July 2024

IGS 2024 Workshop

01-05 July in 2024
Bern, Switzerland

https://igs.org

Esri User Conference

15-19 July 2024
San Diego, CA, USA

www.esri.com

August 2024

ICRSG 2024

21-23 August
Singapore

https://www.icrsg.org

International Geographical Congress 2024

24 – 30 August
…

 
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Chairman recently reportedly highlighted that
India has surplus launch capability
Amid limited global demand. B
uilding low-cost rocket is not enough
, In the absence of a robust market.
There is a need to cultivate a domestic satellite industry,
Incentivize manufacturing,
Attract private investment,
To optimize space capabilities and its potential.
Resulting into boosting India’s space ambitions.

Bal Krishna, Editor
bal@mycoordinates.org

Tweet

Drone survey at NMDC Diamond Mining Project, Panna
Drone service provider IG Drones has secured a substantial work order for conducting a comprehensive drone survey based on Photogrammetry and LiDAR at the Diamond Mining Project in Panna, Madhya Pradesh, India. This contract, awarded by National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), spans three financial years, covering 2024-25, 2025-26, …

Positioning solution for BMW 7 series
GMV has has integrated its safe, highprecision and reliable positioning technology as a – key component of the BMW Personal Pilot L3 function, the new feature available for order in the new BMW 7 Series. SAE Level 3 automated driving represents a significant advancement in autonomous vehicle technology. The vehicle …

Remote sensing to measure water from snowpack and glaciers
Researchers at the Hakai Cryosphere Node are revolutionizing the way we measure snow and are gaining a better understanding of how wildfires influence the melting of the province’s glaciers.
The Hakai Cryosphere Node is a collaboration between the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Vancouver Island University (VIU) …

European GNSS Independent ATM Surveillance Satellite Constellation
The present invention provides a method for space-based air traffic surveillance. The GNSS independence distinguishes the proposed solution from the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) which is reporting the aircraft position based on the GNSS information. It uses uses MODE-S …

Water ice possibility in Moon’s polar craters
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in a study, has enhanced the possibility of water ice in the polar craters of the Moon. Data revealed that the amount of subsurface ice in the first couple of metres is about 5 to 8 …

A new non-parametric approach, WILDetect, has been built using an ensemble of supervised Machine Learning (ML) and Reinforcement Learning (RL) techniques. Readers may recall that the first part of the paper was published in May’ 24 issue of Coordinates magazine. We present here the concluding part

Kaya Kuru

Corresponding author School of Engineering, University of Central Lancashire, …

The analysis performed in this report is solely his work and own opinion. State Program: U.S.A (G); EU (E); China (C) “Only MEO- SECM satellites”; Russia (R); Japan (J); India (I)

Narayan Dhital

Actively involved to support international collaboration in GNSSrelated activities. He has regularly supported and contributed to different workshops of the International Committee on GNSS …

The digital transformation in India has had a significant impact on the geospatial sector

Dr Siva Kumar Rachapudi

Managing Director SIBHU siva@sibhu.space

Digital transformation (DT) is to use digital technologies in all processes, products and services of an organization. India made great strides in the recent times in DT as part of Digital India Initiative. Aadhaar and Digital …