The Netherlands are a small country in the North West part of Europe with a high density of population. The area of only 41.000 km² is used by 16 Mio. Inhabitants, resulting into 400 inhabitants per km². There is an excellent infrastructure with 2.300 km of motorways and 137.000 km of roads in total complemented by a network of railways and bicycle tracks. The roads are used by 8 Mio. cars and 140.000 heavy goods vehicles. Although…

The NRSC User Interaction Workshop 2010 organised by the National remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Department of Space, India was an opportunity to inform the Geo spatial user community regarding the various developments that have happened in terms of Products and services available to them and also for the user community to share their experiences.
G. Balachandran, …

With the wide access to relatively inexpensive or freeware computer software for map production and using the Internet and the World Wide Web (Web) for dissemination this process has been automated somewhat, enabling the production of products and (Web) publishing to be fairly straight-forward. Using the Web as a publishing medium has allowed these relatively small voices to disseminate their viewpoint, which might otherwise be impossible…

The Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2010 was held from March 9 – 11 in the famous Residenz Munich, traditionally organized by the Institute of Geodesy and Navigation of the University FAF Munich. Prof. Bernd Eissfeller, Director of the hosting Institute, was delighted to welcome 450 attendees from about 25 nations.
GNSS – quo vadis?
This year´s motto …

April 2010

Geo-siberia  2010

27 – 29 April

Novosibirsk, Russia

www.geosiberia.sibfair.ru

ASPRS 2010

26-30 April

San Diego, CA, USA

http:/www.asprs.org/Sandiego2010

May 2010

INTERGEO East

19-21 May 2010

Istanbul, Turkey

www.intergeo-east.com

TIDES 2010

20 – 21 May

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

derc@mail.pccu.edu.tw

International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems

31 May – 02 June 2010

Saint Petersburg, Russia

http:/www.elektropribor.spb.ru

June 2010

Toulouse Space Show 2010

8 -11 June

Toulouse, France

Contact@toulousespaceshow.eu

www.toulousespaceshow.eu

IMTA Asia Pacific Conf. & Trade Show

18 -19 June

Melbourne, Australia

www.maptrade.org/events

GEA’2010

22 -24th June

Cracow, Poland

jacek@gea.com.pl

http://gea.com.pl/targieng.php

July 2010

ISPRS …

Do you know…
That I know…
The process.
To determine positions.
Accurate positions.
Of ‘what’ and ‘where’.
On and around this Earth.
I prepare the foundation.
The basics of ‘knowledge’.
On which much can be built.
I play a role.
A very important role.
Who am I?
I know that you know.
Still, I reiterate.
That I am a surveyor.

Bal Krishna, Editor
bal@mycoordinates.org

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RapidEye has China covered
RapidEye have successfully completed a contract to image 7.8 Million km² of the country of China ahead of schedule. The contract is with the Ministry of Land and Resources of China. …

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ISRO budget 2010
In the recent Budget, presented by the Indian Finance Minister, the allocation
for the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) was pegged
at Rs 262.10 crore against the revised estimates of Rs 220 crore last …

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MAPPS seeks legislation in US Congress
A bill to authorize the program known within the geospatial community as
“Imagery for the Nation” is being presented for introduction in Congress,
MAPPS announced. “‘Map it once, use it many times’ …

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Statement from CTIA – Protecting privacy
CTIA-The Wireless Association® Senior Vice President and General Counsel Michael Altschul issued the following statement after he testified on location-based services before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet …