Trial run of delivering vaccines by drones
The Telangana government in India holds a trial run of delivering medicines and vaccines using drones. It is a part of state government’s ambitious ‘Medicine From The Sky’ project. On the first two days, the drones will be flying in the visual line of sight – between 500 and …

First UAE Spectral library website for public use
The Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Centre at the College of Natural and Health Sciences at Zayed University has earned a commendable badge by presenting the first UAE Spectral Library website for public use.
The library will allow users to interact and access spectral information derived using hyperspectral camera and Field …

Wipro and HERE partnership
Wipro Limited and HERE Technologies are partnering to offer location-based services, to customers from Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics, Telecom and Automotive industry verticals. Both will be jointly developing solutions in the areas of asset tracking, logistics, supply chain, smartmetering and analytics, field workforce management, and private mapping-asa- service for …

Experimenting satellite-based positioning on the lunar surface
The project NEIL (Navigation Early Investigation on Lunar surface) will experiment satellite-based positioning on the lunar surface. The project is at the center of an agreement between the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and NASA, linked to the CLPS 19-D mission (NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Service, Task Order 19) in …

Bentley Systems announces Seequent’s acquisition of Minalytix
Bentley Systems has announced that its Seequent business unit has acquired Canadian software company Minalytix, the developer of MX Deposit. The acquisition extends Seequent’s cloud capabilities and solutions for mining, including greenfield exploration, resource development, and mining production.
MX Deposit simplifies and controls how drill hole and other field data …

As the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper highlights humorous research showcasing the considerable contribution of vampires and zombies to science

Volker Janssen

Publications Officer, Association of Public Authority Surveyors (APAS), New South Wales, Australia

This is the third in a series of papers celebrating some of the weird and wonderful research findings hidden …

This paper reviews how technology could play a crucial role in a global pandemic for timely dissemination of information and operational decision-making

Rishiraj Dutta

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Bangkok, Thailand

With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading rapidly across the world, one of the important aspects that came to the forefront is the role of information and communications technology. While …

The geospatial information in digital format generated under the projects were inputs to other land administration processes which significantly improved the delivery of services, access and transparency while contributing to a more reliable, efficient and effective land administration and management system

Richard Oput

Land Administration/ Geomatics Consultant, Uganda

Abstract
Uganda got a new Constitution in 1995 which had fundamental …

Volume XVII, Issue 9, September 2021

Securing PNT needs action on a global scale

Guy Buesnel

A resilient national timing architecture

Marc Weiss, Patrick Diamond and Dana A Goward

Systematic land registration in Georgia – Design and implementation

Elene Grigolia and Teimuraz Gabriadze

Humorous science: Workplace office mysteries

Volker Janssen

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A new draft policy by Department of Space (DoS), Government of India.
Recognizes that Space based navigation /augmentation system is essentially a public good which has to be accessible to all users.
It plans for continuity of NavIC and GAGAN services, ensuring compatibility and interoperability with other GNSS/SBAS signals.
It intends to work towards expanding …