http://www.gisdevelopment.net/ News on GIS Development Portal. en-us Copyright 2000 GISDevelopment Pvt. Ltd Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/rss Maneesh.prasad@gisdevelopment.net (Maneesh Prasad) kumar.vikram@gisdevelopment.net (Kumar Vikram) Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_qpgzevcsmj The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development, Tanzania, is planning to survey the country’s borders. The move follows information that there were relocations of beacons on the borders with some neighbouring countries. The ministry’s... Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_gcfnjdyzxr An anthropology professor from South Africa has used Google Earth (satellite imagery) to find a new human ancestor. He found two partial skeletons, dating between 1.78 and 1.95 million years ago, that belong to the species now known as Australopithecus sediba. Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_losexhtbij A meeting on rising prices in India, chaired by Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, recommended the use of technology and GPS to track vehicles carrying essential commodities for better management of the public distribution system (PDS). The meeting at the Prime Minister's.... Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_kntcxamgfo The question of Mount Everest’s height has fascinated and frustrated cartographers for more than 150 years. Now, the Nepalese and Chinese governments have agreed to disagree on the height after negotiations in Kathmandu. Nepal continues to say that the world’s.... Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_pblfxymjci Underwater researchers plan to dive reefs around the Solitary Islands for the first time, mapping threatened and protected fish species, surveying waters between Tweed Heads and Port Macquarie. Marine biologists from Southern Cross University and Coffs Harbour’s... Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_vztkfljnyr Bowdoin College in the US has been awarded a USD 1.5 million grant from The NASA to conduct important multidisciplinary climate change research in the Gulf of Maine. Bowdoin was one of only 25 research institutions selected from among 112 applicants nationwide. Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_ctubvnpjwz The 3-D global mapping system, made up of satellite images, is sinking its feet into the oceans as well. Now all Google Earth users can see maps of the world’s oceans and videos, photos and narrative from the world’s leading scientists and media sources to bring them... Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_jerzofiplc The latest laser scanning and remote controlled aircraft technology are to be used to monitor glaciers where unstable slopes and rock falls are a continual threat. A special long range scanner, capable of measuring tiny movements over a 2km range, is being... Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_txrjbyluoq The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced the formation of an Aviation Domain Working Group (DWG). It will support the evaluation, advancement, operational use and validation of OGC standards within the aviation domain. It will contribute towards increasing... Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_oicyrsazwj SuperGeo Technologies announced that SuperPad 3 now supports French language. It is full-function mobile GIS software which integrates mapping, GIS and GPS techniques into a handheld device. Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_rwniqlezoa PCI Geomatics announced its involvement as a silver sponsor at the upcoming GeoTec Event 2010 in Toronto, Ontario during April 13-15. The company will be exhibiting at booth # 206 with demonstrations featuring... Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_bdupmcgetx Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has been awarded a task order by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide technical services and information technology (IT) support to the EPA's Office of Environmental Information (OEI). Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_glcxvbsdje General Dynamics (GD) sold its satellite development and manufacturing business to Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB). General Dynamics’ subsidiary Advanced Information Systems used to oversee the business. The purchase consideration was USD 55 million. Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_pqvudfjtgb Scientists have strapped tiny GPS systems to pigeons to analyse the way bird flocks change direction and stay together in a study they hope will also give clues to human collective behaviour. Researchers from Britain and Hungary used GPS... Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_jcytrmnpbx On behalf of the Atomflot Federal State Unitary Enterprise, ScanEx RDC will conduct collection and processing of radar data on the ice situation in the Northern Sea-route and non-Arctic freezing seas of Russia. The right to manage this project was granted to ScanEx RDC...