Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
To better understand historical geospatial relations and complete the shortage of traditional historiography, which usually only uses textual materials, GIS technologies provide historians with modern method to rebuild the historical township.
Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
Think maps and we think of somewhat boring history and geography classes many of us left behind in schools. But maps, when made interesting, narrate fascinating stories of history — stories of early trade routes, conquests and...
Monday, August 12th, 2013
For decades from 1714, experts and enthusiasts submitted their ideas to the Board of Longitude in the hope of winning a £20,000 prize - worth £1.5m in today's money. Now, the full story of attempts to solve...
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Queensland surveyors have played a major role in Australia's war effort, from World War One to the present time. Their contribution is recorded in diaries and photographs at the Landcentre Mapping and Surveying Museum in Brisbane. Former...
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Scholars from Tokyo and across the United States gathered on the Yale University campus Monday to probe the mysteries of Japanese cartography. East Asian Studies experts met in Luce Hall at a workshop entitled “Mapping Japanese History: Space,...
Monday, September 10th, 2012
A fisherman's village in Thumba near Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, birthed India's five decade long romance with space. Our scientists set up their first labs at the local St Mary Magdalene church there. Dr Vasant Gowarikar, Ex-Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space...
Monday, June 25th, 2012
Queensland celebrated 150 years since its border was changed. During the 1850s Queensland's Western Border was a straight line, but on the 21st of June 1862 much of North West Queensland became part of the state, in...
