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Staying dry before the flood strikes |
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Sunday, 31 May 2009 12:14 |
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A ‘flood map’ has been drawn using satellite images from the worst floods to hit the nation in the last five years to help the government come up with mitigation measures, writes Sonia Ramachandran If you are thinking of buying your retirement home in idyllic Muar, the place of the famous "Mee Bandung", you might want to think again.
The "flood map" shows that this district is one of the flood prone areas in the country. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 31 May 2009 12:19 )
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Google Maps gets localised |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:34 |
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Google has just launched Google Maps Malaysia, the localised version of the company’s popular online mapping service. While Malaysia maps have already existed in Google Maps for a while, the service now has nearly all the features available in the United States map, including routing, business listings and turn-by-turn directions. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:46 )
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Geography Information System: Rethink needed |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 27 March 2009 00:15 |
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Source: New Straits Times A UNIVERSITI Putra Malaysia (UPM) researcher laments the lack of a spatial thinking culture in Malaysia. "This is related to the fact that we did away with Geography as a compulsory subject at the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia level," says Associate Professor Dr Abdul Rashid Mohamed Shariff from UPM's Engineering Faculty.
Geography was a compulsory subject in the 1970s at the Malaysian Certificate of Education level.
As a result, many students are not aware of the location of countries.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 31 May 2009 12:20 )
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Geography Information System: Think geo-spatial! |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 27 March 2009 00:17 |
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Source: New Straits Times Geography Information System technology and its range of possible applications can address the spectre of unemployment as the global recession bites, writes MICHAEL SUN PROFESSIONS utilising the Geography Information System (GIS) are still growing in a direction opposite to the economic downturn, says Associate Professor Dr Noordin Ahmad from the Engineering Faculty at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in Serdang.
The launch of the next satellite, RazakSat - upon which the GIS and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology depends -- will create a New Age economy of futuristic jobs which can address the spectre of unemployment as the global recession bites deep into Malaysia's export-driven economy.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:35 )
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RazakSAT ready for launch |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 27 March 2009 00:13 |
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Source: New Straits Times KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia will send into space the world's first remote sensing satellite to orbit the equator on April 21, providing high resolution images of Malaysia that can be used to provide information on land management, forestry and security.
The 190kg satellite, RazakSAT, which will orbit the equator every 100 minutes, will also be used to gather photographic data on resource development, conservation and fish migration.
Named after Malaysia's second prime minister Tun Abdul Razak, the satellite was developed by the Aeronautical Engineering Sdn Bhd (ATSB), a company under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. It will be launched using a US rocket named Falcon-1. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 27 March 2009 00:30 )
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