The analysis performed in this report is solely the author’s work and his opinion.

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A Conversation with Professor Bin Jiang

Dr. Bin Jiang

Professor of Urban Informatics, Director of LivableCityLAB, Master of Wholeness College. Thrust of Urban Governance and Design, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 510000, China

Editorial note on terminology

In this essay, the concept of Living Structure is understood as comprising two inseparable dimensions: “living” …

Why the UN decision matters beyond the mercator debate

Georg Gartner

President, International Cartographic Association

In September 2026, the United Nations General Assembly brought an unusually cartographic question onto the global political stage. By 164 votes to one, with six abstentions, Member States adopted a resolution encouraging the use of map projections that more accurately represent the relative …

HydroGNSS data open for new insights into Earth’s wáter
The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) two-satellite HydroGNSS Scout mission has completed commissioning and is now in full scientific operations.
Following extensive testing and validation of the satellites, instruments and ground segment, HydroGNSS data are now freely available to users worldwide, opening new opportunities to advance our …

A GIS-enhanced curriculum for sustainable planning and socio-economic transformation in northern cape, South Africa

Dr. Tolulope Ayodeji Olatoye

Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Geography at Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley, South Africa.

Dr. Raymond Nkwenti Fru

Head of Department, Human Science Teaching at the Faculty of Education, Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley. South Africa

Abstract
The Northern Cape province of South Africa …