Bentley delivers 3D City GIS Software
Bentley Systems just-released V8i versions of Bentley Map, Bentley
Descartes, Bentley Geospatial Server, and Bentley Geo Web Publisher further
extend this portfolio to include new 3D City GIS capabilities.
www.bentley.com
China ensures a map for every village
Chinese mapping authorities have worked out about 70,000 topographic charts and
image graphics for the rural areas in the past year, as an effort to ensure each
village has one map of its own. The State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping has also
made more than 300 thematic maps and developed 18 GIS tailored for agriculture
and rural areas.
www.chinadaily.com.cn
Cambodia criticizes Google maps
Cambodia has hit out at Google over a misleading map of the disputed Thai-Cambodia border, accusing of being “professionally irresponsible”.
www.reuters.com
Croatia launches SDI
The Republic of Croatia has simplified access to countrywide geographic data
through an online geoportal, which has already proven its value as an essential
component of the country’s Organized Land Project, which streamlines and
regulates the real property registration of land. The geoportal is modelled
after the European Union’s INSPIRE directive to share geographic information
across Europe.
www.geo-portal.hr
Pakistan preparing digital maps
Digital maps are being prepared of the cities and towns of Sindh province. First
phase includes digital maps of Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas, Khairpur,
Shaheed Benazirabad and Larkana while maps of Karachi and Hyderabad have
been completed from environmental point of view.
www.regionaltimes.com
Initiative for a global mapping alliance
AND (Automotive Navigation Data – Netherlands), EMG (China) and Orion
(Dubai) received has set up a foundation of a Global Digital Mapping Alliance
(GDMA) based in the Netherlands. The first objective of GDMA is a feasibility
study towards the needs from the market regarding an independent and neutral
map data provider offering a worldwide navigable map database.
www.gdma.biz
NZ scientists working on disaster preparedness in the Pacific
Geologists from GNS Science will spend the next six months collecting information
on buildings and other infrastructure in Pacific Island countries to measure
vulnerability and risk from earthquakes and cyclones in the southwest Pacific. The
Asian Development Bank has contracted GNS Science to carry out the work over
the next two years in association with the Pacific Disaster Centre and the Pacific
Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), based in Fiji.
www.voxy.co.nz
Singapore highlights Concept Plan
Minister Mah Bow Tan said Singapore’s land use planning for the next 10-15 years
has to take into account new trends and emerging issues. Many of these issues
are complex and may involve trade-offs between different objectives. He also
launched a public consultation to seek public views on shaping Singapore’s
physical landscape. The Urban Redevelopment Authority announced the
launch of the Concept Plan 2011 (CP2011) Review Public Consultation exercise.
Two focus groups have been formed to seek feedback from the public on how
to provide a good quality of life for all including the elderly, grow in a sustainable
way and retain our identity. The Concept Plan maps out the long term directions for
Singapore’s land use and transportation plans over the next 40 to 50 years. The
review is carried out once every ten years and the present review is scheduled to
be completed in 2011.
www.ura.gov.sg
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