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Malaysia Launches GIS-based Dengue Monitoring Portal
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- Published on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 21:46
- Written by FutureGov Asia Pacific
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In a bid to improve efforts to control, monitor, and respond to a rising number of dengue cases in the country, the Ministry of Health launched a GIS-based web portal called I-Dengue, which aims to provide the public with the latest information on dengue hotspots and preventive measures on how citizens can avoid getting the disease. Read More
Thailand Growth Slows as Infrastructure Plan Unlikely to Boost 2013 Growth
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- Published on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:26
- Written by Bangkok Post
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The Thai economy will grow by only 4% this year, as the government's 2-trillion-baht infrastructure development plan is unlikely to play a significant role in boosting growth this year, says Bangkok Bank. Read More
Satellite to Track Great Indian Bustard
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- Published on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:18
- Written by Indian Express
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The Great Indian Bustard, a critically endangered bird, will soon be tracked by satellite by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to understand its breeding pattern and preffered habitat. The move is a push towards saving the species' dwindling population, primarily in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Read More
Compulsory Maths Adds Up to Success, Says Top Surveyor
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- Published on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 16:27
- Written by Adelaide Now
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Recent calls to make mathematics and science mandatory at all school levels up to Year 12 are music to the ears of South Australia's surveying industry. The proposals are contained in a recent report to the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council. Read More
India's Exclusive Met Satellite INSAT-3D to be Launched in July
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- Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 00:13
- Written by India Today
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European space consortium Arianespace would launch India's INSAT-3D, an exclusive meteorological satellite, from its spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana on July 26. According to Indian space agency ISRO(Indian Space Research Organisation), INSAT-3D is configured with advanced meteorological payloads - a six Channel Imager, 19 Channel Sounder along with data relay transponder and satellite aided search & rescue payloads. Read More
Hyderabad Moves Forward on Transportation Master Plan
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- Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 00:10
- Written by The Hindu
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Fresh from the experience of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Plan-2031 on land use, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has now decided to put in place a clear and well-defined plan to address the transportation needs of coming years. The idea of a transportation master plan (TMP) is likely to be mooted at the next meeting of the Unified Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Umta), tentatively scheduled for July. Read More
China’s Great Uprooting: Moving 250 Million Into Cities
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- Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 00:07
- Written by New York Times
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China is pushing ahead with a sweeping plan to move 250 million rural residents into newly constructed towns and cities over the next dozen years — a transformative event that could set off a new wave of growth or saddle the country with problems for generations to come. The government, often by fiat, is replacing small rural homes with high-rises, paving over vast swaths of farmland and drastically altering the lives of rural dwellers. Read More
Archaeologists Discover Lost City In Cambodian Jungle
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- Published on Sunday, 16 June 2013 23:58
- Written by NPR
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Australian archaeologists using remote-sensing technology have uncovered an ancient city in Cambodia that has remained hidden for more than a millennium under dense jungle undergrowth. Damian Evans, director of the University of Sydney's archaeological research center in Cambodia, and a small group of colleagues working in the Siem Reap region mapped an area using airborne Lidar, a remote-sensing technology utilizing lasers. It showed them the outline of the ancient city. Read More
Nokia Launches HERE Venue Indoor Maps in India
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 16:12
- Written by NDTV
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Nokia has launched a new venue mapping facility in India for over 20 cities that include Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore among others. The facility is launched under the existing Nokia mapping service called HERE. It enables users to browse maps and location data for the inside floor plan of buildings. The service has been launched for shopping malls to start with. So, the next time you are looking for a particular store inside a mall or the location of the elevator, HERE Venue might just be able to help you. Read More
Sri Lanka Uses Google Earth as a Storytelling Tool
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 15:05
- Written by Journalism.Co.UK
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The old adage says that a 'picture tells a thousand words'. And by using just two satellite images from Google Earth, taken two months apart, a citizen journalist has been able to tell the story of the end of Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war. Read More
India's Indigenous Navigation Satellite Set to Fly on July 1
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 14:58
- Written by The Hindu
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Indian Space Research Organisation has replaced a faulty component in the PSLV-C22 rocket and rescheduled the flight of the IRNSS-1A satellite, India’s first regional navigation satellite, on it for 11:43 p.m. on July 1, according to an informed ISRO official. The 1450-kg IRNSS-1A was earlier set to be sent up on June 12. Read More
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