India and Russia have agreed to enhance cooperation in space technologies. India is the only country to which Russia has agreed to give access to Glonass military-grade signals, which will enable the Indian military to greatly improve the accuracy of its land-, sea-, air and space-launched weapon systems. www.thehindu.com
ORBCOMM Inc has completed the acquisition of Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation’s (Comtech) Sensor Enabled Notification System (SENS) operation, which includes satellite hardware, network technology and web platforms. SENS is a market leader in providing one-way satellite products and services to more than 20,000 subscribers worldwide. www.orbcomm.com
In Jerusalem, Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Peri and the head of the Israel Space Agency, Menachem Kidron, signed an agreement with European Union officials to give Israeli researchers and companies access to projects associated with the EU’s Galileo satellite program.
Vol. IX, Issue 10, October 2013
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National Mapping Organizations: Adaptation strategies
Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, Datuk Prof Sr Dr Abdul Kadir Bin Taib, Hiroshi Murakami, Prof Peter Chigozie Nwilo, Brigadier General Md Wahidul Islam Talukder, Brigadier General Dr Eng Awni Khasawneh, Dr Peter N Tiangco, Dr Swarna Subba Rao, Luiz Paulo Souto
Fortes
Documenting Monuments
Donatella …
October 2013
UN GGIM AP
28 – 30 October
Tehran, Iran
November 2013
GSDI World Conference (GSDI14) and the AfricaGIS 2013 Conference
4 – 8 November
Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia
www.gsdi.org/gsdiconf/gsdi14/
WALIS Forum 2013
7-8 November
Crown Perth, Australia
http://www.walis.wa.gov.au/forum
ICG-8: Eighth Meeting of the International Committee on GNSS
10 – 14 November
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
www.oosa.unvienna.org/oosa/en/SAP/gnss/icg.html
SPAR Europe/European Lidar Mapping Forum
11-13 November
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.sparpointgroup.com/Europe/
ISPRS: Serving Society with Geoinformatics
11 – 17 …
Many National Mapping Organizations (NMOs) gear up
To embrace the challenges
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