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Disaster management is a widely discussed topic around the world and more so in recent years because of large scale disasters experienced around the globe. Most discussions appear to be siloed to a particular field of expertise although it is well recognised that a coordinated effort is required amongst

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The logical consequence of economic development–land consumption–substantiates the need for sustainable land management and cadastre

Feb 2013 | Comments Off on IRNSS – Want More From Less?

Indian Regional Navigation Satellites System (IRNSS) is the world’s fi rst regional navigation system with its footprint primarily over the Indian subcontinent. The system is expected to have seven satellites in all, with three satellites in GEO stationary and four in GEO synchronous orbits (Kibe & Gowrishankar 2008). IRNSS is dual use and supports two frequencies on either service of operation.

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ASPRS 2013 Annual Conference
24 – 28 March
Baltimore, Maryland USA

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Though India has the fourth highest number of think tanks in the world,

But none among the global top 50.
Says ‘Global Go To Think Tanks’ report
By the University of Pennsylvania..

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Second High Level Forum on Global Geospatial Information Management
4-6 February
Doha, Qatar

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The International Conference on Navigation and Communication (NAVCOM-2012) was held during 20 -21 December, 2012 at Hyderabad.

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Nowadays researchers and various users are very interested in urban applications at large scale, where small UAVs are very useful. In Photogrammetry, UAVs represent a very fl exible and low-cost platform which reduces data acquisition time and provides for high resolution and high accuracy data for small area modeling…

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During and after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, about 20,000 persons died or are still missing, of which 92.5% were victims of the Tsunami. The fourth biggest earthquake plus Tsunami in history swept away 220,000 houses and 18,000 fi shing boats…

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Polar motion refers to the earth rotation axis and surface intersection point’s slow moving on the earth surface [1], realtime acquisition of polar motion is of great signifi cance to high precision satellite navigation, satellite laser ranging and deep space exploration. At present, the international high accuracy polar motion value is obtained through VLBI and SLR technology observation data calculation…