The entire social media, intelligentsia, the new world and technical journals are flooded with data and information on Covid-19 ever since the onslaught of the Pandemic, early this year. All commotion, beginning from the unprecedented lockdowns, strict protocols demanding social distancing…

Over the past 10 years, the Moscow University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK) has been conducting a pedagogical experiment in teaching students of cartography and geodesy to program in C++ using a specifically developed training course…

In the first phase of the Covid-19 crisis, many countries of the European Union (EU) introduced severe measures limiting the free movement of persons and goods across borders. The objective of these measures was the contention of the spreading of the virus…

Volume XVI, Issue 10, October 2020

Surveying education in the time of Covid

Craig Roberts

Embrace the current scenario as a motivator, rather as a temporary nuisance

Robert William Kingdon

Emerging GIS trends and forecasting

Ashwani Rawat

The land reforms in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Timothée Rakundo and David Betge

The cost-effectiveness of controlling dengue in Indonesia

Oliver J Brady, Dinar D Kharisma, Nandyan …

It has been months …
But only time has passed
Not the chaos and nor the calamity
And worse, it remains as confusing as it was.
Even basic questions still struggle for answers…
First wave, second wave or the third one?
Whether to lock, and if yes then what and how?
As we unlock, the …

Trimble Connect integrates with Microsoft 365 and BIMcollab
Trimble has announced new integrations for Microsoft 365 and BIMcollab with its Trimble® Connect™ cloud-based collaboration platform. It provides users of both platforms with a common data environment for connecting project stakeholders with the data they need to inform decisions and improve team efficiency. In real-time, project …

UK Government to explore new ways of delivering ‘Sat Nav’
New options for a UK satellite navigation and timing capability programme to support the nation’s critical infrastructure will be explored by the government.
The Space-Based Positioning Navigation and Timing Programme (SBPP) will explore new and alternative ways that could be used to deliver vital satellite navigation services …

IRDAI committee recommends insurance for drones
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) constituted a Working Group in June 2020 to study and understand the insurance needs of RPAS owners and operators and make recommendations relating to design and development of products meeting the needs of RPAS owners and operators, including Third Party Liability.
The Working …

£2 million transport location data competition
The Geospatial Commission has partnered with Innovate UK to create a new £2 million competition which will look at how location data can spark innovation and support the future of mobility for the United Kingdom.
This competition aims to stimulate commercial innovation to help create geospatial solutions to our …

Promoting GIS in Africa
Esri has announced a joint initiative with AfroChampions, a Pan-African nonprofit that aims to promote policies that foster private-public collaboration for Africa’s economic transformation. The goal of the initiative is to engage leaders in business, governments, the African Union, and other regional economic communities through dialogue and potential partnership building in …