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ISRO to conduct young scientist programme in Bengaluru
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Egypt launches second remote-sensing satellite from China
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Israeli-developed DRONE DOME to secure Dubai from aerial attacks
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China launches 2nd Horus remote-sensing satellite for Egypt (video)
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China obstructs new subsea cable to Taiwan
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ISRO Receives India-US Jointly Built NISAR Earth Observation Satellite, Begins Preparations For Launch
US space agency NASA has handed over NISAR earth...
ISRO conducts parachute deployment tests on rail tracks for Gaganyaan Mission
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has conducted Rail Track...
OceanX helps Riyadh boost best up-and-comers in GEOINT
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rare maps

Saturday, November 9th, 2013

Unique Map Tells a Story of Its Time

In 1811 the Fra Mauro Map of the World was shipped from the island of San Michele di Murano across the Venetian lagoon to the Marciana Library. Two hundred years later I found myself on a vaporetto...

Monday, November 4th, 2013

Technology Breathes New Life Into Ancient Maps

The National Library of Australia (NLA) is using cutting-edge technology to entice a new generation of visitors to an exhibition of some of the world’s oldest and rarest maps and cartographic treasures.