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PR: Esri Announces Climate Resilience App Challenge 2014

Esri, the world leader in mapping technology, unveiled The Esri Climate Resilience App Challenge 2014, calling all developers to create an app using the Esri ArcGIS Platform to help communities, see,

Remote Sensing

Microwave Radar Monitors Sliding Slopes

Geodesists from TU Darmstadt, Germany, research in the Alps The “Steinlehnen” slope in Northern Tyrol (Austria) started to move in 2003. Rockfalls threatened people, streets and buildings. Meanwhile, peace has

Global Positioning System

South Delhi Municipal Corporation to Use Geo-spatial Technologies for Waste Management

In recent news, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is planning to use geo-spatial technology for monitoring and implementation of waste management in municipal corporation area. The sanitation action plan includes GPS-tracked garbage

Remote Sensing

Crowdsourcing the Search for Malaysia Flight 370 – Join The Search

As the mystery of what happened to the 239 people on board Malaysia flight 370 deepens, a Colorado satellite imaging company is launching an effort to crowdsource the search, asking

GIS

Indoor Google Maps for 75 Popular Indoor Venues

In a recent post in Google India blog, Indoor Google Maps comes up with 75  popular indoor venues across 22 cities in India. Google India has adopted My Location technology to

GIS

Qatar University Begins Digital Archiving

In a recent news by Gulf Times, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Unit in the Environmental Studies Centre (ESC) at Qatar University has initiated the course of action to digitally

Videos

Looking Down from 600 km Above the Earth’s Surface with HD Video

Looking Down from 600 km Above the Earth’s Surface with HD Video – It will be possible to see the world is real time…By Skybox Imaging    

Business

PR: Topcon TopNETlive fastest growing GNSS network service in North America

LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – March 5, 2014 – Topcon Positioning Group announces the expansion of its TopNETlive network service into nineteen states and five Canadian provinces, making

Global Positioning System

NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey : 2014 GPS on Bench Marks Campaign

NGS encourages anyone with survey-grade Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to join the 2014 GPS on Bench Marks Campaign, a National Surveyors Week (March 16-22) event to raise awareness about professional surveying

Global Positioning System

Built-in GPS for Mercedes Benz Owners to Locate Their Car with Smartphone

In a recent news, Mercedes Benz comes with a similar technology as of Apple’s ‘Find My iPhone’ which uses the device built-in GPS Sensor to locate their smartphone. The technology