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STORIES
Indonesian President asks for speeding up of tsunami early warning project
He said he would also seek the fulfillment of aid commitments by certain countries and international donors at the Tsunami Summit in 2005. "We will also seek foreign assistance to speed up the project," he said.
China launches oceanic environment survey
Scientists will record data on water depths, waves, water levels, ocean currents, water temperatures and colors, mineral contents and plankton in four seasons. The programme is part of a comprehensive survey and evaluation project on China's inshore ocean launched in 2003...
Satellite captures creation of new continental crust
A new sea is forming in the desert of northeastern Ethiopia. Millions of years from now, the pulling apart of the Arabian and Nubian tectonic plates will allow waters to rush in and widen the Red Sea…
Tracking progress of wildfires with help of maps now possible
The joint effort of NASA, the U.S. Forest Service, the University of Maryland and the National Interagency Fire Center has made it possible to track the progress of wildfires in the United States with maps updated several times a day and posted online for the
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INTERVIEW
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Mr. Norikazu Watanabe
Managing Director, Sokkia Singapore
"The navigation type devices used for recreational applications have not been a focus of our company till now. In future, if we see this type of product fits within the scope of our business model, we will pursue this avenue to diversify our product line…”
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ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
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The cadastre as a socio-technical system
Professor Erik Stubkjær
Department of Development and Planning
Aalborg University, Denmark
est@land.aau.dk
This way of describing the cadastre emphasizes that the cadastre is more than a GIS for taxation. The cadastre is embedded in a social practise, part of which is informal and thus difficult to describe and impossible to control…
Automated 3D Building Reconstruction using ALS and Photogrammetry
Sudhagar Nagarajan
Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Dr. Eberhard Gülch, Dr. Michael Hahn
Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Germany
In this research, a data driven approach is developed to derive 3D building information from ALS data. Complementary nature of ALS and digital photogrammetry has been exploited to derive 3D building models...
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CORPORATE
British Geological Survey awards aerial photography contract to BlueSky Infoterra consortium
The contract was awarded to a consortium of companies including BlueSky and Infoterra (as joint venture UK Perspectives) for England, together with Getmapping for Wales and Scotland, in order to deliver complete national coverage...
Satellite Imaging Corporation and Earthdata form business alliance
While EarthData concentrates primarily on airborne sensors, SIC provides satellite-based remote sensing services; together the two partners offer a complete remote sensing service solution...
deCarta appoints Mike Agron as Vice President, Business Development
He brings more than 25 years of varied experience in sales, business development, and strategic global alliances management for such companies as Apple Computer, EDS, MapInfo and Oracle…
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NEW PRODUCTS
NAVTEQ releases full coverage map of South Africa
NAVTEQ has announced a full coverage map for South Africa. Included in the data set is over 450,000 km of roads, enabling customers using the NAVTEQ digital map for South Africa to create navigation solutions for the entire country…
ESRI releases 2006/2011 demographic data
The 2006/2011 data is available in more than 50 reports and maps such as the Demographic and Income Profile, Market Profile, and Age by Race Profile...
Avenza announces MAPublisher 7.0 for Adobe Illustrator
Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Geographic Imager spatial tools for Adobe Photoshop announced the release of MAPublisher 7.0 for Adobe Illustrator...
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Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
