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Directions Mag reports the state of global navigation satellite systems with a focus on India. From the article: "While many western countries are already in the saturation stage, India is still in the introductory stage. India has its own technology to launch its own satellites but it has not made an effort sufficient to create awareness about the use of GPS in day-to-day activities. [...] New satellite navigation systems - the European Union’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, and China’s Twinstar - are going up. The speakers talked about the use of GNSS and of various augmentation systems in use and those which are being planned." There's also 6 India-related previous stories linked below.
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GIS-Trained Manpower Short in India
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All Points Blog links to a short Deccan Herald article about GIS-trained manpower woefully short in India. From the article: "“Though the GIS technology was evolved over 40 years ago, its presence in India is still in a nascent stage,” Mr Gowda said during the inauguration of a two-day State level seminar on ‘GIS and its applications’ at Government Arts College here recently." Meanwhile, Very Spatial links to a The Times of India article about the use of GIS and GPS for police operations in India.
India: Mapping for Sound Development
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dct writes "GeoPlace points to an Indian Newspaper story about the planning of land use based on extensive mapping of land. This project seems different than most of the local development initiative in that the mapping covers a very large portion of land and will be used for integrated developement. From the article: "“We will conduct a physical verification on the basis of findings from the satellite images and then prepare the final map. In the final version, specific locations will be identified saying what kind of industry would suit them. Similarly, it can also be found out which plots are suitable for building townships without disturbing agricultural land,’ Sircar said.""
Indian Military to be a Part of GLONASS
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GIS Development links to a story about the Indian military to be a part of GLONASS. From the DNA India article: "In a major step forward in its ambition to use space applications for defence, India is entering into a partnership with Russia to be a part of Glonass. After America's Global Positioning System (GPS), Glonass is currently the only other satellite-based navigation system and it would be available for Indian military applications, sources said.
India is also a partner in the European Union's Galileo system, which would be ready by 2008. But since Galileo would only be for civilian use, joining Glonass becomes significant."
India NRSA to respond to Google : Image Atlas
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GeoPlace runs a story on the Indian initiative for web mapping. From the article: "NRSA's bouquet of high-resolution images will not carry features of defence installations and, therefore, be of no use to the enemy.
Unlike the outline maps produced by the Survey of India, NRSA's ‘image atlas' will comprise high-resolution pictures showing the physiographic features of the globe. "
Cracking the GPS Galileo Satellite
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Slashdot discuss and links to a Newswise article named cracking the secret codes of Europe's Galileo satellite. From the article's introduction: "Members of Cornell's Global Positioning System (GPS) Laboratory have cracked the so-called pseudo random number (PRN) codes of Europe's first global navigation satellite, despite efforts to keep the codes secret. That means free access for consumers who use navigation devices -- including handheld receivers and systems installed in vehicles -- that need PRNs to listen to satellites."
Road Maps in India: Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai
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An anonymous voxel writes "Interactive Map based on GoogleAPI is created for India by eGovernments Foundation, Bangalore. Maps can be viewed at http://transport.egovernments.org/cities/ .The site contain road maps for Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi with driving directions and location searching capabilities."
China's Compass Satellite Navigation System? 1 comment
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Very Spatial links to an interesting Defense Tech article regarding China's potential answer to USA's GPS, Europe Galileo and Russia's Glonass navigation satellites named Compass. From the article: "China invested in the European Galileo system through the Galileo Joint Undertaking. [...] It’s no surprise, then, that China would feel betrayed by its partnership in the Joint Undertaking. Compass may be a result of China’s desire to strike out on its own– or a bluff aimed at wrangling a more substantive role in Galileo. [...] Another consideration: there is a possibility that Compass could jam GPS and Galileo. Even as a regional system, Compass could have significant military implications"
Industry: India and Russia to Jointly Develop GPS Satellites
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All Points Blog links to a The Hindu article informing us India and Russia will jointly develop the GLONASS-K GPS satellites. From the short article: ""Under the space co-operation agreements signed during President Vladimir Putin's India visit, both countries will jointly develop new generation GLONASS-K satellite for the GLONASS global positioning system, which will function parallelly with the American GPS," Indian Ambassador Kanwal Sibal said. Addressing an internet press conference last evening, he said Russia intends to operationalise GLONASS by 2010 by completing the cluster of 24 satellites."
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