‘Geospatial is like a general-purpose technology; it’s the oil for the next generation of the digital economy.’
Roads are the crucial geospatial feature and play vital role in national development and growth. They are the major component of nation infrastructure…
Islands have been used as a base to establish facilities to support maritime operations. Japan had established a military radar facility on…
Volume XIV, Issue 6, June 2018
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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 River
Thota Sivasankar, Suranjana B Borah, Ranjit Das and P …
Data mines & data mining
In this digital world
how we all are vulnerable,
is well demonstrated by
Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data controversy.
When we are tracked, tapped and trapped,
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),
A regulation in European Union (EU) law on data
Protection and privacy for all individuals within the EU
Is a welcome and comforting step
As it endeavors to restrain
The data harvesting …
June 2018
Drones Conference 2018 & Workshop
28 – 29 June
Johannesburg, South Africa
http://www.dronesconference.co.za
July 2018
GI Forum 2018
3 – 6 July Salzburg, Austria
http://www.gi-forum.org
Esri International User Conference 2018
9 – 13 July San Diego, USA
www.esri.com/events
ESA/JRC International Summer School on GNSS 2018
16 – 27 July
Loipersdorf, Austria
www.esa-jrc-summerschool.org
August 2018
5th International Conference on Geological and Environmental Sustainability
13-14 August Bali, Indonesia
https://geology.conferenceseries.com
September 2018
Inter Drone 2018
5 – 7 …
EU preparing for secondgeneration Galileo
The European Commission has published a contract notice for procurement of Galileo transition satellites. The contracting authority, the Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), wishes to procure new Galileo transition satellites with evolved specifications to ensure the continuity of the Galileo constellation in 2025-2026 and …
Iridium makes maritime industry history
Communications Inc. has announced that the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) agreed to recognize that the Iridium network meets all the criteria of the IMO needed to provide mobile satellite services in the GMDSS, and to adopt the “Statement of Recognition” proposed by the United States as …
Israeli drone company Flytrex selected for FAA partnership
Israeli drone logistics company Flytrex has teamed up with the North Carolina state government to participate in a groundbreaking Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pilot program.
The FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integration Pilot Program pairs up state and local governments with private companies in order to accelerate …
FCC looks into reports of illegal mobile phone tracking
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced that it is investigating reports that websites may have enabled the location of mobile phone customers to be tracked. Reuters reported that the FCC referred news reports that broke earlier in the week to its enforcement bureau for investigation. …
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