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Features
IBM's Deep Thunder will Help South Korea Map and Model Weather Information
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 March 2013 21:00
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South Korea is working with IBM to deploy the Deep Thunder mapping and modeling sytem in order to upgrade their national weather information system. The goal is better understanding of weather patterns in order to better predict the location and intensity of weather events. The hardware upgrade being installed by the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA) increases the agency’s data storage capacity by nearly 1000% to 9.3 petabytes, making it Korea’s largest data storage system.
Gujarat's Chief Minister Narendra Modi Promotes Technology for Good Governance
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- Published on Thursday, 21 March 2013 23:13
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Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, spoke at the Google Big Tent Activate Summit 2013 in Delhi about the role of technology in politics and governance. The minister has applied a number of innovative Internet technologies as well as the use of GIS and satellite imagery for lands planning, water resource management, and land surveying. There have also been initiatives that warn citizens with SMS alerts about flood conditions, connecting alerts to those in impacted areas.
A High-resolution Geospatial Surveillance-response System Aims to Eliminate Malaria in the Pacific
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- Published on Thursday, 21 March 2013 22:29
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A high-resolution surveillance-response system has been developed within a geographic information system (GIS) to support malaria elimination in the Pacific. The application of a GIS-based spatial decision support system (SDSS) to automatically locate and map the distribution of confirmed malaria cases, rapidly classify active transmission foci, and guide targeted responses in elimination zones, is taking place in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Thailand Sets Out to Create Master Maps at Two Scales
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- Published on Friday, 15 March 2013 03:26
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Deputy Premier Plodoprasop Suraswadi outlined a plan to create a centeral mapping database for the country at two scales, 1:50,000 and 1:4,000 over the next five years. The aim is to standardise across projects and departments as well as to aid in long-term planning and development for the country. The mapping program is expected to cost Bt140 billion, balanced by the development benefits as well as the confidence boost that it will give to investors.
Report on GIS for District Planning and Administration Workshop
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- Published on Friday, 15 March 2013 02:35
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A workshop was recently organized to develop Geographic Information System (GIS) for one of the Lesser Himalayan districts of Uttarakhand State, the Rudraprayag, drained by glacial fed mighty rivers Alaknanda and Mandakini. The workshop was jointly organized by the Center of Excellence for Natural Resources Data Management System (COE, NRDMS) in Uttarakhand, Department of Geography, Kumaun University SSJ Campus Almora; Academy of Uttarakhand Administration Nainital; and the District Administration Rudraprayag on Jan. 2, 2013. Heads of 56 different line departments of district Rudraprayag werepresent for instruction, along with magistrates, police, and scientists for a total of 132 participants.
Hardware
ITT Exelis Completes Successful Signal Sentry 1000 Product Integration
22 May 2013 | 42An ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) product that detects and locates GPS interference sources in 3-D by using longitude, latitude and altitude has successfully completed a significant integration milestone.…
Leica GR25 WLAN-enabled GNSS Reference Server Provides Unique Internet Sharing
8 May 2013 | 97The Leica GR25 GNSS Reference Server has now been enhanced with a standard on-board WLAN module to extend its Ethernet and mobile wireless internet connectivity options. This is accompanied by the ne…
Advanced Navigation Releases Spatial Dual GNSS/INS Antenna
7 May 2013 | 102Advanced Navigation announced today the release of Spatial Dual, their new dual antenna GNSS/INS. Spatial Dual is a ruggedized miniature GPS aided inertial navigation system and AHRS that provides acc…
Software
Blue Marble Releases Global Mapper 14.2 with Many New Scripting Tools
22 May 2013 | 48Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the release of Global Mapper version 14.2. This update to the company's popular desktop GIS software offers many new and improved features and functions.…
Avenza Releases Geographic Imager 4.2 for Adobe Photoshop
21 May 2013 | 46Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and the popular PDF Maps mobile app, is pleased to announce the release of Geographic Imager 4.2 for Adobe Pho…
Event Coverage
Takeaways from 3D Malaysia 2013
25 Jan 2013 | 1137The First 3D Malaysia 2013 conference with the theme “3D Data for Sustainable Development” was jointly organized by DES Mapping and Intermap, USA. in Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur on January 22nd. Over 120 p…
35th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE) in Beijing
2 Oct 2012 | 1479The 35th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment (ISRSE35) is to be held in Beijing from 22-26 April, 2013. This is the first symposium in the series to be held in China. The fir…
Corporate News
SimActive Software Used for Forestry in Southeast Asia
23 May 2013 | 30SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Correlator3D™ is being used for forestry projects in Southeast Asia by PT Credent Teknologi. SimActive…
Airborne? Spaceborne? It's Melbourne!
22 May 2013 | 39With the 2013 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium less than two months away (July 21-26), now is the time to register. This year’s global summit will showcase world leading rese…
Global award for Groundwater Atlas
22 May 2013 | 48Australia’s National Atlas of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs) has won the 2013 Geospatial World Application Excellence Award for Environment Protection and Monitoring. The coveted prize was pr…
Location Forum Releases Groundbreaking Data Privacy Guidelines
21 May 2013 | 226The Location Forum’s Privacy Council released the public version of their Location Data Privacy: Guidelines, Assessment &a&ecommendations today.&n hese groundbreaking Guidelines represent the first in…
Mobile GIS, SuperSurv 3.1 Helps Improve Drinking Water and Sanitation Services in France
21 May 2013 | 50Supergeo Technologies announced that SuperSurv 3.1, the mobile GIS software for Android devices, has chosen by Regie Dignoise des Eaux to carry out efficient field data collection and surveying for lo…
Coming Events
| Mon Jun 03 USA - HxGN Live 2013 |
| Sat Jul 06 USA - Esri Survey Summit |
| Mon Jul 08 USA - Esri International User Conference |
| Tue Jul 16 Australia - IGNSS 2013 |
| Sun Jul 21 Australia - IGARSS 2013 |
| Mon Aug 05 Australia - 18th Annual Geospatial Solutions Conference |
| Sat Aug 17 New Zealand - Maori GIS Association National Conference |
| Mon Aug 19 Japan - Summer Seminar on GNSS |
| Wed Aug 21 Thailand - 5th International Conference on HealthGIS 2013 |
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