Mapping Agency transforms into Geo-Spatial Information Agency
Ethiopian Mapping Agency is pondering a structural reform following the legislation of a proclamation which also changed its name to Ethiopian Geo-Spatial Information Agency.
In the reformation process, the Agency will add new directorates and departments, according to Tesfamikael Taffesse, communications director of the Agency.
The Agency was …
Kosi belt (Alluvial fan) in Bihar has historically been under the constant flooding by River Kosi, the river popularly known as the ‘Sorrow of Bihar’. Each year it inundates hundreds of acres of fertile land and invades highly populated area, which incurs tremendous loss to human life and property…
Self-learning total stations. Onebutton laser scanners. Calibrationfree, forget-the-bubble GNSS receivers…
With the development of modern Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS), the accuracy performance of satellite positioning and navigation is obviously improved, which extends the range of applications greatly for the GNSS receivers…
Recently, most of the smart phones come with GNSS device. Owing to this, many GNSS based applications are being developed. Some of the applications, in spite of being free of cost, have full of features…
When we talk about Geodesy/ Geomatics education in the country, people normally relate themselves only to remote sensing and GIS with a vague idea of some Surveying practices included. There is hardly any institution in the country where…
The authors spent two years research on the application of the (Mahalanobis-Taguchi Method) MT method for earthquake prediction which shows interesting result
Shunji Murai
Chief Technical Officer, Japan Earthquake Science Exploration Agency (JESEA), Tokyo, Japan
Shoichi Teshima
President, Angletry Co., Ltd. Sapporo, Japans
JESEA (Japan Earthquake Science Exploration Agency), which celebrated its fifth anniversary since establishment in January 2013, continues …
Pause and re-plan!
A recent study
‘Satellite-derived Time and Position: A Study of Critical Dependencies’
by The UK Government Office for Science
Reviews the UK’s dependency on GNSS
And recommends measures to improve resilience
Including by adopting potential back-up systems.
More than the findings,
The worth appreciating is the approach.
The approach of ‘a pause’
Where …
Volume XIV, Issue 2, February 2018
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Technology trends: From GPS to multi-constellation GNSS
Guy Buesnel
Academic drift and surveying education
Dr Garfield Young
Assessment of accuracy of basic maneuvers performed by an UAV during autonomous flight
Pawel CWIAKALA
Innovations and new standards for mapping of villages in Indonesia
Fahmi Amhar, Bambang Riadi, Fachrul Hidayat, Tia Rizka Nuzula Rachma
GNSS education: Prospects and challenges
Mia Filic´and …
Car to caravan
Another feat of mankind.
Falcon Heavy by Sapce X symbolizes
The dreams and the dreamers.
Imagination, inventiveness and ingenuity.
A journey from surrealism to reality.
It was not Falcon Heavy alone,
Along with it was Tesla Roadster.
A craft, along with a car.
Will it eventually be followed by a caravan?
Who knows!
Bal …
(5.00 out of 5)