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Article: RazakSat satellite opens doors
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- March 29, 2009
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Michael Sun
New Straits Times
03-29-2009
RazakSat satellite opens doors
Byline: Michael Sun
Edition: New Sunday Times
Section: Learning Curve
WITH the set launch of the RazakSat satellite on April 21, Malaysia can offer relevant tertiary Geography Information System (GIS) programmes not only locally, but also to students from West Asia and the European countries.
"We need the satellite infrastructure which we are currently leasing from the French (Spot Image in Toulouse) and from the United States. Using one of these, we can zoom-in at buildings and geographical formations to an accuracy of one metre," says Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Associate Professor Dr Noordin Ahmad.
But European ...