Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The U.S.-based Urban and Regional Information System Association (URISA) has been coordinating global volunteer mapping projects since 2003. To date there have been 80 missions with nearly 250 volunteers deployed on such projects as disaster response, GPS...
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The Australian Government, through the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Royal Australian Navy and CSIRO has initiated BLUElink Ocean forecasting Australia, a $15m project to deliver ocean forecasts for the Australian region. Read More
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The ARBOTOM determines tree defects in 3D including stem quality using acoustic sensors. Pulses are transmitted through trees and return signals that provide an indication of the disease levels. Read More
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Soon, scholars worldwide will have an easier time creating, publishing, and sharing maps and other geospatial data, thanks to the release of WorldMap, an open source software platform that fills the growing niche between desktop mapping applications...
Friday, January 13th, 2012
The World Bank and the Embassy of New Zealand are collaborating with Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to develop a complete and modern land management system, in an effort to increase access to land information...
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Topographic data is an important piece when it comes to the design process. Very places on the planet are completely flat. Housing, roadways, utilities, pipelines and many other features are oriented on the landscape with respect to...
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
For strengthening the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), an outlay of Rs 750 crore has been planned during the 12th Plan. Speaking at the 11th annual meet of National Spatial Data Infrastructure conference, Mr Swarna Subba Rao, Surveyor...
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
The Survey of India (SOI) has embarked upon a project for creating a national topographic database on a 1:10,000 scale for the entire country and aims to complete it during the 12th plan period, Surveyor General of...
