All-in-one office software for topographical data by GeoMax
GeoMax has announced the X-PAD Office Fusion, the all-in-one office software combining data from multiple sensors into one easy-to-use interface. It manages, combines and processes data from GNSS receivers, total stations, laser scanners and other sensors in one single environment whether from GeoMax or any other provider …

Avast and Aircel partnership
Avast, the global leader in digital security products, recently announced a strategic partnership with Aircel, one of India’s leading mobile service providers. Under this partnership, 85 million subscribers of Aircel will have access to Avast Mobile Security and Avast Cleanup (a performance optimization application) as part of the Aircel Protect Suite. …

Drones enter the sky safely through new technology
Two companies from the Netherlands and Belgium joined forces to show that drones can be managed and controlled using a specially developed small transponder combined with Unmanned Traffi c Management software. The new technology was developed by Unifl y supplier of transponders that make the drones visible. …

Airports Authority of India released national register 2017
Airports Authority of India (AAI) which is managing 126 airports (including Civil Enclaves) have taken up the onerous task of preparing a comprehensive National Register containing details of all Civil Airports/ Airstrips in the country and the work carried out is first of its kind. The details …

ISRO working on substitute navigation satellite
A team from an industry consortium is being trained to assemble the IRNSS- 1I. Work has begun in Bengaluru to assemble a substitute navigation spacecraft, which became essential after the main backup was lost in a failed launch on August 31, 2017.
IRNSS-1I was earlier approved as a ground …

Applanix announces POSPac Cloud for mobile mapping
Applanix, a Trimble Company, has introduced its POSPac Cloud software for directly georeferencing data collected from cameras, LiDAR, multi-beam sonar and other sensors on mobile platforms. An online version of Applanix’ industry leading GNSS-Aided Inertial POSPac MMS™ post-processing desktop software, POSPac Cloud is optimized for air, land and …

The Survey of Israel (SOI) conducts nation-wide geodetic monitoring and check-ups of all measurements conducted for numerous public interests…

This article describes and evaluates the performance of two undergraduate student classes taking the Geomatics course…

This study falls in the category of Applied Research, as it seeks to answer the question as to whether low cost GNSS receivers …

The VGI approach to photogrammetry poses additional challenges, because the data are not recorded according to photogrammetric requirements…