SatGen now with NavIC (IRNSS)
The latest update to SatGen GNSS simulation software SatGen v3 for PC now incorporates NavIC RF simulation.
Designed to create custom GNSS RF I&Q or IF data files based on user-generated trajectories, the updated software can now accurately simulate the Indian NavIC GNSS satellite constellation alongside existing GPS, Galileo, GLONASS …

China launches last BeiDou satellite
China recently launched the last satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The satellite, carried by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, is the 30th BDS-3 satellite and the 55th of the whole BeiDou satellite family. The launch marked …

AI enabled technology to ensure social distancing
Amazon has launched an artificial intelligence-based tracking system to enforce social distancing at its offices and warehouses to help reduce any risk of contracting the new coronavirus among its workers. One of the early solution developed at Amazon applies artificial intelligence and machine learning to the camera footage in …

Indian Government issues draft rules for manufacturing and using drones
The Civil Aviation Ministry of India issued draft rules for manufacturing drones and using it in the country. As per the new policy authorized manufacturer or importer can sell its devices only to an individual or entity approved by the aviation regulator DGCA. The draft …

Virtual edition of ESA Space App Camp 2020
For the first time, the ESA Space App Camp is offering a virtual workspace to 20 dedicated developers: a comprehensive preparation phase and an 11-day online Space App Camp, supported by Earth Observation, Artificial Intelligence and business experts. The winners will be rewarded with cash prizes, a …

Survey of India to use drones for mapping of villages in India
Survey of India (SoI) has now approval from DGCA for high definition aerial mapping of villages in India using drones. The mapping agency of India got permission for the purpose under the SVAMITVA scheme of Ministry of Panchayati Raj which stands for ‘Survey …

This paper outlines how AUSPOS and CORSnet-NSW are used to support datum modernisation in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and investigates the performance of AUSPOS across the State

Volker Janssen

Senior Technical Surveyor in the Geodetic Operations team at NSW Spatial Services in Bathurst, Australia.

Simon McElroy

Senior Surveyor, leading the Geodetic Operations team at NSW Spatial Services in …

Will we be able to maintain a Covid-19 free country or could it be that we will eventually suffer due to the lack of herd immunity? Will we see more Covid-19 business impacts in three to four months? Only time will tell.

John Hannah

Managing Director, Vision NZ Ltd, Nelson, New Zealand

These are unprecedented days for the …

This paper reviews the background to the grounding of Clipper Adventure, and the geomatics issues related to the grounding

Bruce Calderbank

Retired Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), a Canada Lands Surveyor (CLS), a Canadian Certified Hydrographer (CH) Level 1, a Certified Professional Hydrographic Surveyor Level 1 (CPHS 1), and an Albertan Professional Engineer …

In the present paper we present a methodology, which is based on the verification of the common points of the two different geodetic systems and the implementation of the well-known 2D similarity transformation. The numerical application took part for the Northern part of Greece (Central and Eastern Macedonia)

Georgios Moschopoulos

Freelance Surveyor Engineer and member of the …