June 2017

37th EARSeL Symposium

27-30 June
Prague, Czech Republic

http://symposium.earsel.org/37thsymposium-Prague/

July 2017

IGS 2017: International GNSS Service Workshop

3 – 7 July Paris, France

http://www.igs.org

IEEE Frequency Control Symposium and European Frequency and Time Forum

9 – 13 July Besançon, France

http://www.eftf-ifcs2017.org

Esri User Conference

10 – 14 July San Diego, USA

http://www.esri.com/events/user-conference/papers

Geo4Africa Summit 2017 Conference

11 – 14 July Kampala, Uganda

http://geo4africa.com

United Nations/United States of America Workshop on the …

Icaros releases Version 5.0 of OneButton™
Icaros Inc. has released version 5.0 of OneButton™ Standard and Professional image processing software for UAVs. It has been developed for geospatial end users to easily and automatically generate precise, fully orthorectified 2D maps and 3D models from frame-based aerial imaging systems. Originally engineered for manned aircraft sensors, the …

Leica Ready now offered on Liebherr dozers, excavators
Leica Ready machine control kits will now be offered on dozers and excavators by Liebherr, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction machinery. Working with high precision GNSS, Leica Ready kits bring increased accuracy and improve efficiency up to 30 per cent. Enabling swift and fast …

STMicroelectronics and Allystar partnership
STMicroelectronics is working with Allystar to develop and market GNSS solutions for automotive products and other applications. Allystar is a spin-off from CEC Huada Electronic Design Co. Ltd. and a Chinese GNSS chip designer. ST and Allystar are already co-marketing products for the automotive market and cost-competitive products for the consumer …

First Galileo open service performance report published
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has published its first Galileo Open Service quarterly performance report. It covers the first three months of 2017, is available online in the GSC Electronic Library.
Following the Declaration of Initial Services in December 2016, the GSA will publish a new Galileo Initial …

GHGSat unveils Satellite Imagery of Greenhouse Gas
GHGSat Inc. has unveiled sample imagery from its demonstration satellite, Claire (or GHGSat-D), which has detected emissions of methane from a hydroelectric facility under construction in Africa. GHGSat’s vision is to become the global reference for remote sensing of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from industrial sites, using satellite …

GIS mapping in smart city in Odisha, India
In wake of land encroachment in the heart of Odisha capital, the government has decided to use GIS to keep records of all the lands in the smart city. Odisha Space Application Centre (ORSAC) has been assigned for the GIS mapping of the land under Bhubaneswar Municipal …

UAVs/drones can be simply defined as robotics planes. It is also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs) Ivosevic et.al. (2015). Malaysia Department of Civil Aviation (2008)…

The construction of infrastructure requires land on which the infrastructure is planned. If the constructor does not have any formal rights to that land, land use conversion needs to takes place such that the land can be legally acquired by the construction…

The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) provides an augmentation of the open public service offered by the GPS. EGNOS makes GPS suitable for safety critical applications such as civil aviation…