Volume XVII, Issue 10, October 2021

Modernization of land administration services in Uganda

Richard Oput

COVID-19 and the role of digital technology based on the ten global trends identified by the World Economic Forum

Rishiraj Dutta

Humorous science: Vampires and zombies

Volker Janssen

My Coordinates

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INDUSTRY | GNSS | GIS | UAV | IMAGING | LBS

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November 2021 – March 2022

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In this divided world, emerges an additional fault line
Vaccinated vs. un-vaccinated.
If in high-income countries around 60% have been vaccinated with at least one dose, the percentage remains abysmally low at around 3% in low-income countries.
The priority to vaccinate ones own first is understandable and justifiable to some extent,
But the concerns towards …

November 2021

Digital Construction Week

24-25, November London, UK

www.digitalconstructionweek.com

Navigation 2021

15-18 November

https://rin.org.uk

GEO Business

24-25 November London, UK

www.geobusinessshow.com

December 2021

SIRGAS2021 (virtual)

Nov 29 to Dec 1

www.sirgas.org/en/sirgassymposia/ symp_2021 www.geobusinessshow.com

February 2022

Geo Week

6-8 February, 2022 Denver, CO, USA

www.geo-week.com

DGI Geospatial Intelligence for National Security 2022

London on 08-09 February 2022

https://dgi.wbresearch.com

March 2022

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

 
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Collins Aerospace launches Military Underwater Navigation System
Collins Aerospace has launched the world’s first Military Underwater Navigation System with M-Code (MUNS-M), a handheld diver navigation system that provides the diver with precise position and includes secure anti-jamming capabilities during deep sea missions. M-CODE is the military GPS signal required by the U.S. DOD for military operations, …

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 …