INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET (Schedule of Intangible Assets, Net) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Original amount	$ 10,560
Accumulated amortization and impairment charges	10,108
Unamortized balance	452us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	739us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
GIS Database [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Original amount	3,889
Accumulated amortization and impairment charges	3,594
Unamortized balance	295	555
Brand Name [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Original amount	1,181
Accumulated amortization and impairment charges	1,049
Unamortized balance	132	163
Others [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Original amount	5,490
Accumulated amortization and impairment charges	5,465
Unamortized balance	$ 25	$ 21

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life and the amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of a finite-lived intangible asset to fair value.

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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (a)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16323-109275

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