mapping of the country's entire coastline. The mapping effort aims to inform authorities of vulnerable areas so that they can adequately prepare...
