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ISPRS Best Papers by Young Authors
Thursday, 03 Jul 2008 02:02 PM
Nine papers have won the ISPRS Prizes for Best Papers by Young Authors. The Award consists of a cheque for SF2500 and a certificate, donated by Sherman WUon Space Science or Real-time Photogrammetry. The authors will be required to attend the Congress to receive the award and present their paper. The papers will be presented on 8 July.
More...From Dust to Dust
Thursday, 03 Jul 2008 01:54 PM
Masao Mikami of the Meteorological Research Institute in Japan has been chasing dust storms across the globe for the past ten years – and the results are a breakthrough for areas as seemingly disparate as road safety and respiratory illness.
More...Towards International Data Standards
Thursday, 03 Jul 2008 01:51 PM
The demand for a unified system for standardised geo-spatial formats, land cover classifications and tolerances for data accuracy is increasing, say experts from the workshop on ISO/TC211 and CEN/TC281 Standardisation.
More...Forging a Global Geomatics Network
Thursday, 03 Jul 2008 01:48 PM
Representatives from national geomatics and geoinformation networks met yesterday in the sidelines of ISRPS2008 to work out an international approach to overcoming technology challenges in the field.
More...Google and TeleAtlas
Tuesday, 01 Jul 2008 01:02 PM
Map maker Tele Atlas and Search engine provider Google have signed an agreement under which Google will use TeleAtlas road maps of more than 200 countries in its websites. The agreement also covers dynamic content held by TeleAtlas.
More...Chinese-Language Newsletter
Friday, 27 Jun 2008 05:10 PM
From this month, the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association will produce a Chinese-language version of its free electronic newsletter for the Asia Pacific, Spatial Data Infrastructure – Asia and the Pacific. The Taiwanese ministry of the interior will provide the translation. The newsletter covers spatial data infrastructure, GIS, remote sensing, and geospatial data issues.
More...Navteq LBS Challenge Asia-Pacific Winners
Friday, 27 Jun 2008 05:03 PM
Joikusoft is the grand prize winner of this year's Navteq Global LBS Challenge – Asia Pacific. Its winning application, JoikuSpot, is a free software solution that can transform virtually any wireless device into a wi-fi hotspot. It does this by using the 3G internet connection on a mobile phone as a WLAN-based internet gateway.
More...HK Lands Chooses ESRI
Friday, 27 Jun 2008 04:50 PM
The Hong Kong Lands Department has awarded ESRI a US$4.9 million contract to replace its Computerised Land Information System. CLIS houses digital map data and land boundary records accessed by 450 users. ESRI will replace the existing CLIS with an enterprise GIS incorporating ArcGIS software, allowing users to work with one central geodatabase instead of disparate silos of data.
More...SuperMap Earthquake Relief Effort
Friday, 27 Jun 2008 01:12 PM
The Chinese GIS vendor SuperMap has received a letter of appreciation from the National Geomatics Centre of China for providing free software and technical services as part of the Sichuan earthquake relief effort. SuperMap was one of a number of vendors with operations in China that responded to calls for more software and staff to run it.
More...Earthcare Satellite Contract Signed
Friday, 27 Jun 2008 01:09 PM
A cloud profiling radar developed by JAXA will fly on board Europe's Earthcare satellite in 2013. Astrium GmbH won the contract – worth €263 million – to provide the satellite from the European Space Agency. This is the sixth Earth Explorer mission of ESA's Living Planet Program. The contract covers the design, development and integration of the satellite.
More...Real Time Geodetics
Friday, 27 Jun 2008 01:08 PM
Geodesists are considering the use of so called electronic very long baseline interferometry (e-VLBI) as a way of tracking the movement of the base stations that make up the world's fundamental reference frame, the International Terrestrial Reference Frame. This would have major implications for improved understanding of Earth processes such as earthquakes, tidal movements and the movements of continents.
More...Jason-2 Launched
Friday, 27 Jun 2008 01:05 PM
The much anticipated Jason-2 satellite blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in the US on a Delta II rocket on 20 June. Jason-2 is a joint venture between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (the French space agency), and the European Meteorology Satellite service.
More...Cyclone Nargis Maps Site
Friday, 27 Jun 2008 09:47 AM
Credent Technology in Singapore is hosting a website containing maps, satellite imagery and GIS data related to damage caused by Cyclone Nargis. The site, found at www.nargismaps.com, is designed for use by relief agencies. Rescue and recovery work to aid the victims are underway, but have been hampered due to the lack of maps and GIS data.
More...Blue Marble Knowledge Base
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 05:17 PM
Geospatial software company Blue Marble Geographics has launched a searchable, online, customer support database. Users can now access comprehensive documentation for Blue Marble's products, including Help files, Getting Started Guides, and installation and licensing white papers. Users can also search for answers on the use of Blue Marble products.
More...Infoterra Mobile Laser Mapping
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 05:17 PM
Infoterra has launched a new mobile laser mapping system called Rapid Surveyor. The company says it captures higher-quality data at a much faster speed than traditional terrestrial-based surveys. It uses a complete 360 degree field-of-view to maximise data coverage within a 100 metre radius and makes up to 200,000 measurements per second.
More...Utility Damage Prevention Certification
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 05:14 PM
The Asian Centre for Utility Training Academy in Malaysia is running a certification course for professional utility damage prevention inspectors. Participants will learn how to avoid underground facility damage during utility excavations. Recognised worldwide, this certification is aimed at those involved in mapping and survey coordination works. Early bird registration closes 15 July.
More...1Spatial Acquires ComSine
Monday, 23 Jun 2008 05:14 PM
Spatial data management provider 1Spatial has acquired ComSine. ComSine specialises in the development of telecommunications, navigation and geographic information. The company intends to use ComSine's intellectual property in the communications sector to venture into the sensor web enablement marketplace. It expects the acquisition to increase its topline annual revenues by about £0.5 million (US $986,000).
More...Planet Action Call for Projects
Monday, 23 Jun 2008 05:13 PM
Spot Image and ESRI have issued an international call for projects for Planet Action. Planet Action was established by the two companies with the aim of helping NGOs, institutions and universities working on climate change by providing geographic information, Earth observation images and expertise. Partner organisations include UNESCO, Definiens and DigitalGlobe.
More...GSDI 11 World Conference
Monday, 23 Jun 2008 05:11 PM
The organisers of the GSDI 11 World Conference (15-19 June 2009, Rotterdam) have issued a call for papers. The conference theme is Spatial Data Infrastructure Convergence: Building SDI Bridges to Address Global Challenges. Presentations will cover the full range of practice, development and research experiences that advance spatial data infrastructure development. The abstract deadline is 1 December.
More...See You in Beijing
Monday, 23 Jun 2008 03:02 PM
Asian Surveying and Mapping (ASM) is reporting directly from the Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) in Beijing. Make yourselves known to Jon Fairall (editor), Wendy Chapman (marketing) and Inga Ting (journalist). Inga is also in the editorial team of the ISPRS Congress newsletter. Monitor this site from 3-10 July for daily congress news and updates.
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