Financial support by govt. of India to promote drones in agriculture
In a major boost to promote precision farming in India, the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has issued guidelines to make drone technology affordable to the stakeholders of this sector. The guidelines of “Sub- Mission on Agricultural Mechanization” (SMAM) have been amended …

Enhancing location accuracy experience for smartphone users in
HERE Technologies has announced that Transsion has selected HERE Network Positioning to improve its location accuracy capabilities in emerging markets such as Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand.
By deploying HERE Network Positioning, Transsion will be able to identify accurate positioning of its devices both indoors …

MC-X Platform and MC-Max machine control solution by Topcon
Topcon Positioning Group has announced its MC-Max machine control solution. Based on its MC-X machine control platform, and backed by Sitelink3D — the company’s real-time, cloud-based data management ecosystem — it is a scalable solution for mixed-fleet heavy equipment environments. It is designed to adapt to owners’ …

Arianespace to launch 8 new Galileo satellites
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has chosen Arianespace to launch four new Galileo satellites. With this order, EUSPA takes over the role of placing launch services contracts for Galileo from ESA, which acted so far in the name and on behalf of the European …

Entry-level hydrographic survey software
EIVA’s new software variant NaviSuite Kuda Core provides advanced hydrographic survey software capabilities at an entry-level price. It is tailored to support hydrographic surveys with a single USV or small survey vessel using multi-beam echosounder (including backscatter), LiDAR and/or camera www.eiva.com
Collaborative project to advance Geo-data science skills
Fugro has joined …

The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China published a white paper titled “China’s Space Program: A 2021 Perspective” . Here are some excerpts

In the next five years, China will integrate space science, technology and applications while pursuing the new development philosophy, building a new development model and meeting the requirements for …

The new city science aims not only to better understand geographic forms and processes but also – maybe more importantly – to make geographic space or the Earth’s surface living or more living

Bin Jiang

Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Division of GIScience University of Gävle, SE- 801 76 Gävle, Sweden

Abstract
The third view of space …

Patrick Marvin Casiano

Director of Product Marketing, Rx Networks

There is still huge potential yet to be imagined. Let me replace Internet of Things (IoT) with Internet of Sensors. The old saying goes, ‘you cannot manage what you don’t measure’. The best parallel process I can think of is in the design of instrumentation and control systems …

Using cryptographic digital technology, a mobile application could be developed to eliminate property registry fraud even before it occurs

Jethro Jones

Medici Land Governance, Utah, USA

Abstract
Property registry fraud is a form of identity theft used to steal property by forging documents in the name of the property’s rightful owner. Property registry fraud impacts land rights across the …

An experimental course of C++ programming for surveyors and cartographers has been developed and implemented in the educational process at Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography. The C++ programming course focuses on the use of cartographic tasks and geodetic exercises to illustrate various programming language constructions. One of these training computer programs is discussed. …