Category Archives: GPS

Faults and earthquakes in China monitored from space

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Western China is in a very seismically active area and has had many catastrophic earthquakes during its history. A joint European-Chinese team is using satellite radar data to monitor ground deformation across major continental faults in China to understand better … Continue reading →

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GPS on Tankers to Check Water Theft

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

RAJKOT, India: Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has decided to fit GPS on water tankers that supply drinking water to the city. This has been done to check rampant water theft. Officials of RMC said that in many areas of the … Continue reading →

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GeoSpatial Experts to sell GPS-enabled Nikon camera

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

USA: GeoSpatial Experts, developer of the GPS-Photo Link photo mapping software, has been selected by Nikon USA to sell the new GPS-enabled COOLPIX P6000 digital camera. GeoSpatial Experts is offering the Nikon camera bundled with its GPS-Photo Link Express software … Continue reading →

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GNSS signals for remote sensing

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) will lead a British project to exploit signals from GPS and GNSS navigation satellites that are reflected from the Earth for remote sensing purposes. The project will investigate a prototype instrument capable of measuring the … Continue reading →

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