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India to have its own space station by 2035, says ISRO chairman
Speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of IIT-BHU, ISRO...
Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka said Isro is moving launch...
North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
South Korea has condemned North Korea’s launch ⁠of more...
Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
Abu Dhabi-based satellite company Orbitworks has shipped Altair-1, the...
Long March 12 launches despite recent 7A failure, Long March 2C launches satellite for UAE
HELSINKI — China launched a new batch of Guowang...
India-US space ties deepen as NASA invites ISRO to join moon base program
NASA has formally invited India to participate in its...
H3 launches navigation satellite
WASHINGTON — A Japanese H3 rocket successfully launched a...
Chinese rocket carrying satellite explodes seconds after launch
Hong Kong —  A Chinese rocket set to launch a satellite...
NASA invites ISRO to join its ambitious Moon Base programme
India and the United States are set to strengthen...
India counters China’s map war: Names of 27 Arunachal Pradesh locations standardised on Survey of India maps
The official list covers 21 land locations, four mountain...

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Monday, June 13th, 2016

​India Rejects Google Street View Over National Security Concerns

After several months of delay, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs rejected Google’s request to expand its Street View service in the country on Friday. The rejection came after India’s Ministry of Defense raised concerns that the expansion...

Thursday, December 3rd, 2015

Google and FAO Partner to Make Remote Sensing Data More Efficient and Accessible

PARIS, Dec. 1, 2015—Google Maps and FAO have agreed to work closely together to make geospatial tracking and mapping products more accessible, providing a high-technology assist to countries tackling climate change and much greater capacity to experts...

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Better Connecting New Zealand’s Location-based Information

Geospatial information — or, at its simplest, information about location — has revolutionised how we see the world and our place in it. It tells us where on Earth different things are, and how they relate to one...

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Google Maps – Designing the Modern Atlas

It is often the case in interaction design that the best solutions simply get out of the way, allowing the user to achieve their goal and get on with their life. With Google Maps, this is certainly the...

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Let’s View Baku in ‘3D’

The first website in Azerbaijan, realizing 3D virtual tour to Baku over “Google Map” was launched. The general object of the 'www.Baku3d.az' website is to  describe parks, museums, mosques, historical monuments, hotels, restaurants, beauty salons, car salons,...

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

Google Adds New Feature to its Map Application

The Internet search giant Google has launched its web version of Foursquare on a new version of Google Maps. Maps offers to share check-in with your friends connected with Latitude and possibly publish your position in your Google...

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Errors and Google

One of the most difficult and perplexing problems facing Google at the moment is how to update and correct its maps. The company's Lars Rasmussen says the quest for perfection might be misplaced. 'We should be...

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Google’s Mission by Michael Jones

Michael Jones, the chief technology officer of Google Maps, gave the Map World Forum in Hyderabad some insight into the thinking that is driving the development of the company. He said the company's mission was to...

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