Internationalization
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Australia And China To Put Eyes In The Sky To Monitor Climate Change
- November 3, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
No CommentsCSIRO and the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM) have signed a research agreement in Beijing today to collaborate on China’s resource mapping satellite program.(Source Spacemart)
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Nigeria to launch second earth observation satellite in 2008
- September 20, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, Internationalization
Nigeria has started work on the design and construction of its second earth observation satellite billed for launch in 2008, Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency Robert Boroffice said here on Thursday. (Source: Xinhua)
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DMC International Imaging Wins Contract To Monitor Amazonian Rainforest
- September 8, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has placed a contract for a second year with DMC International Imaging to acquire high-resolution satellite images of the entire 5 million square kilometres of the Amazon rainforest. (Credits Spacemart)
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New Video Series Gives People a Window into GIS
- September 5, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
Twelve videos showing how geographic information system (GIS) technology can help in everything from fighting wildfires to planning for a possible avian flu pandemic will be available this year to GIS Day event organizers.(Credits Spatianews)
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Intergraph Announces Agreement to be Acquired by an Investor Group
- September 1, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR), a leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by Hellman & Friedman LLC and Texas Pacific Group in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion. (Credits Spatialnews)
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China Seeks Int'l Cooperation in Space
- August 28, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
China will strengthen cooperation with the international community in the space industry, aiming for the peaceful development of space, a senior Chinese official said Monday 28 August. (Credits Astroexpo)
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South Korea To Launch Arirang-2 EO Satellite
- July 18, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, Internationalization
by Staff Writers. Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jul 18, 2006
South Korea plans to launch a satellite for geographical updates, natural resource searches and environmental observation from a Russian spaceport late this month, government officials have announced. (Credits Spacemart) -
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System up and running
- June 27, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, Internationalization
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Land information systems, cadastral mapping to grow 200 p.c.
- May 23, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
India has emerged as a major data conversion centre for Geospatial services.
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Japan's ALOS in orbit: ESA will deliver its data to European researchers
- January 24, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, Internationalization
ALOS, Japan’s latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully
launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on 24 January. Environmental
data and imagery from ALOS will be provided to European and African
users through a cooperative agreement between ESA and the Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). (Credits ESA)