Thursday, April 16th, 2015
The Centre for Advance Studies in Energy (CASEN), National University of Science and Technology, conducted a one-day training workshop to start ground survey of agricultural fields in Pakistan for the estimation of crop residue leading towards development...
Monday, September 15th, 2014
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched a project aimed at upgrading the flood forecasting and early warning systems of Pakistan. Chief Meteorologist at the Pakistan Met Department Mohammad Riaz says the project...
Monday, May 26th, 2014
With an estimated cost of Rs 20 million, the Walled City Lahore Authority (WCLA) is going to install the first-ever Geographic Information System (GIS) to preserve and monitor the walled city and its important heritage sites in...
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
A new remote sensing laboratory was inaugurated in Hyderabad, Pakistan this week. The lab was established by Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for the monitoring of crop...
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
A 15-day short training course on Remote Sensing (RS) and GIS techniques commenced at Pir Mehr Ali Shah — Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi here. The course aims at equipping participants with remote sensing & GIS technologies, which...
Monday, March 17th, 2014
The government last week declined the Punjab police inspector general’s request for a supplementary grant of Rs170 million to introduce the geographic information system (GIS) in city police stations, as “the existing Police Record and Office Management...
Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
Pakistan is in urgent need of institutional capacities so as to promote sustainable urban transport, said experts at an inter-related training programs organised by Pakistan Sustainable Transport Project (PAKSTRAN) here Tuesday. Sustainable urban transportation, they said, was...
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
Supergeo Technologies, a leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a, the newest desktop GIS software, supports Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO), Pakistan for helping the management make informative decisions on a...