Friday, April 1st, 2016
Amazon is in talks with a consortium of German carmakers about taking a stake in high-definition digital mapping company HERE, two auto industry sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Read More at Reuters
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Malaysia plans to implement a nationwide system to track illegal logging using a remote sensing technology. Read More at GOV Insider
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Quickly delivering aid after a disaster is an aid agency's job, yet sometimes in the confusion people get overlooked and lives are lost. Now a New Zealand engineering firm has come up with a way to identify...
Monday, March 28th, 2016
Kochi: The National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) is to carry out comprehensive studies to scientifically identify black spots – areas of extreme danger -- on all roads in the state. The severity of recent road...
Monday, March 21st, 2016
An innovative mapping project tracks the last moments of the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read More at Global Voices
Monday, March 14th, 2016
Milk drinking is pronounced in northwest India where the vast majority of people are lactose tolerant. In non-milk-drinking northeastern India, the lack of protein in the diet is generally made up by the consumption of meat, eggs...
Friday, March 11th, 2016
According to Esri, smart mapping technology - also known as geographic information system (GIS) technology - could help mitigate the fear of Zika virus. Read More via MIS Asia
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) recently announced that it's expanding its Maps offering to three Asian countries and one city-state that are popular with Chinese tourists: Japan, Thailand, South Korea, and Singapore. This move shows discipline and focus on the part...
Friday, February 26th, 2016
IndoorAtlas, an indoor positioning company that specializes in geomagnetic mapping and tracking, announced a partnership with Yahoo! Japan today to deliver indoor positioning services across the country. Read More via Media Post
