Thursday, August 25th, 2011
The Ministry has recently conducted a digital mapping of coastal areas especially in Gujarat for the purpose of gaining knowledge on resources available, forewarning in case of tsunamis, cyclones etc.Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)...
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
Juniper Systems announces the shipment of IntuiTrace Irrigation Mapping Software. After successful development and extensive testing, IntuiTrace is officially released and available for order. IntuiTrace is a state of the art mobile irrigation mapping tool designed to...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Government officials in Palau joined United Nations experts at a training workshop here on the use of satellite technology to improve the Pacific island nation’s preparedness for natural disasters that are a major threat to national physical...
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
An ambitious Aryabhatta Geo-Informatics and Space Application Centre (AGISAC), that would enable layering of developmental data with GIS mapping for formulating micro planning, would start functioning by end of the year, cabinet minister Ravinder Ravi disclosed here...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
I am writing this on a 'normal' day in Christchurch. This entails being shaken out of bed this morning by a 4.1 double and ensuing blackout. I went to work in my long-term ‘temporary’ office in the...
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
From surveying to mapping to earth observation, technologies are continually changing. At the same time, regulations and laws are continually evolving. Meanwhile, financial budgets are fluctuating and the the demands of partners and the public are fluctuating....
Monday, July 25th, 2011
The Academic Staff College of Gauhati University will coordinate a satellite-based training programme on basics of remote sensing, geographic information system and geographic positioning system from August 1 this year. "The experts from the Indian Institute of...
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Designed for a college curriculum, Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS: A Workbook helps students use organized workflows, spatial analysis, and visualization to make decisions about real-world issues including crime, hazards, hurricanes, demographics, and urban planning....
Friday, July 8th, 2011
The Esri Aeronautical Solution—Airports GIS Package is now available as a free download for Esri Aeronautical Solution users. This software configuration suite was specifically developed to help US airports comply with the Federal...
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Computer-aided design (CAD) and point clouds are a powerful combination. Laser scanning and lidar can provide data capture capability, producing point clouds for most kinds of infrastructure and surfaces. Meanwhile, CAD software is particularly useful for generating...
