Japan looks to launch driverless car system in Tokyo by 2020
A self-driving car service could be on Tokyo’s public roads in time for the 2020 Olympics as Japan looks to drive investment in new technology to drive economic growth, according to a government strategic review announced. The government plans to begin testing a driverless …
Russia launches Glonass-M navigation satellite
Russia has launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center to orbit a Glonass-M satellite, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“The middle-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket launched on June 17 from the Plesetsk space center (Arkhangelsk Region) successfully put the Russian navigation Glonass-M spacecraft to the designated orbit.” Earlier, …
Airborne LiDAR to be used to survey electricity network in Queensland
Powerlink will use aerial surveying technology to undertake an engineering assessment of their Northern and Central transmission network. Working with NM Group, the project will use helicopter laser (LiDAR) scanning to identify maintenance issues and update records on over 3000 km of powerline.
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As part of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications, a United Nations/Argentina workshop…

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 …