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Restoration of forests has long been seen as a potential measure to combat climate change. The latest special report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggests that an increase of 1 billion hectares of forest will be necessary to limit global warming to 1.5°C …

Volume XV, Issue 6, June 2019
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Privacy and ethics under the gaze of eyes in the sky
George Cho
Advancement in GNSS technology in India
Sanat K Biswas
Building a low cost long range mapping drone
Sasanka L Madawalagama, Hiroshi Inoue, Chathumal M Weththasinghe Arachchige , Manzul K Hazarika, Kavinda Gunasekara, Treshan N Perera and Manuka P Gunasekara
Driving force of historically …

Protecting privacy
When a trade off is made
Between convenience and personal information
We not only underestimate the value of the information
But many a times underestimate its potential exploitation, as well
And we do not realize when and how
The technology that otherwise is pushed as a facilitator,
Turns into a surveillance tool.
Is it true that in bio-techno sphere
Where we live …
June 2019
United Nations/Fiji Workshop on the applications of GNSS
24 – 28 June 2019
Suva, Fiji
http://www.unoosa.org
July 2019
Esri User Conference
8 – 12 July
San Diego, California
https://www.esri.com
August 2019
Nine-month post graduate courses on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and Satellite Communications (SATCOM)
1 August 2019- 30 April 2020 Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad, India
www.cssteap.org, www.sac.gov.in
Smart Geospatial Expo
7 – 9 August Seoul, Republic …
ViaLite GNSS/GPS Fiber Extension Kit
Carrying timing signals over optical fiber links to 10+ km, ViaLite’s new GNSS/GPS Fiber Extension Kit has been successfully qualified for use with Microsemi’s timing and synchronization products. Included in the kit is the ViaLiteHD GPS Link, which is ideal for providing a remote GNSS/ GPS signal or derived timing …