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Antrix revenues at USD 89 million, ISRO expects to maintain growth
"Our cost is about 70 per cent of that of international cost. We will have a big advantage. But many times, the launch vehicle business...
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Korea to develop heat-sensing satellite ‘Arirang 3A’
The infrared capability can also be used to follow the movement of vehicles, ships and aircraft. The latter function could...
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China to launch three satellites for geographical survey in 2007
Since then the centre has received and distributed at least 100,000 images to benefit users in China, Brazil and a dozen other countries...
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ArcGIS Image Server 9.2 now shipping
Users can add capabilities to ArcGIS Image Server using extensions. The Orthorectification extension allows users to dynamically...
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Russia lifts ban on positioning systems
The ban was largely ignored because Western GPS devices were used in Russia, and high-precision pictures, needed for companies...
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WORLD THIS WEEK
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Google to put NASA data on the Web
In short, the partnership seeks to make NASA's work "accessible to everyone," Google and NASA said in a statement. Although...
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Turkey to launch imaging satellite in 2008
Visiting the production facilities in Ankara, Turkish Space Research Chief Ugur Murat Leloglu said that, if successful, Turkey’s space...
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Australian Centre for Remote Sensing announces reduction in ERS SAR prices
For a small fee, customers may also place requests for the ERS satellite to acquire data over a particular area in the future. ERS SAR products...
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Trimble provides VRS technology for National GPS Infrastructure Network in Southern Poland
The VRS network, known as Malopolski System Pozycjonowania Precyzyjnego, is operated by the BGUM, the survey office...
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ScanEx R&D Center to take part in Map World Forum 2007
Map World Forum will be the largest event in the global geospatial data business over the past few years. It will be a combination...
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EDITORIAL
Two hi-tech and loaded goodies are being unleashed on the terrain mapping community – Optech’s ALTM Gemini and Toposys’s Harrier56/G3 airborne laser scanning systems. The former has a formidable scan rate of up to 100Hz , a blazing 167kHz laser pulse repetition frequency or 167,000 pulses per sec and capable of operating from altitudes up to 2000m. The Harrier56/G3 a big improvement over the present Harrier56 is capable of a maximum scan frequency of 160Hz and a hitherto unimaginable 200KHz or 200,000 pulses per sec with an operating altitude up to 1660m. Both are the new years gifts to the surveyors and will be big time money and time savers. To get a look and feel of these gizmos and more join us at Map World Forum in Hyderabad, India.
The entire GIS Development team joins me in wishing all of our valuable subscribers seasons greetings and a Very Happy New Year.
Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
hrishikesh@gisdevelopment.net
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INTERVIEW
GIS usage increases with each passing day
 Thomas Eckart
CEO, Hansa Luftbild
“Certainly, we spent a lot of time in planning our India venture but now, we have made it and are very excited to be here. The delay in coming to India...
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ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
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Participatory Regional Planning Support System
Akira Ohgai, Leleito Emanuel
Toyohashi University of Technology, Center for Collaborative Regional Planning and Design, Japan
aohgai@urban.tutrp.tut.ac.jp
More autonomy comes with more responsibility. With a limited budget, local governments are being strongly encouraged to ensure economic and social sustainability of their districts by acting proactively...
Geodemography
Susan Haynie
Ph.D., Demographic Consulting, Inc., USA
shaynie@geodemo.com
Shuming Bao
Ph.D., China Data Center, The University of Michigan, USA
chinadata@umich.edu
This paper addresses Census information for two countries: People’s Republic of China (China) and the United States (U.S.). Both countries have a history of censuses collected by the national...
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CORPORATE
Tele Atlas establishes Tele Atlas RUS
Jack Reinelt, Tele Atlas COO & Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa said the move is yet another significant step...
Orion Technology signs partnership agreement with Marston, Threetek
"Now with OnPoint, Marston will further its GIS services by providing enterprise wide web solutions to its client base. In a related development...
MDA selected as sole supplier of ground station solutions for DigitalGlobe's WorldView-1 customers
These systems will be offered both as additions to existing satellite ground stations and as completely new ground stations. MDA is currently...
OGC announces ‘Invitation to Qualify’ for OGC Interoperability Program Pool
The IP Team facilitates architectural discussions, synopsizes technology threads, and supports the specification editorial process. The IP Team...
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NEW PRODUCTS
Toposys introduces third generation airborne laser sensor system ‘Harrier 56/G3’
Due to point densities of up to 40 measurements per square meter in many cases terrestrial or photogrammetrical measurements are...
Optech introduces 100 Hz scanning capability
With the ALTM Gemini, either less time will be spent in-flight or, if the flight-time is the same, more data will be acquired...
GeoServer 1.4.0 released
Potential services like geocoding, web processing, routing and more will be able to leverage the same data configuration and extensive...
Detailed coverage maps for Norway and Sweden released by NAVTEQ
Verifying map data that allows turn-by-turn navigation from Trondheim to Stockholm, Kristianstad to Hammerfest, is an...
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