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DigitalGlobe: High-resolution imagery for handheld GPS, releases Ortho Product Series
DigitalGlobe is to provide high-resolution imagery for DeLorme’s Earthmate series, including the PN-30, PN-40 and PN-60 models. Hikers, climbers and other outdoor enthusiasts will be able to update their GPS device with accurate …

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South Korean launch fails
The Korea Space Launch Vehicle 1 is thought to have blown up soon after take-off. The launch was South Korea’s second attempt to put a satellite in space, after a launch in August 2009 failed.
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Intermap Technologies announced the sale of a nationwide digital elevation model of Ireland – one of the countries included in its NEXTMap Europe digital mapping program, providing high-resolution elevation models and images of Western Europe. Ireland’s Office of Public Works (OPW), the lead agency for flood risk management in Ireland, has licensed the digital mapping …

RapidEye announced that more than 6.5 Million square kilometers of its satellite imagery taken over North and South America is now available on the RapidEye Geodata Kiosk. Over 4 Million square kilometers of the United States can be searched for, purchased and delivered entirely online.
The additional 2.5 Million km² are some of the larger states …

Intermap has signed an agreement with Garmin. For three years, Intermap will furnish accurate 3D elevation data for the United States and Western Europe derived from its NEXTMap countrywide digital map database. Initial Garmin products utilising NEXTMap data are expected to reach the consumer market beginning in the first half of 2010.
With NEXTMap data, Garmin …

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to help fishermen land a bigger catch. Satellite guided technology, provided by ISRO, will help fishermen to zero in on shoals of fish in Arabian Sea.
For a start, the Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd (KFDC) and ISRO are entering a tie-up for the satellite mapping of …

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought Chinese support and cooperation in modernising flood forecasting and warning centre, river dreading projects, satellite launching and setting up remote sensing satellite and providing scholarship facilities to the foreign service officials.
Laying emphasis on regional cooperation, Hasina said that relations among the countries in the region, especially China, India and …

Broadcom Corporation single-chip GPS solution for mobile devices sets new standards in performance and low power consumption with stateof- the-art sensitivity and navigation performance.
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ERDAS announced support for WorldView-2 satellite products. Using ERDAS IMAGINE and LPS 2010, GEOINT and military analysts, state and local governments, civil organizations, first responders, and non-governmental organizations can now transform WorldView-2 imagery into timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence.
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Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Radhakrishnan said the flight- testing of the indigenous cryogenic stage of the GSLV D3 would be conducted in April. The vehicle would carry GAST-4, a communication satellite. “Though we had several GSLV flights, we were using the Russian cryogenic stages,” he said.
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