Monday, September 26th, 2016
Karachi: Pakistan’s largest tracking service provider is planning to expand its mapping service to Bangladesh, Iran and Sri Lanka within three years to cater to the underserved countries with a combined population larger than Eurozone. Read More...
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) – Caliper is excited to announce the release of 17 free postcode maps in PDF format. Population density, income, and postal boundaries are included for several states and cities in Australia, and can be...
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Australia has recently announced a 1.8m shift in its mapping coordinates, to compensate for the country’s 7.5cm shift north each year. Inevitably the question is why, and could the same thing happen here? In Australia, the shift...
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
These maps were captured in the waning days of World War II as the U.S. Army took control of Japan. American soldiers confiscated thousands of secret Japanese military maps and the plates used to print them, then...
Monday, June 27th, 2016
Pimpri Chinchwad: The civic body has decided to obtain Google images from National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad, to identify illegal constructions cropping up after January 1, 2016, within its limits. Read More at Times of India
Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
Bruchsal, Germany, 23 June 2016 – GfK has released new, expanded map editions for Australia and New Zealand that reflect the latest regional changes. Digital maps of administrative and postal regions comprise the foundation for location-based analyses,...
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) signed a memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation with Chinese internet giant Baidu in Bangkok Monday, in a bid to make travel easier for Chinese tourists visiting the kingdom. Read More at China.org.cn
Monday, June 13th, 2016
Indonesia is piling the pressure on Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to hand over information relating to its concession lands, many of which are on highly flammable peatland. Read More at The Straits Times
Monday, June 13th, 2016
After several months of delay, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs rejected Google’s request to expand its Street View service in the country on Friday. The rejection came after India’s Ministry of Defense raised concerns that the expansion...
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
Indians are discussing a plan to ban use of maps or satellite images of the country without approval from the government. Read More at Learning English
