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Japan launches spy satellite, capable of one meter resolution
The satellite is the first one of the second pair of spy satellites, in Japan's plan of building a global information gathering system...
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GPS data shows India shrinking by 2cm every year
India is shrinking by 2 cm every year. A new analysis of satellite-based data has given precisely the rate at which the country is shedding size...
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EU, S. Korea sign Galileo satellite cooperation agreement
The EU has signed cooperation accords with China and Israel. Negotiations are under way with Ukraine, India and Morocco, while Argentina, Brazil, Mexico...
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GIOVE-B launch postponed
The launch of the Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE)-B satellite has been delayed again, to early...
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Indonesian satellite planned for October launch
Agency Chairman Adi Sadewo Salatun said the micro-satellite Lapan-Tubsat would be launched into orbit in late October to take pictures...
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ENVI 4.3 launched by ITT Visual Information Solutions, provides support for CARTOSAT-1 data
Extensive updates for the ENVI Certified NITF Module are also being released concurrently with the release of ENVI 4.3....
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Singapore builds National GPS Infrastructure Network
Covering the entire island-nation, the network provides a geospatial infrastructure for surveying, engineering and GIS professionals...
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New oceanic satellite to be put into orbit by China
Chinese scientists plan to put into orbit an upgraded oceanic satellite by the end of this year to monitor the marine environment and disasters...
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EDITORIAL
Earlier this month, the OGC approved four standards for sensors including the Sensor Model Language ‘SensorML’. The future will allow us to acquire images which can be best described by a term ‘ Individual Delivery / Personalised Quality (IDPQ)’. It may soon be possible to ‘book images’ just the way we presently book an air ticket, where the buyer has options of choosing the price and quality. The huge quantity of data from such ‘OGC approved’ and other sensors could be made available to the end user as a direct download using upcoming data compression algorithms like the ‘Data Miniaturization Technology’ (DMT) from WindSpring, Inc.
In an era of international cooperation, for a remote sensing satellite to be classified as a ‘spy satellite’ is if anything, amusing. If this satellite launched by JAXA for monitoring North Korea’s missile tests is just a plain optical satellite as stated, and that too with 1m resolution, should it really qualify as a ‘spy’? The entire idealogy of ‘national privacy’ is and will continue to be a much debated and argued matter especially in a world where international investments and trade are at stake.
This October, Indonesia will proudly join the elite club of ‘countries with indigenous satellite building capability’ by launching ‘Lapan-Tubsat’. This satellite will go a long way in improving disaster forecasting and mitigation through its ‘real-time picture’ capability. We wish Lapan-Tubsat a ‘Dirghayu’ (long life).
An Indefinite Delivery /Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from US Executive Branch Federal Agencies to any data provider is a much coveted thing. MDA continues to have an IDIQ for its Radarsat 1 data. What happens when Radarsat 2 is operational and providing ‘Ground Moving Target Indication’ (GMTI) data is anyone’s guess.
Last week we have shifted to a new campus. You can locate us at : http://wikimapia.org/#y=
28619854&x=77377052&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2
Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
hrishikesh@gisdevelopment.net
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ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
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Geographic Information System Interoperability in Local Community Environment
Leonid Stoimenov
CG&GIS Lab, Faculty of Electronic Engineering,
University of Nis, Serbia
leni@elfak.ni.ac.yu
The proposed framework uses the technology based on mediators and ontologies, to allow communications between GIS applications over the Internet/Intranet…
Achieving Interoperability
A. R. Dasgupta
Honorary Advisor, GIS Development and Distinguished Professor, BISAG, India
arup.dasgupta@gisdevelopment.net
In most approaches to information systems, the end user is taken for granted. We would like to reverse the process and begin our quest by identifying the end users and their needs. At the organisational level, this would include both governmental and private
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CORPORATE
GIS Development starts operations in Africa, launches 'Map Africa'
The launch ceremony, held at Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria, was attended by about 30 participants representing various...
Radarsat-1 additional information ordered by US Government
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced that it has received several task orders for US$2.1 million...
WindSpring, Tele Atlas to jointly market Data Miniaturization Technology
Tele Atlas’ partners will gain access to WindSpring technologies, helping to quickly increase the capabilities of map-based...
US Federal Government awards contract to NAVTEQ
NAVTEQ, a global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation, has been selected as a primary map...
GeoEye approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market
ORBIMAGE Holdings Inc., which does business under the name GeoEye, announced today that The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC has approved...
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NEW PRODUCTS
Infoterra and BlueSky launch GeoPerspectives
This enables the simultaneous capture of RGB and colour infra-red imagery and, via automated processing, the rapid creation...
Topcon launches all-new total station series
The onboard computer, with a bright, full-color touch-screen display, and faster servo motor technology improve field productivity...
Autodesk releases Topobase 2007
Autodesk Topobase 2007 addresses the challenges faced by organizations that collaborate on infrastructure...
Leica Geosystems releases Leica Photogrammetry Suite 9.1
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging has announced the release of Leica Photogrammetry Suite (LPS) 9.1. The introduction of...
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