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GASGI Displays Corrected Historical Photos of Saudi Arabia 1950-1980

The General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information (GASGI) released a collection of corrected historical aerial photographs showcasing various regions of Saudi Arabia during the period from 1950 to 1980. (SPA)
The General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information (GASGI) released a collection of corrected historical aerial photographs showcasing various regions of Saudi Arabia during the period from 1950 to 1980. (SPA)
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GASGI Displays Corrected Historical Photos of Saudi Arabia 1950-1980

The General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information (GASGI) released a collection of corrected historical aerial photographs showcasing various regions of Saudi Arabia during the period from 1950 to 1980. (SPA)
The General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information (GASGI) released a collection of corrected historical aerial photographs showcasing various regions of Saudi Arabia during the period from 1950 to 1980. (SPA)

The General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information (GASGI) released a collection of corrected historical aerial photographs showcasing various regions of Saudi Arabia during the period from 1950 to 1980, SPA said on Wednesday.
The photographs document the urban development, vegetation cover, and other transformations that took place in these areas. The project displays 164,484 images, providing a valuable record of the history of the locations.
Collaborating with various government agencies, GASGI undertook the task of processing the photographs, aligning them with the reference coordinate system, and organizing them according to the region, year of production, and scale.
The project’s objective is to utilize these corrected aerial images as historical references for analyzing the changes that occurred in both urban and rural areas over time. The project’s outputs are published on GASGI’s national geospatial platform, ensuring that the photographs are accompanied by legible digital coordinates.
GASGI is dedicated to the organization, enhancement, and oversight of the surveying, geospatial information, and imaging sector, with the aim of aligning it with international standards.

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Australia Bans Uranium Mining at Indigenous Site

A view shows a sign at the Energy Resources Australia (ERA) Ranger Project Area in Kakadu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, July 11, 2024. (Reuters)
A view shows a sign at the Energy Resources Australia (ERA) Ranger Project Area in Kakadu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, July 11, 2024. (Reuters)
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Australia Bans Uranium Mining at Indigenous Site

A view shows a sign at the Energy Resources Australia (ERA) Ranger Project Area in Kakadu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, July 11, 2024. (Reuters)
A view shows a sign at the Energy Resources Australia (ERA) Ranger Project Area in Kakadu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, July 11, 2024. (Reuters)

Australia moved Saturday to ban mining at one of the world's largest high-grade uranium deposits, highlighting the site's "enduring connection" to Indigenous Australians.

The Jabiluka deposit in northern Australia is surrounded by the heritage-listed Kakadu national park, a tropical expanse of gorges and waterfalls featured in the first "Crocodile Dundee" film.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the national park would be extended to include the Jabiluka site -- which has never been mined -- honoring the decades-long desires of the Mirrar people.

"They were seeking a guarantee that there would never be uranium mining on their land," Albanese told a crowd of Labor Party supporters in Sydney.

"This means there will never be mining at Jabiluka," he added.

Archaeologists discovered a buried trove of stone axes and tools near the Jabiluka site in 2017, which they dated at tens of thousands of years old.

The find was "proof of the extraordinary and enduring connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander have had with our land", Albanese said.

"The Mirrar people have loved and cared for their land for more than 60,000 years.

"That beautiful part of Australia is home to some of the oldest rock art in the world," he added.

Discovered in the early 1970s, efforts to exploit the Jabiluka deposit have for decades been tied-up in legal wrangling between Indigenous custodians and mining companies.

It is one of the world's largest unexploited high-grade uranium deposits, according to the World Nuclear Association.

Rio Tinto-controlled company Energy Resources of Australia previously held mining leases at Jabiluka.

The conservation of Indigenous sites has come under intense scrutiny in Australia after mining company Rio Tinto blew up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters in 2020.

Australia's conservative opposition has vowed to build nuclear power plants across the country if it wins the next election, overturning a 26-year nuclear ban.