In the past decades, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have revolutionized positioning and navigation activities…
Volume XV, Issue 1, January 2019
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Navigation: Trend and challenges
John Pottle, Jiwon Seo, Simon Gaskin, Steve Hickling and Guy Buesnel, Yasuo Arai
Digital elevation models based on the topographic maps
Mirmakhmudov Erkin, Gulyamova Lola and Juliev Muhiddin
Geospatial industry must focus on making big data more useful
Boris Skopljak
My Coordinates
EDITORIAL
His Coordinates
Prof Bradford Parkinson
Mark your calendar
January 2019 to October 2019
News
INDUSTRY| …
Mission Possible!
India gears up for Gaganyaan,
India’s manned mission to space.
With the approval of the Government funding Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) targets the manned space mission by December 2021.
Before this, it plans two non-crew flights in December 2020 and July 2021.
The mission will be capable of carrying three Indian astronauts and will orbit the Earth …
January 2019
Cognizant Autonomous Systems for Safety Critical Applications (CASSCA) 2019
28-29 January
Reston, VA USA
www.ion.org
International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF)
28 – 30 January
Denver, United States
www.lidarmap.org
International Technical Meeting (ITM)/
Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications (PTTI) 2019
28-31 January
Reston, VA USA
www.ion.org
March 2019
2019 URSI Asia Pacific Radio Science Conference
9 – 15 March New Delhi, India
www.aprasc2019.com
Munich Satellite Navigation Summit
25 – 27 …
Carlson Software releases Carlson iCAD 2019
Carlson’s specialized drafting package, Carlson iCAD 2019, has just been released. The software allows technicians to supplement the finished product in their project deliverables.
New additions and functions to the iCAD 2019 release are new tool palettes, new 3D solid commands, additional DGN support, and new express tools. iCAD features Google …
ISRO to launch two satellites under IDRSS
As a part of its proposed manned space mission, India will launch the Indian Data Relay Satellite System (IDRSS) to improve data relay and communication links with its remote sensing/earth observation satellites. The first one is expected to be launched in 2019.
The two-satellite IDRSS will maintain a continuous communication …
Enugu govt partners World Bank on GIS-based road mapping
ENUGU State Government has said it is partnering with World Bank on GISbased road inventories and mapping for easy identification of rural road and economic development. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi Project co-ordinator of Rural Access and Mobility Project, RAMP, ll, Chief Chinedu Ugwu, who revealed this at a stakeholders’ …
Galileo: 2 years after Initial Services, Accuracy Matters more than ever!
December 16 marked two years since the launch of Galileo Initial Services. Timed to coincide with this milestone, an ‘Accuracy Matters’ campaign aims to increase public awareness of Galileo’s successes over the past two years and highlight the added value that Galileo brings to the …
Dr Gladys West inducted into Air Force Pioneers Hall of Fame
An 87-year-old doctor whose programming of accurate earth models led to the current GPS system has been inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame. Dr. Gladys West was presented with the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers award for her …
Droneshield join hands with Thales
DroneShield has entered into a Teaming Agreement with Thales Programas De Electronica Y Comunicaciones S.A.U. (“Thales”) (a Spanish subsidiary of Thales S.A.), whereby Thales will utilise and promote DroneShield’s products in its defence and security contract bids in Spain involving counterdrone aspects.
Drones help map sea level rise
Drones can be used to …
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