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NASA cuts important satellite missions
While scientists in this regards said that they did not believe the earth science cuts were a deliberate attempt to stall debate on climate change, they said it came at a time when more research, not less, was needed...
STM installs solid-terrain model of British Columbia
The model can be viewed from many levels, and allows visitors to see British Columbia as it actually looks from outer space every geographic feature in vivid color and exquisite detail...
Scientists call for priority activities to curb desertification
Some 400 scientists and policy-makers from the world’s arid regions meeting in Tunis, Tunisia, have urged leaders to put sharper focus on efforts to combat desertification…
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ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
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Open Standards Give Local Geospatial Solutions Global Reach
Dr. Raj Singh
Director, Interoperability Programs
Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC)
rsingh@opengeospatial.org
This article describes how open standards developed in the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. benefit both local users and local providers of geospatial technology, around the world...
Spatial Data Infrastructures: A SWOTs analysis
Ian Masser
Professorial Fellow
Department of Geomatics,
Faculty of Engineering
University of Melbourne
masser@onetel.com
Recently I was asked by some students after a lecture on Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) to summarise what I saw as the strengths and weaknesses of current SDIs and what I regarded as the main opportunities to be exploited and the threats to be faced in the immediate future...
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CORPORATE
DigitalGlobe names MAPS geosystems distributor for Middle East and Africa
DigitalGlobe announced that it has named MAPS geosystems, its reseller headquartered in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, its “Business Partner of the Year”...
ESA signs agreement with Spot Image SA
In return for access to the data, the ESA will contribute to the operations of the Spot ESA shared ground receiving stations and processing facilities in Sweden and France…
Autodesk to focus more on India, China
Autodesk, the $1.5-billion US-based design software solutions provider, is increasing its focus on India and China...
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NEW PRODUCTS
Nikon-Trimble introduces three Nikon Total Stations
Each of the new models can be used in a variety of construction and surveying applications...
MapInfo Predictive Analytics launches UK's first workplace population datasets
Workplace DESTINATIONS gives an insight into the location and concentration of the UK's workplace population, covering over 6,000 individual workplace hubs in the UK…
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Maneesh Prasad
