China and Brazil have signed an agreement that gives both countries direct access to data from the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Program. CBERS is a jointly operated remote sensing system for agriculture, meteorology and the environment. The document was signed by the Xu Wen, president of the China Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application, […]
Find UK Launches Online Service
By Spatial Source on 13 May, 2010The UK online mapping website Find has launched a service that enables users to order Land Registry documents via a map interface. The system is designed for commercial organisations. It uses maps instead of exact addresses to determine land ownership, according to the company. Users select a map location, zoom into the area of […]
NZ Publishes Land Use Map
By Spatial Source on 13 May, 2010New land use data for New Zealand is now available to the public, following the completion of a major mapping exercise by the NZ environment ministry. The integrated Land Use Map provides a detailed overview of land use in New Zealand from 1990–2008. The map has been produced as part of the Land Use […]
IBM Creates World’s Smallest 3D Map
By Spatial Source on 13 May, 2010IBM scientists have created the smallest 3D map of the Earth. How small is it? So small that 1,000 such maps could fit on a grain of salt. The scientists used a new technique involving a tiny silicon tip with a sharp apex – one million times smaller than an ant – to create […]
Remote Sensing Market Continues to Grow
By Spatial Source on 13 May, 2010The global civil and commercial remote sensing satellite market will be worth $16 billion by 2019, according to projections by US market intelligence firm Forecast International. And over the coming decade, it says, more than 100 individual remote sensing satellites will be launched. The projections are contained in a report titled The Market for […]
Crime Mapping in Australia
By Spatial Source on 13 May, 2010The Australian Crime Commission is looking for GIS and vector mapping software to create a national map of crime. A project tender released by the commission involves the creation of maps through a GIS, with a panel of external providers suppling the mapping software. The panel will also provide geospatial imaging and support for […]
Chinese Spatial Industry Booming
By Spatial Source on 13 May, 2010The value of China’s spatial information industry is expected to reach CNY 100 billion (about 158 million AU) this year, according to China Association for Geographic Information Systems. "The geographic information industry has entered a stage of fast development in recent years," said Cong Yuandong, secretary general of the association. But finding professionals with […]
Alligator Bayou Wins Bizarre Map Challenge
By Spatial Source on 13 May, 2010An alligator bayou has claimed the top prize in an unusual mapping contest. The Bizarre Map Challenge was devised by California’s GeoTech Centre and San Diego State University to generate interest in geospatial thinking. The competition was open to US high school, college and university students. The challenge was to create a map that […]
Maponics Neighborhood Boundaries
By Spatial Source on 13 May, 2010Maponics’ Neighborhood Boundaries product now includes coverage of major metro areas in South America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The new release includes boundaries across all regions, bringing the worldwide total to over 105,000 in 42 countries. In addition to wider geographical coverage, the company says the upgrade will also provide deeper coverage […]
Getmapping Web Mapping Service
By Spatial Source on 13 May, 2010Getmapping has launched a new service to stream UK Ordnance Survey maps and aerial photography over the internet. The service enables georeferenced map imagery to be used in a variety of web-based applications, and with GIS and CAD software. The service offers the ability to transfer specific information, rather than a whole dataset, which […]
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