June 2018
SIRGAS: Reference frame in Latin America Víctor Cioce, William Martínez, M Virginia Mackern, Roberto Pérez, Silvio de Freitas | Improving Indonesian Geospatial Information establishment Florence Elfriede Sinthauli Silalahi, Suprajaka and Sumaryono | Globalized ethics Robert W Foster | International ethics standards Gary Strong | Status of landslide-dammed lakes in Siang RiverThota Sivasankar, Suranjana B Borah, Ranjit Das and P L N Raju | Geospatial land governance and management Madan Mohan
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GEODESY
SIRGAS: Reference frame in Latin America
Víctor Cioce, William Martínez, M Virginia Mackern, Roberto Pérez And Silvio de Freitas
SIRGAS is the geocentric reference system for the Americas, by definition it is identical to the ITRS and realice the regional densification of the ITRF in Latin America which consist of the highest precision GNSS network in the continent called SIRGAS-CON...
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MAPPING

Improving Indonesian Geospatial Information establishment
Florence Elfriede Sinthauli Silalahi, Suprajaka And Sumaryono
This paper intends to share experiences in Improving the quality of GI establishment by developing standards, human resources, and the certification implementation process in geospatial sector in Indonesia...
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ETHICS
Globalized ethics
Robert W Foster
This paper discusses ethics in the field of social responsibility, the relationship of professional ethics to professional malpractice, the new IESC code and its relationship to the existing FIG Statement of Ethical Principles and Model Code of Professional Conduct, and the issue of enforcement...
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International Ethics Standards
Gary Strong
Why ethics standards are of limited use on their own for professionals working in land, property and construction - and if to be effective how such standards need to be embedded, monitored and regulated against...
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IMAGING
Status of landslide-dammed lakes in Siang river
Thota Sivasankar, Suranjana B Borah, Ranjit Das And P L N Raju
The present study uses satellite images for identification and monitoring of landslide-dammed lakes formed due the occurrence of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on the upstream of Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh, India...
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LAND GOVERNANCE
Geospatial land governance and management
Madan Mohan
The present research discovers the people’s role in land governance and management, and also to see the historical background of land governance in India. We have published the first part of the paper in the May’18 edition of Coordinates. We present here the concluding part ...
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Industry news
 
GNSS update
 


‘The Next-generation INS/GNSS Post processing software’ – Qinertia   Isro develops desi atomic clock, to be used in navigation satellites


RIEGL VZ-400i – Ultra High Performance 3D Laser Scanner   AAI gets IIT-Madras navigation research boost


Trimble GNSS integrates MicroPilot UAS autopilot   European GNSS Agency opens submissions for 2018 CLGE Young Surveyors Prize


Focus 35 total station with auto scan helping build china’s expressway network   Australia to invest AU$260 million in GPS tech


SXblue Introduces Android Application ToolBox   HKU creates new solution to keep GPS navigation on the right track


Swift Navigation announces SBAS support for Piksi Multi   Brexit to ‘force work on Galileo sat-nav system out of UK’


All-New Rugged Atlas®-Capable UAV GNSS Antenna by Hemisphere GNSS   Could Britain collaborate with Australia on a Galileo alternative?


Mobile devices to turn into high-accuracy GNSS tools   Digital Navigation ‘Neurons’ developed like ours


Aiming at the future together! – PENTAX   EU preparing for secondgeneration Galileo


Hexagon Positioning Intelligence releases PIM7500   Orolia secures 26m Galileo contracts


Rohde & Schwarz Collaborates with PoLTE   Galileo Masters seeking partners for future GNSS innovations


Positioning solutions for space constrained systems by NovAtel   UK wants £1bn back from EU if it is excluded from Galileo


Sokkia introduces new high performance manual total station    
 
 
 
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