Applications and services based upon GNSS are becoming increasingly embedded in modern society, to the extent that we Europeans, along with much of the rest of the World, have now become critically dependent upon their correct operation. In the event of GNSS problems, telecommunications networks…
As more GNSS satellites will be operational within the next few years, the confidence of the position and timing solution for the user is expected to increase. On the other side from the integrity point of view the user faces new problems. It has to protect itself against more potential failures that might occur…
The Survey of India (SoI) is the pioneer surveying and mapping agency for India. The organisation conducts surveys at regular intervals and generates classified and nonclassified topographic map sheets using a polyconic system of projection. Modern applications are now demanding maps at higher scales and precision.
Over the past three decades the only two available Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have been the American GPS and the Russian GLONASS. Although these systems have been initially developed for military…
Septentrio jointly announced with Pythagoras BVBA that they have integrated key components to propose a complete solution, ready for geospatial applications. The solution combines the Pythagoras software with GNSS device called AsteRx-m™ GeoPod that enables accurate position measurements up to 1 cm level.
SELECT Open Access enables greater project agility through unrestricted access to Bentley’s portfolio of information modeling applications – unencumbered by conventional software procurement cycles. Bentley’s new MANAGE services offering facilitates the provisioning, rapid deployment, and operation of Bentley’s Project Wise collaboration services and Asset Wise asset information management services in a hybrid cloud services environment.
India and Russia have agreed to enhance cooperation in space technologies. India is the only country to which Russia has agreed to give access to Glonass military-grade signals, which will enable the Indian military to greatly improve the accuracy of its land-, sea-, air and space-launched weapon systems. www.thehindu.com
ORBCOMM Inc has completed the acquisition of Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation’s (Comtech) Sensor Enabled Notification System (SENS) operation, which includes satellite hardware, network technology and web platforms. SENS is a market leader in providing one-way satellite products and services to more than 20,000 subscribers worldwide. www.orbcomm.com
In Jerusalem, Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Peri and the head of the Israel Space Agency, Menachem Kidron, signed an agreement with European Union officials to give Israeli researchers and companies access to projects associated with the EU’s Galileo satellite program.
Vol. IX, Issue 10, October 2013
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National Mapping Organizations: Adaptation strategies
Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, Datuk Prof Sr Dr Abdul Kadir Bin Taib, Hiroshi Murakami, Prof Peter Chigozie Nwilo, Brigadier General Md Wahidul Islam Talukder, Brigadier General Dr Eng Awni Khasawneh, Dr Peter N Tiangco, Dr Swarna Subba Rao, Luiz Paulo Souto
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