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 …

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. …

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 …

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, …

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 …

The Indian government want to use an integrated GIS synchronised with GPS in the battle against Maoist. DGP (Director General of Police) Bhupinder Singh said, “It is difficult to combat the Maoists in the dense forests. So, we will use the GIS to track them down. We will also use wireless cameras to locate them.”
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Google has launched a map search service in China for travellers taking trips during the Lunar New Year holiday season, despite a row over cyberattacks and censorship. The Google Spring Festival Map is based on the company’s regular map service but has “more features” targeting users’ special needs during this month’s holiday, the busiest travel …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced the release of new satellite images depicting agricultural land cover across most of the nation for the 2009 crop year. The images, referred to as cropland data layers (CDL), are a useful tool for monitoring crop rotation patterns, land use changes, water resources and …

The Nature Conservancy launched Climate Wizard with the intent of making climate change a place-based issue so that people would consider how changes in the earth’s climate affect them. The Nature Conservancy Climate Wizard, powered by ESRI, displays free maps of historic climate change and future projected change. Climate Wizard offers scientists, planners, environmentalists, and …