5th October 2009 Vol 5 Issue 38   
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Spatial Divergence


Any map, and specifically a political map depicting a nation's boundaries is a geospatial perception of how the world sees you and differences in these perceptions have become a prime cause of conflict. Take the case of India's. International border- in google maps this man-made division is shown in a myriad of coloured lines and the user is expected to judiciously choose the colour that best suits his situation, which would largely be decided by his nationality, and the political leanings of the government if his country does not share the hard fought international border. The legal and political wrangles that an Indian business house is presently facing is an excellent example of this divergent geospatial perception between them and their foreign partner, best attributed to lack of geospatial sensitivity...

The other attention grabbing news last week is the intended ban on cell phones used as PNDs in Victoria, New Zealand. The ubiquitous cell phone is a symbol of convergent technologies, many of them geospatial. The issue of user safety while driving a vehicle can be certainly addressed by disallowing any PND function on the cell if out of cradle. Else, even the predicted 50% growth may stay at that...

  Hrishikesh Samant
hrishikesh@gisdevelopment.net
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    Global Headlines
Asia
J&K in Pak, Arunachal in China on Allianz website
Oceansat-2 plus six nanos launched
China completes 3D map of moon
GIS & RS mapping eye infections
Africa
Mapping resources for survival
Australia and Oceania
Victoria to ban mobile phones as navigation gadgets
NZ major map upgrade unveiled
Online map to tell you where-you-can and where-you-can't
Sydney Water to utilise Tensing Mobile GIS
Americas
Mapping stimulus - Recovery.gov relaunched with data on maps
Central Platte NRD sues USDA over information access
IKONOS completes 10 years
WorldView-2 to launch Oct. 8
Europe
Britain's hedgerows mapped
Fife , UK launches online mapping tool
EU’s satellite system to fine-tune GPS
Elevation shaded imagery for Germany available
Appointments, Acquisitions and Contracts
Terry Moloney is PCI Geomatics Exec. VP and COO
RAMTeCH acquires Tier 3
RapidEye in USDA vendor contract
Tele Atlas, Datamap collaborate to expand map coverage
Geospatial Holdings in marketing agreement with Topcon
Blom sign contract for production of digital maps
  Events
51ST ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN GEOGRAPHERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Kogi, Nigeria
11 - 15 October 2009

ESRI BeLux User Days 2009
Wemmel, Belgium
20- 22 October 2009

GEOMATICS 2009
Quebec, Canada
21 - 22 October 2009

India R & D 2009 - Geospatial Technologies for Utilities & Infrastructure
Delhi, India
22 - 23 October 2009


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