Tuesday, August 8th, 2017
Bangladesh, the second largest garment producing country in the world, will digitally map its entire garment industry in the first such initiative to bring transparency in the supply chain in an effort to stop abuses. Read More...
Monday, July 24th, 2017
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) on Thursday (Jul 21) rolled out a mobile app version of its integrated map system OneMap offering tips on routes and services across Singapore. Read More at Channel News Asia
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Huntsville, Alabama, April 13, 2016 – Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure will provide map and traffic data from TomTom as part of Hexagon’s public safety solutions in the Asia-Pacific region. Through a licensing agreement with TomTom Global Content...
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Greenpeace has launched an interactive map of Indonesia to track forest fires and deforestation. The Kepo Hutan (Curious About Forests) mapping platform was launched on March 15. The interactive map supports President Joko Widodo's plans to resolve...
Friday, March 18th, 2016
The latest calculations from Great Britain’s mapping agency, Ordnance Survey, reveal that Ben Nevis is taller than originally thought. Britain’s highest point will now officially appear on all new OS digital and paper maps as 1,345m and not 1,344m....
Monday, February 1st, 2016
Nepal's magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake caused significant damage and loss of life in 2015. In natural disasters like this, it is critical to locate areas that are in the most need of assistance as fast as possible....
Thursday, August 27th, 2015
A new version of the Philippine national map is being prepared by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) that will include and identify contested islands with names that pre-date the Spanish era. The map is being prepared...
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
New South Wales (NSW) infrastructure costs and roadwork disruptions are set to be reduced with the Smarter Scheduling NSW (SSN) system enabling government agencies, utilities and councils to coordinate infrastructure maintenance and construction.
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
April 30, 2015—Two interactive smart maps that provide unique insights into Nepal’s earthquake tragedy have been released by global mapping giant Esri....
Thursday, April 16th, 2015
When China’s president Xi Jinping laid out his plans to establish a “New Silk Road” across Central Asia in 2013, he was doing more than invoking China’s distant past. Instead, he was sketching out a new direction for Chinese trade and...
