Thursday, January 12th, 2012
For strengthening the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), an outlay of Rs 750 crore has been planned during the 12th Plan. Speaking at the 11th annual meet of National Spatial Data Infrastructure conference, Mr Swarna Subba Rao, Surveyor...
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
The majority of us live in cities, and the percentage is growing. Municipal leaders who run the complex network of diverse people, expected services and aging infrastructure are on a constant search for more efficient ways to...
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Support must be given to the efforts of developing countries to improve data collection, Sha Zukang, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, told the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi (13 December). "We must establish partnerships...
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The New Zealand Geospatial Strategy, published in January 2007, aims to better coordinate and manage the use of New Zealand's geospatial resources across all tiers of society. It addresses the increasing reliance on geospatial information in New...
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
After a day of shopping, all the cash in your wallet is replaced with a pile of receipts that eventually end up in the trash. While providing proof of purchase and a record to maintain a budget,...
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Agricultural food production is linked closely to geospatial technologies. From an agronomic perspective, variable rate (VR) approaches are about much more than nitrogen fertilizer applications alone. Plants depend upon several macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients as well as other...
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
A Nepali researcher with the University of Arizona in the United States claims to have developed the most exhaustive Geographic Information System (GIS) database for Nepal on his own. Dr Tank Ojha -- a one-time officer with the...
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Major environment-focused Crown Research Institutes GNS Science, Landcare Research, and NIWA are joining forces with the New Zealand Geospatial Office to harmonise systems for storing, categorising and accessing vital information on New Zealand's environment. The move will...
Friday, November 4th, 2011
General Atlantic-backed Infotech Enterprises has acquired the 26 per cent stake it didn’t own in its subsidiary Infotech Geospatial (India) Limited (IGIL), for undisclosed sum, the company disclosed in a statement to Bombay Stock Exchange today. Infotech Enterprises...
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
A local 3D software firm creating interactive images of cities has received a capital injection from the ICE Angels investment group. Auckland-based Nextspace has been developing software since 2007 but the latest focus of the 12-man operation has...
