Here’s an article I found China Daily about the Chinese Compass, or Beidou (Big Dipper) Global Navigation Satellite System which is expected to challenge our U.S. developed GPS, the EU’s GPS and Russia’s GPS. This Compass GPS is planning on providing regional service to China with 12 satellites in 2011. By the year 2020 China plans [...] Read Full Story

HOUSTON — As America celebrates its 233rd birthday this holiday weekend, there will be an extra light in the sky along with the fireworks. Across the country, Americans will be treated to spectacular views of the International Space Station as it orbits 220 miles above Earth. Many locations will have unusually long sighting opportunities of as [...] Read Full Story

In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking: As a Professional Land Surveyor, What Do You Want? You may want to read my recent post entitled What do Professional Land Surveyors Want? In that post I ponder what Professional Land Surveyors want, listing the following 5 ideas which I used in this weeks PROFESSIONAL LAND [...] Read Full Story

01 July 2009 RPS GROUP PLC (”RPS” or “the Group”) Strategic Acquisition in Australia & Pre Close Trading Update Acquisition of Conics Ltd (”Conics” or “the Company”) RPS announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Conics, a major planning, surveying and environmental consultancy headquartered in Brisbane, Australia for a maximum cash [...] Read Full Story

Announces eligibility for borrowers up to 125% underwater in Las Vegas with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Congresswoman Dina Titus WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced an expansion of the Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Refinance Program to include participation by borrowers who are current but up to 125 percent [...] Read Full Story

Washington, July 01, 2009 Pending home sales show a sustained uptrend, rising for four consecutive months with very favorable housing affordability and a first-time buyer tax credit boosting activity, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index,1 a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in May, increased 0.1 percent to 90.7 from [...] Read Full Story

China vows to foster the development of the geographic information industry and boost the “building of Digital China” through the National Geographic Information Summit, which opens in Beijing today, according to Xu Deming, vice-Minister of Land and Resources. Surveying and mapping has become a fundamental safeguard for the development of the economy, Wang Chunfeng, vice-chief of [...] Read Full Story

Summer is finally here and after a long, dark and rainy spring in New England. The economy has also remained dark and turbulent. I had some hope that in late March and early April business would pick up a little. And, that’s just what business did – It picked up a little, very little. Life and business [...] Read Full Story

Hi-tech surveying equipment is to brought in to help assess the threat of land slips at Waihi Village at Lake Taupo. Radio New Zealand News reports that GPS Surveying Equipment to Help Assess the threat of Land Slips at Waihi Village at Lake Taupo and Fifty residents were displaced for two nights, forced to evacuate [...] Read Full Story

Earth Science Week 2009 Photography Contest. “How Climate Shapes My World” The American Geological Institute (AGI) is sponsoring a photography contest to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. The photography theme for this year is: “How Climate Shapes My World.” The photography contest is open to interested [...] Read Full Story