By 1840 Everest was beginning to think of retiring. He was reaching completion of the Great Arc which was his initial aim but after that he had no further plans that would keep him in India. The last link in the Arc was the remeasurement of the Bidar …
There is a need to make available high resolution digital maps produced in India.
There is a need to place them on a website
There is a need to create a virtual Earth for India for easy access to its citizens.
There is a need to do this in a time bound manner with …
January 2007
Second Asia Pacific Conference for ESRI Users
18-19 January 2007
The Taj Palace Hotel …
Singapore Land Authority puts map-based land ownership information on the Net
Imagine: you want to know whether a plot of land or a building is state or privately-owned in order to tip-off a case of mosquitoesbreeding, overgrown or fallen trees, illegal parking, noise pollution, or even rubbish dumping. Imagine: you are interested to rent space and …
Map the earth to enrich the globe
DR A P J ABDUL KALAM
River cross-section surveying using RTK Technology BENLIN XIAO, FENGMING WAN, CHANGQING WU AND KEFEI ZHANG
Is definition of WGS 84 correct?
MUNEENDRA KUMAR AND JAMES P REILLY
Using Assisted-GNSS to locate handsets in wireless networks DR NEIL HARPER
GIS in local government ALLAN K BARNES
Ukraine might take part in European Space Program
During public hearings of a draft national space program for 2007 – 2011, Deputy Director General of the National Space Agency of Ukraine Eduard Kuznetsov said that some projects of the program might be included into the first European space program, which is presently being drafted, “Cabinet’s press office” reported. Among the projects he first of all mentioned creating a space Ionosat system for comprehensive study of seismic-ionospheric and solar- Earth connections and their impact on technological and biological processes on the Earth. The program is supposed to start in 2010. Among the program’s likely participants were named Poland, Turkey and China. http://en.for-ua.com
India’s Space Commission on comprehensive legal document
With private players gaining easy accessibility to satellite data, India’s Space Commission is working on a comprehensive legal document on issues related to outer space to ensure that internal security is not endangered, informed Mr. G Madhavan Nair, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation and Space Commission. “Remote sensing satellites are focusing on all important installations and a number of agencies like Google Earth are buying such data and placing it in the public domain, which can be a potential danger to internal security,” said Mr. Nair.
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India, ASEAN sign agreement to boost science and tech cooperation
India and ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) have signed a joint declaration for cooperation in Science & Technology. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Minister fo S&T and Earth Sciences and Dato’ Dr. Jamaluddin Mohd. Jarjis, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia and Leader of ASEAN delegation said that the declaration will not only strengthen the Science & Technology ties between the countries in the region but will also make ways for new horizons.
India has offered ASEAN countries training in space technologies, including remote sensing applications and satellite design, as a part of measures to step up co-operation in the field. India, through the Indian Space Research Organisation, has offered ASEAN countries short-term training programmes in satellite design to help them fulfill their aspirations in the niche field. Besides, satellite design India has also offered access to remote sensing data, including satellite imagery of the region for weather forecasting.
The Heads of Science and Technology Agencies of the State/ Governments of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam and India gathered and met in New Delhi, India on 6th November, 2006 for the 12th Technology Summit and Technology Platform, organized jointly by the Department of Science & Technology, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and ASEAN Committee on Science & Technology (COST).
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