18 May 2013

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Japan's Growth Strategy Aims to Triple Infrastructure Exports
17 May 2013
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The latest tranche of Japan’s growth strategy will aim to triple infrastructure exports and double f...
Nepal Forest Fire Alert System Launched
17 May 2013
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An operational remote sensing forest fire detection and monitoring system for Nepal was officially l...
Vietnam Will Have Second Remote Sensing Satellite
17 May 2013
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Belgium and Vietnam have decided that Belgian firms, under the guidance of Spacebel will manufacture...
Fourth Satellite Conference Opens in Wuhan
15 May 2013
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The fourth China Satellite Navigation Conference opened today in Wuhan, Hubei province, and will run...
Surveys and Measurements that 'Shaped' India
14 May 2013
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It was in our backyard in Bangalore and Mysore that the greatest surveys were undertaken. Vijay Thir...
Logging Looms in Australia's National Parks
14 May 2013
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Logging would be allowed in NSW national parks and a freeze imposed on the declaration of new conser...
Pune Conducts Door-to-Door Transportation Survey
12 May 2013
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A door-to-door survey for Pune's first transportation status report started on Thursday. The survey,...
Underground Infrastructure to be Mapped in Chandigarh
12 May 2013
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In the coming days, locations of all underground water supply, sewerage and telephone lines will be ...
Tropical Cyclone Could Threaten Refugees in Myanmar
12 May 2013
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A tropical cyclone in the Andaman Sea is headed close to an area in Myanmar where tens of thousands ...
Alibaba to Invest $294 Million in Mapping Firm AutoNavi
11 May 2013
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Alibaba Group, China's largest e-commerce firm, will take a 28 percent stake in digital mapping comp...
Yangon Set to Double to 10 Million in 25 Years
10 May 2013
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Government officials, planners and construction companies at the 2013 Urban Development Conference s...
GNSS Receiver Frequency Reference for Successful Satellite Navigation
10 May 2013
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Many ready-to-run GNSS modules are built with an on-board TCXO encapsulated under a metal lid. For r...
Uruguay, South Korea Agreed on Spatial Data Infrastructure
8 May 2013
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Experts from Uruguay and South Korea will boost the development of the Uruguayan spatial data infras...
Drawing the Line on Google
8 May 2013
70
Google’s power and usefulness are well-recognised. An entire generation reveres Google as the god of...
Sri Lanka Readies for Aerial Geophysical Survey to Assess Mineral Wealth
8 May 2013
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In a significant boost to proposed foreign investment in exploiting Sri Lanka’s sub-surface minera...
Singapore's Community Policing System Adds Eyes in the Sky
7 May 2013
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The police showcased a number of new surveillance technologies, such as a pole-camera for surveying ...
ikeGPS Turns to Software Development to Stay Ahead of the Pack
7 May 2013
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Hardware-based tech startups can find themselves turning to software development to stay ahead of th...
India Launched 35 Foreign Satellites, Earned $17.17 Million
6 May 2013
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India started putting into space third-party satellites for a fee in 1999 on its PSLV-C2 rocket. Sin...
New 'Infrastructure Bank' for Asia in the Cards
5 May 2013
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A new infrastructure bank for Asia could be set up as a result of an in-depth study into funding by ...
The Launch of Vietnam Satellite Delayed by Weather
5 May 2013
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The launch of the Vietnam’s satellite for earth observation on Vega lightweight rocket was put off u...
Pune Maps Lakaki Lake After Public Outcry
5 May 2013
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will undertake mapping of the Lakaki lake in Model Colony to fi...
A Satellite to Save Australia? We Should Have One of Those
3 May 2013
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The distribution of water in Australia is changing: rains come more in summer, less in winter. As cl...
Australia Calls for a New Deal for Urban Australia
3 May 2013
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A new plan to improve infrastructure funding and strategic planning in Australian cities has been re...
India Pushes to Conserve Urban Ecosystems for Sustainable Development
1 May 2013
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While Gangtok, a picturesque town in Sikkim, is fighting with urbanization to conserve fragile Himal...
Philippines Infrastructure Surge to Create 400,000 Jobs
1 May 2013
135
Government spending for roads, bridges and other public works in 2013 is seen to result in more than...

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Jeff Thurston holds a Master of Science Degree in Geographic Information Science from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and graduated in Forest Technology from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Canada. Jeff also graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Geographic Information Systems (UNIGIS) from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Previously, Jeff worked at the University of Alberta located in Edmonton, Canada where he managed research facilities for inter-disciplinary research projects and long-term field research. He taught surveying, GIS and GPS at the university in the undergraduate program and was involved in international online course development and delivery. Jeff has also reviewed many technologies for leading manufacturers, conducted book reviews and has been invited to speak about spatial technologies.

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    There are steps that are being taken by many surveyors as a community which stand ...

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  • Jake 30.08.2011 07:47
    Maybe they should ask Western Australia GIS users what they think of SLIP before ...

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