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Russia expands Glonass with launch of three modernised Glonaas-M satellites
"The first launch under the Glonass program took place October 12, 1982, but the system was only formally launched September 24, 1993...
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National early warning system for tsunami to be in place in India by September 2007
"Presenting a progress report on the project on the occasion of the second anniversary of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, Mr. Sibal told...
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CGIS Qatar initiates ‘Provision of GIS Services’ project
"This will cover seven GIS agencies who are members of the National Geographic Information System community of the State of Qatar: Centre for...
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Russia remains leader in spacecraft launches, United States in second place
"Russia's current share in the spacecraft launch market is about 40%, and counting joint Russian-Ukrainian launches from the Sea Launch platform it...
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WORLD THIS WEEK
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CH2M HILL wins 2006 BE Award for ‘American Electric Power – Mitchell & Mountaineer CPS Treatment Plants’ project
Working with AEP, CH2M HILL used Bentley tools to evaluate treatment options for the purge stream. It developed 3D models and engineering...
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Dr Kasturirangan appointed Academician of Pontifical Academy of Sciences
This international and interdisciplinary scientific body is subject to the direct authority of the Supreme Pontiff. The academicians will contribute to the...
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University launches Web-based community development mapping application
As reported in a recent study by the National Center for Housing Policy, working families in the Twin Cities metropolitan area spend 30 percent...
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ArcIMS 9.2 now shipping
The Web ADF can be used to create customized Web applications from scratch or edit the output from the ArcIMS Web Manager. It supports...
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EDITORIAL
Many eminent names, from Galileo to Har Gobind Khorana, have been associated with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences - the international and interdisciplinary scientific body subject to the direct authority of the Supreme Pontiff. Other big names that have been associated are: Lord Ernest Rutherford,
Guglielmo Marconi, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Sir Alexander Fleming and many other Nobel Laureates. The Academy has as its goal the promotion of the progress of the mathematical, physical and natural sciences, which includes the Earth and Environmental Sciences. Dr. Kasturirangan, former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation, has become the fourth Indian to be appointed to the Academy after Dr C V Raman, Prof M G K Menon and Prof C N R Rao. With his immense contribution to the Indian space programme including the development of launch vehicles and satellite technology that have greatly benefited the society Dr. Kasturirangan's participation in the deliberations of the Academy would certainly help the international scientific community.
On the international front, Russia is once again making its mark in the space domain. In the year 2006, the country has achieved the distinction of lauching the maximum number of spacecrafts into space. Russia conducted 45% of the world's spacecraft launches in 2006, maintaining its leading position, according to the head of the Russia's Federal Space Agency. The second and third places are occupied by USA, Japan and China respectively. Apart from the achievement, Russia this week successfully launched three modernized Glonass-M satellites. This is clearly showing its sincerity and efficiency as well towards fulfilling its goal of making the Glonass system ready and fully functional by 2008. Let us expect some fast paced action on Galileo front as well in the year 2007!
Dhawal Kumar
dhawal.kumar@gisdevelopment.net
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INTERVIEW
Present day GIS is the tip of a big iceberg...
 Ralph R. Peterson
Chairman, President and CEO, CH2M HILL
In India, the SEZ's are similar to these new cities. The application of geospatial technology at the front-end of these set-ups is towards making a very efficient quasi-government unit...
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CORPORATE
Google Earth CTO to speak at Map World Forum
The session will focus on the ‘Charge vs. No Charge’ issue for geospatial data, which is utilized by a large number of infrastructures, utility...
Infoterra France announces first phase results of PREVIEW programme
"Preliminary findings were presented by user groups that started evaluations this past summer and who will continue until April 2007, which will officially...
Bentley provides assistance to American Red Cross in tsunami recovery efforts
Overall, the American Red Cross is working on water and sanitation systems that will benefit hundreds of thousands of people across the...
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NEW PRODUCTS
MWH Soft expands H2ONET with Valve Criticality Modeling
The H2ONET software suite is a CAD-based water distribution engineering solution. Its network modeling technology addresses utility infrastructure...
HitachiSoft introduces GeoMation Keitai series
Speed is constantly sought after in the business world, and the ability to access company data or other data that is necessary from outside the office...
Spatial Technologies introduces dynamic maps for Nigerian market
The dynamic maps are usually produced as reports from the content of the switching huge databases using a new breed of intelligent reporting tool...
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