DM Solutions Group (Canada) and the University of Ottawa (Canada) have released a Tsunami Disaster Mapping Portal (DMapP). This interactive, internet-based infrastructure provides free access to current and historical spatial...

China and Brazil plan to launch three satellites in the coming few years to gather information on the Earth's environment, agriculture and urban development. These launches include the 02B, 03...

GfK MACON (Germany) has released a new digital map of China. The data set comprises about 2,500 4-digit postcode areas and ca. 2,400 provinces written in Chinese characters and in...

The IDB, the Inter-American Development Bank (DC, USA) has announced the approval of a US$ 3.5 million loan to the Bahamas. The project aims at strengthening the technical capacity of...

GeoAnalytics, Inc. (WI, USA) has signed a business partnership agreement with SAS Institute Inc. (NC, USA). GeoAnalytics offers management and technical consulting for enterprise systems, as well as web-based and...

China’s State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) has embarked on Digital China, an ambitious project listed in China's 10th five-year plan that aims to map the entire country digitally....

Disasters are of all ages. When they strike, more often than not they strike suddenly and ruthlessly. The damage disasters cause fills us with deep awe for the unimaginable forces...

The Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security initiative (GMES) is setting up a number of services. Humanitarian aid is recognised as one of the main areas where GMES can...

An integrated approach towards coastal zone management requires relevant, credible and reliable (geo-)data. However, the legends of geo-information covering coastal zones vary so much between the various European countries that...

The Department of Urban Services in Canberra (Australia) has bought DigitalGlobe (CO, USA) QuickBird satellite imagery from Sinclair Knight Merz, a DigitalGlobe business partner. The imagery serves the Australian Capital...