Articles in the GIS News Category

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Weather Underground announced the launch of an interactive weather map – fullscreenweather.com, which enables anyone in the world to quickly zoom in on the Google Maps interface to view the most granular data available from Weather Underground’s network of over 16,000 personal weather stations before zooming out and scrolling across the world to view the weather …

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Digital maps are being prepared of the cities and towns of Sindh (province of Pakistan). First phase includes digital maps of Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas, Khairpur, Shaheed Benazirabad and Larkana while maps of Karachi and Hyderabad have been completed from environmental point of view, according to Sheikh Muhammad Afzal, Provincial Minister for Environment and Alternative …

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Reportlinker announced that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global GIS Engineering Applications Market 2008-2012. This report by TechNavio Insights forecasts the size of the global mapping and GIS in engineering over the period 2008-2012. It segments the market into three geographic regions: Americas, APAC and EMEA, representing the market size …

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An easy to use tool has been introduced for Ordnance Survey’s online mapping API, OS OpenSpace, making it easy to create map mash-ups without the need for technical know-how. OS OpenSpace Web Map Builder is a simple tool that allows users to add markers, routes and search functionality to their web map without having to …

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Geologists from GNS Science will spend the next six months collecting information on buildings and other infrastructure in Pacific Island countries to measure vulnerability and risk from earthquakes and cyclones in the southwest Pacific. Project leader, Phil Glassey of GNS Science said, data would be collected in a form that could be used in any …

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PenBay Solutions LLC (PenBay) announced a new set of capabilities for spatial data capture inside buildings, a significant enhancement to their In-Vision™  OnePass solution. The new OnePass offering combines several areas of expertise to offer a GIS solution to clients interested in mapping the built environment.
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Cambodia has hit out at Google over a misleading map of the disputed Thai-Cambodia border, accusing the world’s biggest search engine of being “professionally irresponsible”. Svay Sitha, secretary of state of the Cambodia’s Council of Ministers, wrote in a complaint letter, “The map is devoid of truth and reality and professionally irresponsible, if not pretentious. …

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The government of Japan, through Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), has recently forged partnership with different government agencies for the implementation of Topographic Map for Peace and Development in Mindanao. Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco) chairman Virgilio Leyretana Sr. said the project, to be jointly implemented by the National Mapping Resource Information Agency (Namria), Medco …

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Infoterra launched Skape, a 3D city mapping service designed for architects, planners, local authorities and surveyors. Skape enables users to manipulate urban landscapes online by combining high resolution 3D textured city models with 2D mapping and terrain data. With Skape, new buildings can be imported into a city and viewed in context with their surroundings, …

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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has appointed 14 individuals to serve as members of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC), USA. The NGAC provides advice and recommendations on federal geospatial policy and management issues as well as a forum to convey views representative of partners in the geospatial community. The NGAC provides advice on …