Uzbekistan
A South Korean Economic Cooperation Development Fund loan of $15 million will be used to set up a GIS in Uzbekistan. It's part of $155 million package of development loans.
Zambia
GOVERNMENT has developed a Web-Based Spatial data infrastructure system embedded in the Zambia Preparedness and Response Information Management System (ZAPRIS) aimed at enhancing early detection of natural disasters in the country.
There's also work on a risk hazard map (natural and manmade disasters.
India
HUBLI: Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) has urged the Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to use GPS (global positioning system) to mark maps pertaining to mining leases and the extent of encroachments by mining firms in Bellary district in order to make it a perfect document.
The original document was made using a total station; the argument is that GPS would be more accurate.
