Volume XVI, Issue 2, February 2020
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Geographic coverage expands as imaging technology matures
Alexander Wiechert
Emerging PNT and GNSS Technology Trends: Creating Resilient, Wireless Connected Systems
John Fischer
Challenges for 3D mapping
Graham hunter
Application of GIS and remote sensing in urban planning
Mohd. Monis Khan
Identifying GNSS market in Indonesia before and the future
Heri Andreas and Sandy Noveriansyah
Spatial Analytics and Deep Learning in …
Novel Scare
COVID-19 has spread
All across the globe, almost.
With over 4000 death counts
And over 1,27,000 infected,
Countries struggle to contain it.
The World Health Organization declares it a pandemic.
This is unprecedented.
Along with the health crisis, the world economy is in a quandary.
A time for self-isolation, if needed
But to collaborate and support each other, surely.
A global crisis looms large.
Humankind …
March 2020
Geo Week
March 23-25, Washington, DC
www.geoweek.com, www.lidarmap.org
HxGN LIVE India
24-25 March 2020 Delhi, India
https://hxgnliveindia.com
April 2020
United Nations/Mongolia Workshop
on the Applications of GNSS
13 – 17 April
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
www.www.unoosa.org
SpaceTimeAI 2020
20 – 22 April London, UK
www.ucl.ac.uk/civil-environmentalgeomatic-engineering/
May 2020
China Satellite Navigation Conference
May 2020
Chengdu, China
www.beidou.org
XPONENTIAL 2020
4 – 7 May
Boston, USA
www.xponential.org
GISTAM 2020
7-9 May Prague, Czech Republic
www.gistam.org
FIG Working Week 2020
10 -14 May Amsterdam, the Netherlands
www.fig.net
European Navigation …
Vexcel Imaging to acquire Image Resources from Verisk
Vexcel Imaging, a leader in aerial imagery data, large-format aerial cameras, and photogrammetry software, signed a definitive agreement on 21st Jan 2020, to acquire the imagery sourcing group from Verisk’s Geomni business. The acquisition will combine Geomni’s imagery surveying and content-related teams and assets into Vexcel. Verisk, …
KazUAV supports World Bank’s school infrastructure risk assessment initiative
KazUAV, a group company of Japanbased Terra Drone Corporation, has been supporting the World Bank in its initiative to build sustainable school infrastructure in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. As part of the General-Purpose Simulation Program (GPSS) under the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) …
Agreement on data utilization of EOS with FAO
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has agreed to collaborate with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on data utilization of Earth Observation Satellites(EOS), and Imai Ryoichi, JAXA Vice President and Daniel Gustafson, FAO’s Deputy Director- General for Programmes have signed the Memorandum of Understanding at …
ISRO’s NavIC will support Qualcomm
Qualcomm has released three new chipsets that will come with support for India’s NavIC satellites — developed by ISRO. Support for NavIC will be seen on Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 720G, 662 and 460. These are budget to midtier performing chipsets that will be seen on upcoming budget-friendly smartphones. www.indiatimes.com
Galileo …
Iridium Cloud Connect goes live
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced that Iridium CloudConnect, the first and only satellite cloud-based solution offering truly global coverage for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, is now actively serving customers. This new service combines Iridium® IoT capabilities with Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT and cloud services extending customers’ IoT reach …