Category Archives: map making

World’s Tallest Eucalyptus Tree Found with Lidar and GIS

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

A true giant among trees—the tallest known hardwood in the world—was discovered and mapped using a combination of lidar and GIS, the same technologies Forestry Tasmania uses on a daily basis for managing forests in Australia’s southern island state of … Continue reading →

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Online GIS atlas will soon for all Indian districts

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Very soon  Geographical Information System-based atlas depicting the environmental status of each district of the states of India will be accessible online. The Environment Directorate will now send the proposal to the Ministry of Environment and Forest for allocation of … Continue reading →

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Digitalisation of land records gathers pace in Punjab,India

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Punjab’s ambitious project of digitalisation of land records being implemented under public-private partnership paradigm and under Build, Operate, Own and Transfer (BOOT) basis has gathered pace. By the end of this year, there will be online access to the land … Continue reading →

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Israel Slaps Six-month Travel Ban On Palestinian Map Expert

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Citing “security reasons” — the ubiquitous and unanswerable catch-all phrase against which it is almost impossible to mount any defense — Israel’s Ministry of the Interior has just issued a six-month travel ban on map expert Khalil Tafakji. He heads … Continue reading →

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