Asian Surveying & Mapping
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Outsight Expands into Asia-Pacific with a New Hong Kong Office to Propel the Deployment of of It’s 3D Lidar Software
Following its recent expansion across Europe with the establishment...
Hexagon and Hitachi Zosen sign agreement to provide TerraStar-X Enterprise corrections in Japan
Calgary, Canada – Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division and Hitachi...
China launches “Macao Science 1” space exploration satellites
JIUQUAN, May 21 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent two...
Isro’s Chandrayaan-3 launch likely on July 12
The Indian Space Research Organisation is expected to launch...
SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nation’s 1st woman in space, to International Space Station
Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the...
Singapore Tourism Board partners with Google to create Augmented Reality tours
Google’s ARCore and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) launched...
India’s New Space Policy Allows Full Private Sector Involvement
Long dominated almost exclusively by the government, the Indian...
Bayanat, Yahsat and ICEYE announce an ambitious program to broaden commercial opportunities across the UAE space-ecosystem
The program aims to develop a constellation of five LEO...
International Code Council and Dubai Municipality Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Safe, Innovative Construction
The collaboration supports the position of the Emirate of...
Malaysian Space Agency receives Geospatial World Excellence Award for use of technology in monitoring rice crops
KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — The Malaysian Space Agency...

Regulation

Monday, April 20th, 2015

Drones Are Making the Rounds in Asia

While the US has taken halting steps toward permitting companies to use drones for business purposes, some Asian countries have jumped right in and allowed both government and commercial uses. From pollution monitoring to crowd control to police...

Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

Streamlining of Bushfire Prone Area Maps in Victoria to Save Landowners Millions

Recent updates to the Bushfire Prone Area (BPA) maps in 26 local government areas in Victoria are expected to save landowners up to $24 million through reduced building red tape. Victoria Planning Minister Matthew Guy has approved...

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

LightSquared Fallout May Prompt Push for GPS Receiver Standards

The firefight between LightSquared and the GPS community has sparked regulatory brush fires around Washington with the Federal Communications Commission  (FCC), Congress, a half dozen executive agencies, and numerous companies moving to address a new and likely...

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

Why Google Earth Pixelates Israel

While Google can bring the world to your desktop, there is one entire country, however, that Google Earth won't show you: Israel. That's because, in 1997, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act, one section of which...

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

China’s Online Mapping Regulation Moves to Certification Print

China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping has now begun the licensing of online mapping services, having just announced the operators that have made the cut. The country felt they needed...