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Etihad Cargo completes transportation of UAE-built space mission probe from UAE to the United States
With the probe’s design, build and testing now complete,...
Europe space chief heads to Gulf as bloc looks beyond US
Europe space chief heads to Gulf as bloc looks...
UK aims to launch space junk relocation mission in 2029
The UK is to use giant robotic claws to...
ISRO’s GSLV rocket carrying navigation satellite lifts off
NVS-03 is the third satellite in next generation navigation...
Ethiopia Prioritises National Geospatial Data Infrastructure in New Strategy
The review aimed to build an evidence-based foundation for...
Russia Says It Will Launch Tanzania’s First Earth Observation Satellite in March 2027
Russia says it will launch Tanzania’s first Earth observation...
South Korea Tests First Indigenous Hypersonic Missile
South Korea conducted its first test-firing of an indigenously...
UAE space economy grows 27.1% to $1.5 billion
Findings also recorded an increase in employment across the...
Japan targets 30 rocket launches a year by 2030s
TOKYO -- Japan's economy ministry plans to add new...
China’s LandSpace Launches 10 Satellites to Advance Orbital Computing and Communications
China has launched eight computing satellites developed by ADA...

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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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