Singapore Expands Transport Infrastructure

Singapore has been growing rapidly. The statistics for the country are impressive including an annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 6.9% and a jobless rate of 2.1%, for the last quarter of 2010. The mean population growth rate is about 0.8, representing a decrease of 14% from 2009 levels. 
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Large-scale Mapping and Monitoring of Pandas Yields New Insight

Giant pandas have been known to require a unique habitat, but data mining of a recent in-depth and large-scale mapping and monitoring effort yields new insight indicating that they need old-growth forests as much as bamboo forests. 
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Remote Sensing and GNSS for High Value Agriculture

Aerial imagery and GNSS technologies are gaining popularity for use by agricultural producers. While precision farming has been a primary reason for introducing these technologies into many operations, other factors also play an important role - namely crop risk management and planning.
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Australia - Breaking the Riverbanks

A Raging wall of water charged through Toowoomba, a city in south-east Queensland, on January 10th, sweeping unsuspecting people before it. Two days later, the floodwaters had reached Brisbane, the state’s capital and Australia’s third-largest city (population almost 2m).
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Michelin Navigates its Way into China's Map Market

French tire maker Michelin entered China's map market on Tuesday by launching the first in its World Destination Travel Map Series, a move to take a bigger slice of China's booming outbound travel market. China is the first Asian country where Michelin has introduced its map business, after bringing travel and gourmet guides to Chinese travelers in 2006.
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Tokyo Courses on Building Resilience to Climate Change

The United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP), Tokyo, invites applications for the new intensive 4-week postgraduate programme on Building Resilience to Climate Change, developed under the framework of the University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR).
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Pointools Licenses Point Cloud Software Platform to Safe Software

Pointools Ltd. has licensed Pointools Vortex - its  market-leading point cloud software platform - to Safe Software Inc. - the  maker of FME and the global leader in spatial data transformation technology - to help GIS professionals and organizations streamline point cloud data  transformation and delivery, and overcome point cloud interoperability  challenges.
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Trimble Launches Mobile GIS Developer Community

The online community provides members with access to software tools and services as well as documentation, a developer forum, knowledge base and support resources. The software development kits (SDKs) available to members of the Mobile GIS Developer Community include: The GPS PathfinderField Toolkit and the The MobileGNSS Field and Office Tools.
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Leica Geosystems Launch Terrestrial GPS Augmentation Network

Mining fleet management specialists Leica Geosystems have launched their GPS Augmentation Network, incorporating exclusive technology developed by Locata Corporation. The innovative terrestrial network ensures 24/7 positioning coverage in adverse GPS situations.

SMAP Digital Map Management System

SMAP Technologies Inc. is an electronic map supplier, providing navigation system, LBS, Internet Map, and GIS projects for applications in various fields. Besides Taiwan, SMAP digital map database also includes Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, etc.

ERDAS APOLLO 2011 Now Available

This server-based offering is available in three product tiers to suit a wide spectrum of organizations – from those that simply need a very low-cost, remarkably fast image server to those requiring a comprehensive data management system.

Optech Rolls Out Aerial Camera Product Lines

The new consolidated product line, to be known as Optech Aerial Imaging cameras, will consist of the D-13000 and D-8900 featuring cross-track pixel densities of 13000 and 8900 pixels and standard True Forward Motion Compensation.

Intergraph Releases New Version of Enterprise Viewing and Markup Software

Intergraph has released the newest version of its enterprise viewing and markup software solution, SmartPlant Markup Plus.  SmartPlant Markup Plus enables efficient and cost-effective precision view, markup and related capabilities for the many different types of engineering and business documents used in the process, power and marine facility lifecycle.

Leica Reveals XPro 5.0 Digital Surface Model Extraction Model

In addition, users of Leica XPro 5.0 can now generate stereo-viewable image frames from line sensor data acquired with the Leica ADS Airborne Digital Sensor, thus taking advantage of the high geometric and radiometric accuracy associated with the Leica ADS, whilst maintaining familiar workflow and data archiving standards.