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WeatherBug
launches GIS-based data feed incorporating Real Time weather information
"WeatherBug's GIS Data Services enable enterprise and government
customers to integrate live weather information from WeatherBug's Network of
8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations into existing GIS based decision support systems...
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Spacecrafts
and Satellites to surf on magnetic fields
"According to NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts magnetic
fields exert forces on electrically charged objects. Meanwhile the study says
a satellite could charge itself up in one of two ways, either by firing a beam
of charged particles into space, or simply by allowing a radioactive isotope
to emit charged particles...
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NASA uses Isilon
IQ to advance Visual Imaging of Earth
"NASA world wind, i-cubed, and Isilon systems combine clustered
Storage with Powerful Geoprocessing applications to deliver Landsat 7 satellite
imagery online ...
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China outlines
space program till 2010
"China's space program scientists have published outlines of
plans to begin development of a space laboratory and spacewalking by Chinese
astronauts by 2010...
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WORLD THIS WEEK
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Kenya
to opt for Satellite technology for this years elections
This year the Electoral Commission of Kenya will assess
the progress of the polls by tapping data and images from the American and Russian
satellites in space...
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Ireland
set to undergo GIS based taxation
Northern Ireland council tax department has teamed
up with Ordnance Survey to use “oblique aerial photography”...
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DigitalGlobe
satellite imagery to help for Indonesian asset management
DigitalGlobe's QuickBird imagery has enabled Telkomsel to
plan and more efficiently build and monitor our 3G infrastructure...
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Lost Mountains:
Google Earth Adds New Layer of Destruction To Imagery
"A group called Appalachian Voices has teamed up with Google
to include a new mountaintop removal coal mining layer in Google
Earth...
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Global 'sunscreen'
has likely thinned, report NASA scientists
"A new NASA study has found that an important counter-balance
to the warming of our planet by greenhouse gases sunlight blocked
by dust...
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EDITORIAL
In Ireland a new business opportunity is on the horizon for war camouflage
specialists. The rich and famous may soon be queuing up for 'Tax Camouflage'
to evade the roving eye of the tax collector. Ireland intends to use very high
resolution oblique and vertical aerial photography to track down your hidden
assets. 'Tax Shelters' may now really be built underground...
In any air travel, during the mandatory air safety demonstration, one is cautioned
and reminded that '..the nearest emergency exit might be just behind your seat...'.
This statement has almost always reminded me of the archaic map restriction policies
of many countries around the world. Just imagine if the 'MAP' of the aircraft
which one sometimes picks-up from the seat pouch was declared a 'secret' document
whose publication and availability to the lay human may cause severe risk to
the safety of the aircraft! Well, the map restriction policies are based on such
paranoia. This week's announcement in the Chinadaily states more than 700 cases
of illegal mapping projects in the People's Republic of China...Why is one not
surprised about the lack of any map overlays available for Beijing in Google
Maps? For now, let's satisfy our curiosity by ogling at 'just the satellite
imagery' of the 'Forbidden City'.
Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
hrishikesh@gisdevelopment.net
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INTERVIEW
GIS in Oil and Gas industry
Charles Fried
Chairman
ESRI GIS Petroleum User Group
ESRI, United States
"The industry has grown weary of funded development of software, and I don’t
see very much of that. However, industry research projects into scientific disciplines
are expected to deliver results in “GIS ready” form and I see this driving the
adoption of standards and of GIS technologies in more scientific research”...
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CORPORATE
Pitney Bowes to acquire
Mapinfo for USD 408 Million
"Pitney Bowes Inc. announced
it has entered into a merger agreement to acquire location intelligence solutions
provider MapInfo Corporation for approximately $408 million...
Rolta plans to GIS
space buyout
The deal size is around Rs 200
crore and company wants to seal the deal in middle of the next financial year....
GeoEye acquires
leading aerial imagery provider from GE Oil and Gas
The deal will give GeoEye's customers
access to M.J. Harden digital aerial imagery where customers may need higher
resolution imagery than what is available from GeoEye's satellites...
Topcon announces agreement
on management integration with SOKKIA
The management integration will
be implemented through an acquisition of SOKKIA’s shares by the Company, as the
result of which SOKKIA will become a subsidiary of the Company...
Stereocarto S.L. obtains
VAR rights for PurVIEW
Stereocarto S.L. one of the leaders
in Cartography, Land Planning, Agronomy, Cadastre and Environmental Studies,
has entered into a VAR agreement with I.S.M. International Systemap Corp. to
distribute PurVIEW, a stereoscopic visualization and mapping extension for ArcGIS...
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NEW PRODUCTS
Leica GeoMoS v3.0 introduced
Leica GeoMoS v3.0 is an upgrade
to Leica Geosystems well known GeoMoS, an open, scalable and customizable software
suitable for a wide range of monitoring applications...
Garmin(R) nuvi(R) 600-series: Widescreen navigators
for everyone
Nuvi 650 offers innovative applications
such as the Garmin Travel Guide, Garmin Language Guide, and Garmin SaversGuide...
Trimble introduces Mini GPS clock for precise timing
"Trimble's new GPS clocks provide
superior performance for precise timing applications such as maintaining Code
Division Multiple Access holdover specifications, Enhanced 911 (E911) location
positioning using Time Difference of Arrival...
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