Law to ensure optimum use of geospatial tech in Delhi
A year after the Delhi government, India, launched its much-publicised INR 120-crore geo-spatial project to map the land and utility service records of the city, it has been observed that its officials prefer sticking to the old ways. Hence the Delhi State Government is now planning to enact a law to ensure that its officials use the technology in everyday applications.

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ESRI supports NetHope
ESRI supports NetHope by providing GIS software and support via the ESRI Nonprofit Organization Program. NetHope is a consortium of the international community’s leading NGOs that helps members better leverage their technology investments.
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ADC WorldMap releases Digital Atlas V6.0
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Global Earthquake Model
Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM) has selected OpenGeo to support its development of open source earthquake modeling tools. OpenGeo will be developing enhancements for GeoServer and GeoTools to expand the capabilities for collaboration on hazard, risk and socio-economic impact models …

ESRI released the GeoServices REST Specification, which provides a standard way for Web clients to communicate with GIS servers through Representational State Transfer (REST) technology. It has been opened such that developers can expose the GeoServices API request structure from ArcGIS Server and other non-ESRI, back-end GIS servers or processors.
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ArcGIS 10 from ESRI
ArcGIS 10 release makes it much easier to see data in 3D and introduces the notion of time in both visualization and analysis. Users can create, manage, and visualize time-aware data. They can also display and animate temporal datasets …

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Indian Cabinet approves national policy on data sharing
The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister approved the National Policy on Data Sharing which enables making such information available in the public domain. However, the general public may not get …

TerraGo Publisher for GeoMedia version 5 software gives Intergraph GeoMedia customers the capability to publish complex maps and images as highly portable and interactive GeoPDF files for easy dissemination and use by field personnel.

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The Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, has prepared a preliminary draft of the Land Titling Bill. The Bill hopes to usher into the country the system of Conclusive Property Titles with title guarantee and indemnification against loss due to incorrect title entries by the Government, instead of the …

Pythagoras is a standalone CAD program that focuses on markets concerning surveying, constructing, and engineering. Its drawing and calculation functions give the user the possibility to treat measurements accurately and to finish drawings swiftly. With the modular system, the user can compose a software package according their needs. Digital terrain models, road design, importing field …