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…
Contemporary navigation systems heavily rely on the satellite based systems, mostly still on GPS. The systems proved robust and accurate enough for the vast majority of its today uses. However, there are situations where the reliability and the accuracy of such systems do not meet the expected criteria…
India is at an infrastructure crossroads. As demand for infrastructure development has grown, the country’s tireless growth has raced ahead of its ability to develop and deliver the necessary number infrastructure projects…
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