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25th January, 1554 Sao Paulo was founded
On the 25th of January, 1554 in the feast day of St. Paul's the group of Portuguese Jesuit missionaries founded the ...
This Day in History 2013-01-25

Google Maps added three-dimensional maps of Israel cities
Google technicians added 3D maps of the dozen of Israel cities. Back in April ...
Digital cartography and GPS navigation 2013-01-20

19th January, 1609 the Seychelles are discovered
On the 19th of January 1609 , British saw land; it was the island of Silhouette of the Seychelles. The first ...
This Day in History 2013-01-19

18th January, 1778 The Hawaiian Islands were discovered
On the 18th of January 1778 James Cook's expedition found the first 4 islands of the Hawaiian ...
This Day in History 2013-01-18

Chinese Satellite navigation system can become a riva lto GPS
Chinese GNSS - Beidou distributes its services throughout the Asia-Pacific ...
Digital cartography and GPS navigation 2013-01-17

16th January, 1820 Antarctica was discovered
On the 16th of January, 1820 Antarctic Expedition, led by Russian explorer Thaddeus Bellingshausen, approached ...
This Day in History 2013-01-16

China is going to map disputed archipelago
China plans to put on their maps Diaoyu Islands (the Japanese name - Senkaku). China began to ...
Digital cartography and GPS navigation 2013-01-15

Google Maps now available for iOS 6
After three months of waiting iPhone owners now are able to test Google maps , made for iOS 6. ...
Digital cartography and GPS navigation 2013-01-12

Altai Republic makes a map of sacred places
 Gorny Altai plans to create a map of sacred places . Back in June 2012the authorities of ...
Digital cartography and GPS navigation 2013-01-09

TomTom has announced the creation of updated road map TomTom HD Traffic
TomTom Company has presented updated road service. Unlike the ...
Digital cartography and GPS navigation 2013-01-08