Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Viet Nam's fisheries forecasting was both inadequate and inaccurate, heard a meeting organised by the General Fisheries Department earlier this week. Information provided quarterly by the Fisheries Research Institute to help fishermen know where, what and how much...
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
The newly developed topographical map will provide details to plan and design the Northern Province, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said. He said so after receiving the first batch of the newly developed topographical maps for the Jaffna...
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has called on world leaders to focus on land use for sustainable development and poverty eradication. Commodore Bainimarama delivered a statement to the delegates of the high level United Nations meeting in New...
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Today's announcement marks the beginning of the most significant product launch since the formation of the company in 2010. INOVA Geophysical is a global independent land seismic equipment manufacturer formed as a joint venture of BGP, the...
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
In Indonesia the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping Agency (RAN) with the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia (ANRI) took place this week. The scope of this cooperation...
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
The Office of Spatial Policy will be relocating offices on 7 September 2011. This follows on from the administrative change which came into effect on 1 July 2011 whereby the function of the Office of Spatial Data Management...
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
The Government took the first step toward a massive new railway project at Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. Ministers approved the expenditure of USD 55 million to study the feasibility of building new lines totaling about 1,500 km. Under...
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
In a major breakthrough to enhance the Sultanate’s preparedness against a possible tsunami, a scientist at the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has suggested a hazard map for the country to be well-equipped. Learning from the best practices...
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) invites participation in a Hydrologic Forecasting Interoperability Experiment (IE). This activity, which will begin on September 22, 2011, is designed to advance the development of WaterML 2.0 and test its use in...
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
Waimakariri MP and Earthquake Recovery spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove wants the Government to take up his members airport bill urgently to allow fast-track development of large areas of affordable Kaiapoi and Christchurch land. Clayton Cosgrove says his Christchurch International...
