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DLR and Astrium sign contract for building Earth-observing radar satellite system
The TanDEM-X satellite together with the almost identical satellite TerraSAR-X, scheduled for launch in October 2006 from the Baikonur space centre, will circle...
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OGC membership approves four sensor related OGC specifications
With sensors of all types becoming part of the world's information infrastructure, the OGC has announced that its membership has approved four standards that will allow sensors...
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Arirang 2 sends first photographs, crisp resolution fits 1 square meter in a pixel
The older satellite i.e. Arirang 1 could take photos with a pixel size of 6.6 square meters, whereas Arirang 2’s crisp resolution fits 1 square meter...
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KOMPSAT-2 satellite sends first images
In-orbit commissioning and operational qualification are proceeding according to plan, paving the way for commercial sales of very-high-resolution (VHR) imagery...
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Satellite image shows N. Korean leader yet to begin trip to China
Other officials, however, said the possibility still exist, especially when considering recent visits by ranking North Korean officials...
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WORLD THIS
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Tourist map inflames Chile-Argentina relations
A territorial dispute nearby pushed the two countries to the brink of war in the 1970s...
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Canada commemorates 100th anniversary of its first atlas
Canada issued a 51-cent domestic-rate stamp June 30 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of that first Atlas...
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India develops more accurate crop production forecasting system - ‘FASAL’
The Centre has decided to make its estimates for evaluating crop output more scientific using remote sensing, agro meteorology, GIS and land observations...
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South Korea to construct Open Source National Digital Map DB
These situations led Korean government to focus on upgrading its national map and address system to new one that can meet current global trend...
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Autodesk launches Student Engineering and Design Community
Students in the fields of architecture, construction, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering now have free access to the professional tools they need to bring ideas to life...
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EDITORIAL
Asian remote sensing is once again creating ripples across the globe. Following the footsteps of countries like India, China, which are known as the regional leaders in the domain, countries like South Korea are joining the bandwagon (and that too quite successfully).
South Korea created global news recently by launching two satellites in quick succession. The satellites, Arirang 2 and Kompsat-2, have started sending back images of the Earth better than the predecessors. The significance of these events can be gauged from the fact that Spot Image has become exclusive distributor for KOMPSAT-2 very-high resolution imagery.
To showcase the developments in the Africa region, particularly in the usage of geospatial technology, GIS Development has recently launched ‘GIS Development – Africa’ magazine, which would reach the geospatial community every quarterly. The overall objective of the magazine is to create a community of practice and help its members learn from each other’s experience.
Dhawal Kumar
Dhawal.kumar@gisdevelopment.net
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ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
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Digital Surface Model (DSM) Construction and Flood Hazard Simulation for Development Plans in Naga City, Philippines
Muhammad Zulkarnain Abd Rahman
Department of Remote Sensing
Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Dinand Alkema
International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation (ITC),
Enschede, The Netherlands
Step by step multi-sources elevation data integration is one of the cheapest approaches in constructing terrain model without precise and expensive elevation data acquisition techniques for instance…
Perspective: e-Tools in Governance
Yang Fengchun
Dean, Associate Professor
Academy of e-Government; Peking University
fchyang@263.net
Zhou Zhenlin
Researcher,
Academy of e-Government; Peking University
Effective governance is the most important task for the Chinese government to do, because our state is a developing country with a huge population and confront some problems such as income disparities...
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CORPORATE
Tele Atlas opens joint venture in Indonesia
The new company will focus on delivering a highly accurate digital map database of Indonesia and on in-country marketing and sales activities...
Dr. R. Siva Kumar and Ben Eazzetta elected to OGC Board of Directors
David Schell, Chairman of the Board of the OGC, said, " These new directors will help the OGC meet its two main challenges: to address international growth and to address information community...
Intermap Technologies signs partner agreement with CyberCity 3D LLC
Intermap Technologies, Inc., has entered an agreement with CyberCity 3D LLC to use Intermap's elevation models in conjunction with ViewTec's state-of-the-art TerrainView software to create...
EU, South Korea to ink pact on Galileo
Transport ministers of the European Union have agreed to sign a deal with South Korea in the Galileo global satellite navigation project...
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NEW PRODUCTS
NAVTEQ map data available with ACSI Camp Guide
NAVTEQ digital map data with ACSI campground information will be released in Q3, 2006 in the following countries...
NGA to use DigitalGlobe’s CitySphere for security, intelligence and planning needs
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) will use DigitalGlobe CitySphere to access imagery of 200 of the world’s major metropolitan areas...
Software simulates EU satellite system
By analysing blueprint plans and ground plans of buildings as well as satellite and aerial photographs of cities, the software accurately forecasts...
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