Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
A new study by scientists using data from NASA's QuikScat satellite has demonstrated a novel technique to quantify urban growth based on observed changes in physical infrastructure. The researchers used the technique to study the rapid urban...
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
A GIS is a system or a set of tools used to interpret business and geospatial data. It integrates hardware, software, data, and services for processing business and geographically referenced data.
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
The World Bank has just released a new report regarding East Asia's changing urban landscape. The report details the spatial growth across the region and reveals that China's Pearl River Delta has now overtaken Tokyo as the...
Friday, October 17th, 2014
NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2014 —Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is an optical remote sensing technology that use laser light to examine surface on the earth to find variable distances on the earth. LiDAR is comparable to radar in...
Thursday, October 9th, 2014
PARIS, MONTREAL, WASHINGTON D.C., Oct. 9, 2014—According to Euroconsult's newly published report, Satellite-Based Earth Observation: Market Prospects to 2023, 353 Earth observation (EO) satellites are expected to be launched over the next decade compared to...
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
The International Finance Corp. plans to raise as much as $2.5 billion selling rupee-denominated bonds and swaps to help finance India’s infrastructure, the lender said today. The Washington-based unit of the World Bank will raise 150 billion...
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Across the developing world, rural inhabitants are constantly migrating to the big cities and capitals looking for work. They often set up lives on the edge of cities, with homes made from whatever building material is available...
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
The 2.2 million vehicles a day that grind away on Manila’s crumbling road system cost the country 876 billion pesos a year, or more than $20 billion, in lost productivity and wasted energy, according to a recent...
Monday, July 28th, 2014
A location-based service or LBS is used to track the location of users within a wireless network by using location-enabled mobile devices. The LBS makes use of GIS technology and the internet to track the location of...
