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China and Nepal to launch a border inspection mapping operation
Soon China and Nepal will jointly launch a border inspection mapping operation, the third time in history. The two countries will apply GPS to survey the border marks. Chinese workers will do the major mapping work and then workers from Nepal will check the mapping data and results.
Satellite based flood-mapping service launched in eastern France
A satellite-based rapid mapping service developed in eastern France is now ready and on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This service has been designed to manage floods, one of the world’s most widespread categories of natural disaster.
Greenpeace launches important maps in Brazil
Greenpeace launched maps of some of the Earth's most precious ecological treasures on 21st March at the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Brazil. The maps reveal that less than 10% of the world's land area remains as intact forests.
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Scientists use satellites to detect deep-ocean whirlpools
Using sensor data from several U.S. and European satellites, researchers from the University of Delaware, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Ocean University of China have developed a method to detect whirlpools called "Meddies" that occur in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain and Portugal. The lead author of the study was Dr Xiao-Hai Yan who shared some more information about the research with GIS Development.
EVC becomes reseller of thematic maps from Survey of Bangladesh
Recently on March 17th, East View Cartographic (EVC) announced an agreement to become an official reseller of topographic and thematic maps from the Survey of Bangladesh. Julie Horns, Director of Marketing, East View Cartographic shared some more information about this initiative to GIS Development.
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ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - TECHNOLOGY
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An Innovative System for Low Cost Airborne Video Imaging
Paul Maxwell DARE
Spatial Scientific Technologies Pty. Ltd.
Australia
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 CORPORATE
Kass Green elected as ASPRS Vice President
Kass Green has been elected as ASPRS Vice President for 2006. An ASPRS member since 1988, Green has served the Society on the ASPRS Board of Directors, as cofounder of the GIS Division, Program Chair for the 2000 Pecora Conference, Registration Chair for the GIS 1987 conference at almost every ASPRS conference for the last decade.
Pictometry appoints Robert Carroll as its International Division President
Pictometry International Corporation, has announced that it has selected Robert Carroll to fill its newly created position of division president for international sales and operations.
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