An outage
That lasted a weeklong (11th July’19 onwards)
Again re-emphasizes the GNSS vulnerabilities.
As stakes are high, so are the worries.
There will be plausible explanations
To such technical incidents
Yet they do not lessen the likely consequences.
Voices making the case for complementarity among GNSS systems
And lobby for back-up system
Gain further credence.

Bal Krishna, Editor
bal@mycoordinates.org

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August 2019

Esri India User Conference

User Conference, Hyderabad August 20, The Park User Conference, Kolkata August 22, Hyatt Regency Kolkata User Conference, Delhi August 28 – 29, The Leela Ambience Gurugram Hotel

https://www.esri.in

Hidden Geographies: Slovenia 2019

28-31 August

http://hiddengeographies.geografija.si

September 2019

GI4DM

16 – 20 September
Miami, Florida, USA

www.ion.org

Interdrone

3 – 6 September
Las Vegas, USA

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57th Photogrammetric Week

9 – 13 September 2019
Stuttgart, Germany

https://phowo.ifp.uni-stuttgart.de

Intergeo 2019

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Racelogic announces Satgen Galileo update
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Drone Companies snag $7.5 Million Air Force contract to develop UTM
Two New York drone companies have flown into a cloud of sweet, sweet government dollars after receiving a $7.75 million grant from the Air Force Research Lab.
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Airbus brings a SMILE to ESA
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to build the European component of the SMILE satellite (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE will be the first joint satellite mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), following on from the success …

Galilleo GNSS Service restored
Carlos des Dorides, executive director of the GSA made the following statement after restoration of GNSS services over the Galilleo satellite constellation.
“As members of the GNSS community, you are all undoubtedly aware of the recent technical incident that resulted in the temporary interruption of Galileo navigation and timing services.
The technical incident originated …

Improve bridge inspections using robotics technology
Powerful robotics technology developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo makes critical bridge inspections cheaper and more reliable by automating the process. The new system combines autonomous robots, cameras and lidar – a remote sensing method using lasers — to systematically collect data for defect detection and analysis.
“We can …

New versatility to chart production by S-100 data model
Teledyne CARIS has announced the release of its Hydrographic Production Database™ (HPD) 4.0. It is designed to support Hydrographic Offices around the world as they embrace the new S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model and explore its many possibilities. Its users will be able to augment their existing …

We can learn and accomplish a great deal when female land intermediaries work hand-in-hand with chartered surveyors

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Women In Surveying (WIS), Nigeria

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Land administration is generally the responsibility of governments. But in emerging economies, the lack of financial and human resources prevent many governments from building and maintaining comprehensive land registries and …

Citizen science programmes have been conducted for several decades to make use the collective intelligence of local people in supplying scientific data. In developed countries, volunteer efforts to update…