Good news for the satellite GEO-IK-2: Russians are back in contact with it and are exploring if the mission can be saved.
- Reuters
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India
As always, Rolta is looking to acquire a few more geospatial companies in the coming quarters.
- One India
Update: India Info Line has an interview with Hiranya Ashar, Director - Finance & Chief Financial Officer, Rolta India Limited
The Bihar Police have introduced Geographical Information System (GIS) to track down notorious gangsters involved in organised crime in and around Patna. ...
[The] senior superintendent of police ... said the new system has helped the police in detecting and solving about 50 cases in Patna during the past 18 months.
It’s not clear how the GIS helped or how “The device has been keeping a watch over 46 police stations in the district.”
- Igovernment
The Philippines
“The Philippines has very good prospects in implementing and adopting geographic information systems (GIS), according to Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) founder Jack Dangermond.”
- Asia Pulse Data Source
Russia
Russia may have lost a new dual-purpose geodesic satellite because it failed to reach a circular orbit after launch on Tuesday. The GEO-IK-2 satellite, designed to create a detailed three-dimensional map of the Earth and help the Russian military to locate the precise positions of various targets. It failed to contact Russian Ground Control, U.S. official found it in an elliptical orbit. Russian officials think it’s possible to save the satellite. Russia lost three GLONASS satellites in December.
- RIA Novosti
by Adena Schutzberg on 02/02 at 08:50 PM |
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GeoEye presented a market view of the size of the satellite data market at the Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India. They said that the defense and intelligence business is obviously a mature market. In increasing growth GeoEye sees these markets: Oil, Insurance, Real Estate, Transportation, City planning, Environmental monitoring; And the market driver is consumer mapping both online mapping, and location-based services
GeoEye contracted with Boston Market Research which estimates that in 2009 the market for global satellite data was $1.1 Billion, mostly defense and intelligence;
In 2013, the market is pegged at $1.5-1.7 Billion with defense still a large driver
In 2013, the Asian market for satellite data is estimated at $120 million for commercial high resolution satellite data fueled by India and China but also Malaysia, Vietnam etc. where there is high infrastructure growth. But there are still challenges with regard to policy with these countries. With regard to the Indian market the government regulates and monitors both the:
- Ordering of high resolution satellite imagery by its citizens; an issuing of a certificate from government before ordering is required.
- Distribution of high resolution satellite imagery to its citizen.
The main reason is to protect the Indian satellite market and security.
by Joe Francica on 01/19 at 10:52 PM |
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Vanessa Lawrence, the Director General of the Ordnance Survey, Great Britain, led a spirited discussion of industry leaders about their vision for geospatial. Here are some excerpts:
Mohan Reddy, Chairman, Founder and Managing Director, Infotech Enterprises said, “The future is in cloud because it reduces capex (capital expenditures). The direction for the industry looks positive. We’re perceiving the business coming back; GDP is moving up, the stock market is coming back. The end user is moving in the direction where they expect value for their money. Don’t just build applications for application sake.”
Matt O’Connell, CEO, GeoEye said he sees three trends that will affect the development of the industry:
1. Increased reliance on the commercial industry by governments around the world;
2. Relying less on government resources and more on the commercial sector. Commercial information is no longer an afterthought but now a crucial part of government information;
3. Geospatial information that is more freely available. In India, O’Connell encouraged a more open data policy to Kapil Sibal at a private meeting.
Kanwar Chadha, chief marketing officer of CSR said, “We are moving into a world that is connected and geospatially aware…Many devices are getting connected and the data is becoming cloud-resident. We are not only using the content but contributing to content in the cloud. Content in the cloud is accessible anywhere, anytime.”He further believes that location-based data has to be located by more than GPS for indoor applications indicated that it will take other sensors and platform to get these locations.
Steve Hagan, VP of Development for Oracle Server said there were four global trends driving cloud computing mentioned here. He also said that to enable “big data” volumes that you need flexible capacity (grid architecture); smart scan; smart flash cache (specifically for raster data which has a large requirement for data storage); and data compression; infiniband (networking to support massive data transfers).
Brian Bullock, chairman, Intermap Technologies, said that, “A disruptive change always start at the bottom of the market. New companies offer cheaper solutions. These companies move upmarket. Geospatial technology will require improvements to the digital databases. We believe the most important part of the database is an accurate 3d database.”
by Joe Francica on 01/18 at 11:56 AM |
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Navinfo will acquire Mapscape in Holland for 61.64 million yuan with funding from its IPO.
“Mapscape provides navigation software, navigation solutions and map compilation services to the auto industry in Europe. Its major customers include Audi, BMW and Volkswagen, as well as NAVTEQ and Tele Atlas.”
- CapitalVue, GPS Biz News has more
by Adena Schutzberg on 01/18 at 07:32 AM |
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Terms were not disclosed. OneStepAhead is based in Stuttgart, Germany. I’d not heard of it until today. The plan is to integrate its technology into CloudMade’s.
OneStepAhead’s software provides a number of technologies, but CloudMade CEO Juha Christensen says that he is particularly excited about the startup’s device map caching, which and will allows developers to combine geodata in the cloud with data that sits on a device. This technology, says Christensen, will allow Cloudmade developers to create navigation and location-enabled applications with maps that are always up-to-date.
- TechCrunch
by Adena Schutzberg on 01/07 at 11:00 AM |
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