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Puzzle Corner

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Title: Puzzle Corner Page(s): 50-51

Global Navigation Satellite Systems for Natural Hazard Estimation

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Title: Global Navigation Satellite Systems for Natural Hazard Estimation Authors: Jade, Sridevi; Vijayan, M.S.M.; Earnest, Anil Abstract: Global Positioning System is now being recognized as a sensitive tool for natural disaster risk and early warning applications such as continental deformation studies, meteorology, landslide hazard mapping, glacier dynamics and volcano deformation. With the recent launch of a dedicated navigation satellite, India will also soon upgrade its GPS-based services helping track hazards more effectively. Page(s): 44-48

In Coversation

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Title: In Coversation Page(s): 42-43

World on the Web: GIS Technology Comes of Age

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Title: World on the Web: GIS Technology Comes of Age Authors: Nagarathinam, S.; Bhatta, Archita Abstract: Web-based GIS is fast becoming the cheapest, most sophisticated and comprehensive communication tool on availability of natural resources, and that too, in a manner that cuts out the problem of communicating the same data to people using different languages. Page(s): 38-41