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Philippine geohazard mapping identifies areas prone to natural disasters

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau has identified areas in Central Luzon that are classified as “unfit for dwelling” due to topographic attributes making it prone to flooding, earthquake, liquefaction and other climate conditions.

Malaysia launches GIS-based dengue monitoring portal

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GIS Licensing Agreement improves New Zealand’s resource management

New Zealand’s Natural Resources Sector is leveraging its Enterprise ...

13 June 2013 | News

Singapore University develops social media-based dengue prediction system

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have developed a social media-based system called “Mo-Buzz” that can predict in advance where and when dengue might occur.

13 June 2013 | News

Abu Dhabi unveils major SDI projects

The Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre held its latest periodic meeting with members of the Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure (AD-SDI) initiative as part of its efforts to incorporate best practices and lessons learned in the development of its SDI.

12 June 2013 | News

Building better communities for remote Indigenous Australians

By mapping residential property data with socio-economic information, South Australia’s Department of Community and Social Inclusion is providing remote Indigenous communities with better access to quality housing.

10 June 2013 | News

Vietnamese city reviews pilot trial of digital mapping project

The Municipal People’s Committee and the local Department of Information and Communications of Da Nang City organised a meeting last week to review and assess the pilot trial of the city’s digital mapping project.

7 June 2013 | Interview

Singapore’s OneMap journey: Think big, start small, scale fast

Wei Choong Lee, Senior Manager, Geospatial Information & Services at the Singapore Land Authority shares the success behind the agency’s award-winning OneMap portal.

7 June 2013 | News

New Zealand City Council upgrades GIS capabilities with ArcGIS

The Hamilton City Council (HCC) migrated their GIS platform to Esri’s ArcGIS solution as part of a major restructuring of their entire IT infrastructure. Chris Mardon, Senior Project Manager in the Phoenix Programme Office at HCC, shares their journey and how it has improved the council’s operations and planning capabilities.

31 May 2013 | News

Thailand, India strengthen cooperation on geospatial development

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh signed an agreement to embark on joint projects seeking to leverage geospatial technology applications to strengthen ties between the scientific and technological communities of both governments.

31 May 2013 | News

Australian port authority uses advanced GIS for better decision making

The Port Hedland Port Authority (PHPA) has created an intelligent multi-layered mapping platform to enable operators make well-informed decisions critical for the Port’s development, management and planning strategy over the next decade.

29 May 2013 | News

The Philippines holds geo-tagging workshop for agriculture workers

The Department of Agriculture organised a two-day training workshop on geo-tagging tools for eighty Agricultural Extension Workers, in a bid to improve governance in the agriculture sector.

28 May 2013 | News

Bahrain partners with UK on 3D-Enabled Spatial Data Model

The Survey and Land Registration Bureau of the Kingdom of Bahrain forged a partnership with Ordnance Survey International to design and build a new 3D enabled spatial data model as preparation for its “National 3D Mapping of Bahrain” programme.

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