ASM Newsletter - January 7, 2011

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Geospatial Data Management is Key to Efficiency

The problems of managing geospatial data are getting harder rather than easier, because the volumes of data continue to result in increased file sizes, and data archives continue to grow rapidly. With better geospatial content management, users can quickly access information, and can widely integrate that information in their organization, taking full advantage of their data and the decision support function of geospatial software.

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GeoDesign Ushers in a Whole New Modality for the Design Professional

Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Esri, opened the second GeoDesign Summit this week in Redlands, Calif. at the company's headquarters. The current line of thinking revolve around a new modality where designers will be able to design and visualize, while creating alternative futures, understanding consequences, and stepping ahead with plans that factor in impacts.

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Developing Spatial Statistics

The Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) has recently published a paper entitled 'Setting up a Spatial Industry Statistics Program —A Discussion Paper'. As the Discussion Paper points out, there is currently no means for collecting spatial statistics about industry within the sector.

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ILS Delivers CORS Infrastructure Supporting GIS Mapping in Mongolia

The foundation pillar of the National Reference Geodetic Network for land surveying was officially laid yesterday December 29, 2010. The Minister of State Property and Land Tenure, Jean-Baptist Beleoken officially laid the foundation or reference pillar of a land survey project that the government intends to carry out in the next six years. The project, sources say, will significantly solve land boundary disputes in the country.

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China Information Technology to Supply GIS to Shuohuang Railway

Beijing opened five new subway lines on Thursday, an urban planning show of force highlighting the investment the city has thrown behind public transport to curb its notorious air pollution and traffic congestion. Costing nearly 61 billion yuan, the newly constructed lines – most connecting the distant and dusty suburbs to the city centre – bring Beijing's subway network to 336km.

More on GIS for Rail

STAR Program: Satellite Technology For The Asia-Pacific Region

The Satellite Technology for the Asia-Pacific Region (STAR) program is an international initiative to develop small satellites in collaboration with engineers and researchers from the Asia-Pacific region.

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Australia Floods Cause Catastrophic Infrastructure Damage

Australia's record floods are causing catastrophic damage to infrastructure in the state of Queensland and have forced 75 percent of its coal mines, which fuel Asia's steel mills, to grind to a halt, Queensland's premier said on Wednesday. Queensland state is the world's biggest exporter of coal used in steel-making.

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ISRO Working on Regional Navigation Satellite System

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to implement the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) to provide the PNT (Position Navigation and Timing) service to India and neighbouring countries. GAGAN (GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation) would be particularly useful for civil aviation by improving accuracy to less than six metres.

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JAXA i Closes in Tokyo

The JAXA information center, JAXA i, which worked as a connecting point between people and "the sky and space" in Marunouchi, Tokyo, closed permanently on Dec. 28. We've been providing various information on the sky and space through events including a monthly talk show, and a live launch broadcast, and we now feel that the most precious treasure we have gained from JAXA i is the ties born between you and JAXA.

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New GPS System Boosts Accuracy to 3cm

Existing GPS systems usually achieve an accuracy of about 10m, but that will change soon, according to a recent report. A new technology developed by Mitsubishi and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) improves that number to an unbelievable 3cm.

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Aerial Survey Reveals Violation in Lalita Park

Investigators probing the Lalita Park house collapse in east Delhi have found an aerial survey of the building carried out in 2009 which showed the height of the collapsed building to be 20.46m, a clear violation of Master Plan 2021.

More on Aerial Imaging

More Projects Underway in Sri Lanka This Year

Sri Lanka has taken a gigantic step forward with infrastructure investments. Three international harbours have been built, and three other harbours are being upgraded to international standards. The first stage of the Colombo - Matara Expressway (up to Galle) will be completed in July 2011 and the total project will be ready by 2012 (up to Matara).

More in Infrastructure

New Products

New SPIRENT GSS6400 GNSS Test

Whether developing navigation algorithms, performing vendor selection, evaluating receiver variants or establishing the performance of a PND under real world conditions you will need a repeatable representative high quality GPS signal. And sometimes testing using real world signals is the easiest way to confirm performance in the presence of real world impairments or real world operational challenges.

SuperNetObjects 3 to Be Released

Developed with programming languages, like Visual Basic, Delphi, Visual C++, Visual Studio.NET, etc., SuperNetObjects 3 can define, store, traverse, and analyze the network conditions in the real world. Thus, uses can have various analyses and solve the issues related to network. The whole new architecture of SuperNetObjects 3 provides dozens of network analysis development objects and assists developers in building up numerous network analysis functions to meet the needs.

Matrox Extio F2408 KVM Extension Solution

The fiber-optic connection allows raw, uncompressed data to travel between the remote host system and the user-side Extio F2408 appliance, resulting in unmatched HD resolution support and uncompromised workstation performance. Designed for industries requiring stable, reliable, and scalable graphics, the Extio F2408 also allows room for expansion.

New PixAgri, Precision Agriculture with Satellite Imagery

PixAgri is a comprehensive service, available worldwide, that gives farming professionals more control over practices and inputs to achieve maximum profitability, by delivering field-level maps providing crop status information to help you make the right decisions.

Airtel Launches GPS to Help Track Bangladeshi Fishing Boats

India's Bharti Airtel Limited, which has acquired 70 percent stake in Bangladesh's Warid Telecom, has launched a GPS-based vessel locating service to enable the country's fishermen communities to track their fishing boats. This service is in line with the promise of taking mobile telephony to Bangladesh's rural areas and its long coastline on the Bay of Bengal that is prone to cyclone and other calamities.

Sentinel-Asia: Disaster Management Support System In The Asia-Pacific Region

The Sentinel Asia initiative is a collaboration between space agencies and disaster management agencies, applying remote sensing and Web-GIS technologies to support disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region.

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