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NGA removes aeronautical data from public access, authorization now required for access to the data
By removing national defense aeronautical data from open source access NGA seems to be seeking to accomplish two additional objectives. First...
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Topcon receivers GR-3, Net-G3 track Galileo test signals; G3 technology implementation successful
Being able to track a "third satellite constellation – Galileo – in its testing phase spotlights the importance of G3 technology," said...
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Leica Geosystems announces significant advancement in range measurement technology
According to Dr. Juergen Dold, Senior Vice President of Leica Geosystems’ Imaging and Scanning Business Area, "This technology...
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WORLD THIS WEEK
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Irish publisher to remove references to 'British Isles' from school atlas
Ireland’s schoolbooks publisher Folens publishers has said it plans to produce a "more correct" version of its widely-used school atlas from January 2007...
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ESA’s Envisat satellite reveals Ozone hole expansion
Researchers from NASA and other agencies also reported in June that the ozone hole over Antarctica would recover by about 2068, which is...
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India plans to discuss security concerns over Google Earth
New Delhi believes that there should be an international agreement that before satellite pictures are taken over a particular country, the permission of that country has to be taken...
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EDITORIAL
.NET and Enterprise GIS have come a long way in the last couple of years. The popular virtual globes brought applications of GIS onto every netizens desktop – with .NET support, today Encanvas an enterprise GIS allows us to carry and analyse geospatial information offline too. On the other hand we have systems delivering ‘Imagery on Demand’ from SANZ, with its ‘EarthWhere’ product suite. ‘What EarthWhere provides is the ability to quickly locate, track and use existing metadata to create new data sets; you can pick and choose what metadata you need (date, cloud cover, groundwater locations, etc.) in order to easily create a new, customized piece of imagery that serves your particular requirements. Additionally, ‘EarthWhere’ notifies the user when new imagery is available. In other words, the precise image that you need to work with at that moment is served up upon request, or ‘on demand’. This product has gained wide acceptance among the U.S. Northern Command.
And finally, as has been in the headlines, periodically and vehemently - the brick bats which Google Earth gets. I’m sure CTO Michael Jones is used to it by now. To raise dust, this time, was the Indian government over the much-regurgitated issue of national security and high-resolution imagery, the twist to the tale being the new issue of rights of a country to allow or disallow imaging over its ‘sovereign space’!!! The usual arguments have followed, and examples cited where ‘some’ countries have managed to blur some sensitive areas. Well the real story goes some what this way – Google Earth, some times procures imagery from the respective governments. If the data has been blurred by the governmental agencies prior to providing it to Google Earth, then selective loss of resolution will result…mystery solved. But then what do you do if the country just bans the entire web site – check http://mahmood.tv/?p=2670, funny, isn’t it?
Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
hrishikesh@gisdevelopment.net
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CORPORATE
Galdos appoints Jim Farley as Vice President for Sales & Strategic Marketing Group
Mr. Farley brings over 25 years of industry experience to this new role, including an extensive background in enterprise applications and interoperable spatial...
U.S. Northern Command awards contract to Sanz for Earthwhere software implementation
USNORTHCOM’s initial exposure to SANZ EarthWhere occurred in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when the agency utilized an...
Global Scan Technologies signs agreement with ANTRIX Corporation Limited for distribution of CARTOSAT-1 imagery
The data from Cartosat-1 is expected to provide enhanced inputs for large scale mapping applications and stimulate newer applications in the urban...
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NEW PRODUCTS
Eicher launches revised and updated Eicher City Map – Delhi, provides navigation to house number level
It not only covers the capital city of Delhi but also the fast developing neighbourhoods of NOIDA, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. It contains...
Extensible GIS platform for enterprise wide information flows empowered by .NET environments launched
Unlike traditional GIS solutions, Encanvas Enterprise Web GIS provides the ability to filter and display information held within many existing...
CARIS announces launch of new version of Hydrographic Production Database
Eighteen nations have already adopted HPD in their hydrographic production workflow indicating industry acceptance of a database-driven approach...
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