March 2022

GeoIgnite Winter Geo 2022 (Online)

1-2 March

https://wintergeo.com

Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2022

7-9 March Munich, Germany

munich-satellitenavigation- summit.org

IGRSM 2022

8-9 March Virtual Conference Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

https://www.igrsm.org

The 10th Land Administration Domain Model Workshop

31 March – 2 April 2022 Dubrovnik, Croatia

http://isoladm.org/LADM2022Workshop

July 2022

IGARSS 2022 (hybrid form)

17-22 July 2022 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

https://igarss2022.org

September 2022

Commercial UAV Expo Americas

6-8 September 2022 Las Vegas, USA

www.expouav.com

October 2022

Intergeo Hybrid

18-20 …

The ecosystem for drones in India is set to evolve,
With many recent initiatives such as…
Notification of ‘liberalized drone rules’,
launch of ‘interactive airspace maps’,
‘Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) for drones and their components,
Drone Shakti Scheme to promote ‘drones-as –a-service’ (DrAAS),
Agriculture drones, …
This month, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Government of …

Planet launches 44 SuperDove satellites
Planet Labs PBC has announced the successful launch of its 4x Flock, consisting of 44 SuperDove satellites, into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. These 44 satellites will join Planet’s existing fleet of roughly 200 satellites in orbit. It has now launched 127 satellites across eight launches with SpaceX, …

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 …