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 access to any spatial data of choice. Union Ministries will be asked to identify data that can be made available in the public domain through the Right to Information Act. “Lists will be prepared of items that could be shared and such lists will be reviewed periodically,” Min of I&B said. Department of Science and Technology has been appointed as the nodal agency for coordination with ministries. It will also work on a pricing policy to decide on the charges to be levied on information accessed by the public.
Press Trust of India
Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional v10.5
Pitney Bowes has released MapInfo Professional® v10.5,the latest version of the company’s flagship application for business and mapping analysis.
www.pbinsight.com
Delhi joins cities with utilities on digital format
Under the Delhi State Spatial Data Infrastructure (DSSDI) project, all the underground as well as overground utilities in the city were mapped using state-of- art technology and they will now be made available to almost 30 departments of city government through a specially created portal.
www.ptinews.com
ESRI ArcGIS Server as a Cloud-Based Subscription, ArcGIS.com launched
ESRI customers will now have the option to purchase a cloud-based subscription to ArcGIS Server, With this option, users can purchase an annual subscription, which bundles a preconfigured ArcGIS Server instance on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) infrastructure with 12 months of technical support and maintenance. ArcGIS.com helps finding and sharing GIS content, organizing geographic information into groups, and building communities. Visitors can access a number of free, ready-to-use basemaps for their projects and applications, including community maps that have been built with data from organizations around the world.
www.esri.com
USGS accelerates access to maps in Oil Spill area
To assist in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the U.S. Geological Survey has developed a new tool to rapidly distribute the latest USGS topographic maps of the Gulf Coast region. The experts have created the Emergency Response Map Index Tool (ERMIT), an event-specific application that provides quick access to standard USGS mapping products from a standard DVD. Access to the internet is not required, saving download time and disk storage. When loaded to any PC computer, the tool displays an index of pre-loaded maps.
http://nationalmap.gov
Great Britain’s “fraud landscape”
OS OpenData, Ordnance Survey’s mapping and data portal, allows banks and insurance firms free access to key geographic datasets for the first time. When used with an organisation’s own fraud intelligence, changes in the frequency or the location of patterns are then much clearer. To demonstrate the potential, OS has created a series of “fraud maps” that match statistics from a leading industry body to their geographic locations.
www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
WebGIS applied to Traffic Impact Assessment
The Institute of Transportation MOTC, Taiwan, plans to predict and improve traffic impacts on land development by a GIS platform. The project utilizes SuperWebGIS, and aims to maintain and update the image data, traffic basic information, traffic parameter, laws and regulations and assessment cases to assist the related staffs in effectively assessing traffic impacts caused by land development.
www.supergeotek.com
UKHO completes official ENC coverage of China
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has completed the Chinese coastal coverage; another substantial increase in the Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC) available in its Admiralty Vector Chart Service. The new charts are being made available under a unique agreement between the UKHO and the Chinese Naval Guarantee Department (NGD).
www.ukho.gov.uk
UN unveils campaign to make cities more resistant to disasters
With the recent wave of natural hazards exposing the need for cities to implement disaster reduction plans, the UN is launching a campaign to boost the resiliency of urban areas. The two-year scheme, called Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready, calls on leaders and local governments to commit to a 10-point checklist. The campaign seeks to bring more than 1,000 local government leaders around the world to step up their investment in urban planning; infrastructure and building safety; reinforcing drainage systems to reduce flooding; and installing early warning systems, among other measures. The new campaign also urges community groups, planners, academics, NGOs and the private sector to join efforts to enhance the resiliency of cities.
SITECH technology dealers in India
Trimble announced that SITECH™ India North & East and SITECH India South & West have been established to serve heavy and highway contractors in India. They will represent Trimble® and Caterpillar® machine control systems for the contractor’s entire fleet of heavy equipment regardless of machine brand, along with Trimble’s portfolio of Connected Site™ solutions.
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