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Cadastres, Nations and States  Paul van der Molen | Satellite navigation Matthew Anseau   |The APREF Project Lennard Huisman, John Dawson and Peter J G Teunissen | Geodesic based trajectories in navigation Adam Weintrit and Piotr Kopacz | Real time indoor location based service test bed Li-Ta Hsu, Wen-Ming Tsai and Shau-Shiun Jan | Download  your copy of May 2011 issue!

  

 
Cadastres, Nations and States
Paul van der Molen
The work of land surveyors and land registrars can be seen in a context of state and nation building. A cadastre is an institution that contributes to the government edifice, in which governance can take place. Whether this ‘governance’ can meet the international supported norms of what‘good governance’ is, also depends on whether land professionals can associate with wider concepts.…
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  The APREF Project
Lennard Huisman, John Dawson and Peter J G Teunissen
The Asia-Pacific Reference Frame (APREF) is an initiative that recognizes the importance of improving the regional geodetic framework in the Asia-Pacific region. The broad objective of APREF is to create and maintain an accurate and densely realized geodetic framework based on continuous observation…
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Geodesic based trajectories in navigation
Adam Weintrit and Piotr Kopacz
The paper presents the current and uniform approaches to sailing calculations highlighting recent developments. Here we publish the first part of the paper.Read the concluding part in June'11 issue
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Real time indoor location based service test bed
Li-Ta Hsu, Wen-Ming Tsai and Shau-Shiun Jan
The purpose of this paper is to develop low cost and low power consumption Real Time Indoor Positioning System (RTIPS) and then integrate it with a self-developed indoor GIS to form a indoor LBS prototype. The first part of the paper was published in the April issue. Read the concluding part here.
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  Industry news   Galileo update   Other News
 
South Precision – 2011 India conference

Trimble to buy Ashtech

GPS/GNSS simulation training by Spirent

Topcon to track GLONASS K1 signals

Septentrio AsteRx3 Receiver tracks GLONASS CDMA signal

Ashtech ProFlex 500 with NTRIP Caster

C-NavC2 GNSS correction services by C-Nav launched

NovAtel and Raven team up

Leica FPES v10.2

New rugged handheld GPS for GIS professionals by Magellan

Smallest GPS L1/L2 OmniSTAR® receiver by Geneq

'viaEuropa for PSMA’ service to benefit public sector map users

ESRI agreement with NAVTEQ

Photogrammetric services in Mongolia to use UltraCamXp

 


European satnav competition opens for entries
The eighth European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) is now open for innovative ideas in the field of satellite navigation[more]

Britain alone in opposing £1.7 billion increase to Galileo system
Britain was a "minority of one" in opposing a £1.7 billion increase to the EU's troubled Galileo satellite navigation system, the Transport Secretary has admitted… [more]

Back to search results contract to ensure long life of EGNOS
Acting on behalf of the European Commission, European Space Agency signed a framework contract with Thales Alenia Space, on the evolution of the EGNOS… [more]

EU proposes Space Policy 2011
The European (EU) published its proposal pertaining to a new space policy. It is a first step of an integrated Space Policy 2011 to be developed with a new legal basis provided by the Lisbon Treaty.... [more]

 


Russia invites Sweden to join GLONASS

GPS threatened by new wireless network

DOJ urges for warrantless GPS surveillance

China launches 8th navigation satellite

Philippine president unveils 3-D mapping project

Thai NSDI to empower e-governance

Geospatial bill hits roadblock

Dr Dadhwal, new Director of National Remote Sensing Centre, India

Indonesia’s Geospatial Information Bill in final phase

TomTom apologises for giving users' data to cops

China tracks govt officials in g-way

Taiwan releases its first aerial photography drone

India successfully launches RS satellite

 

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