February 2025

DGI (Defence Geospatial Intelligence)

10-12 February 2025
London, UK

https://dgi.wbresearch.com

Geo Week 2025

10 – 12 February
Denver, USA

www.geo-week.com

MENA Geospatial Forum

24 – 25 February 2025
Dubai, UAE

https://menageospatialforum.com

March 2025

Munich Satellite Navigation Summit

26 – 28 March 2025
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Meta’s recent decision,
To end its independent fact-checking program,
And introduce community-generated “notes”
Reflects a growing tension,
Between free speech and content moderation on digital platforms.
This approach mirrors the model adopted by Twitter (now X).
As misinformation has become a significant challenge in the digital age,
Fact-checking initiatives were created to counter this issue, …

Hexagon to acquire Septentrio
Hexagon has announced an agreement to acquire Septentrio NV, an OEM provider of GNSS technologies, to drive innovation and expand the market reach of Resilient Assured Positioning solutions.
Combining Septentrio’s pioneering GNSS platform with Hexagon’s extensive positioning portfolio, including sensor fusion, anti-jamming, correction services …

A2Z Drone Delivery launches BVLOS drone dock network
A2Z Drone Delivery has launched multiuse drone dock network operating beyondvisual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) with a single operator managing a fleet of four drones simultaneously. Conducting both autonomous patrol of protected urban waterways, supporting water rescue, and expediting regional retail delivery, the deployment marks the company’s first as a drone …

UP Aerospace launches suborbital flight to test GNSS payloads
Colorado-based UP Aerospace launched its 21st suborbital space flight from the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport occurred at 7:09 a.m. local time Tuesday (Oct. 1, 2024).
UP Aerospace partnered with NASA’s Flight Opportunities program on its latest flight, SL-15, …

Overture Maps Foundation releases transportation dataset
The Overture Maps Foundation announced recently, the General Availability (GA) of its global Transportation dataset. This open map dataset supports new and expanded use cases across a broad swath of industries. The Transportation dataset includes 86 million kilometers of roads worldwide …

Ultra-high-speed remote sensing image laser transmission test
A commercial Chinese satellite company has conducted an ultra-high-speed, highresolution satellite-ground remote sensing image laser transmission test using an independently developed, vehicle-mounted laser communication ground station and the laser terminal aboard one of its Jilin-1 satellites. The 100-Gbps (gigabits per second) image transmission test was a success, said Chang …

Says Prof. Muralikrishna V. Iyyanki in an interview with Coordinates magazine, where he shares his insights on various topics, including the current status, emerging trends, and future prospects of geospatial technologies.

Prof. Dr. Muralikrishna V Iyyanki

PhD (Indian Institute of ScienceBangalore) FIE FIS FAPAS FISG FIGU Former Dr RAJA RAMANNA DISTINGUISHED FELLOW, DRDO Professor and Founder Head …

The study revealed that the radical changes in land use/land cover dynamics. The study compared surface temperature with green and non-green areas to ana-lyze the effects of green spaces on temperature and consequently UHI, and has analyzed the cooling effects of urban green spaces

Biratu Bobo Merga

Department of Geographic Information Science, Institute of Land Administration, Oda …

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 …