Geospatial technology is no longer confined to maps, layers, and overlays.
It is rapidly evolving into a living, reasoning system,
That observes, predicts, and decides.
As AI converges Earth observation, GIS, positioning, and analytics,
This delivers unprecedented scale, speed, and insight
While also introducing opacity, bias, and decision fatigue.
In an interview with Coordinates magazine,
Dr. Mukund Kadursrinivas Rao reminds us
That as …

says Dr. Mukund Kadursrinivas Rao in an interview with Coordinates magazine, as geospatial systems transition from mapping the world to autonomously reasoning about it.

Dr. Mukund Kadursrinivas Rao

is an internationally recognized leader in space and geospatial technologies, with deep multidisciplinary expertise spanning technology, applications and policies in Earth Observation (EO) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). With …

February 2026

Geo Week

16 – 18, February 2026
Denver, CO, USA

www.geo-week.com

DGI 2026

23 -25 February

The Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London

https://dgi.wbresearch.com

March 2026

Munich Navigation Satellite Summit

25 – 27 March 2026
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Vexcel UltraCam Osprey powers Espoo’s 3D city model
Vexcel Imaging highlights the City of Espoo, Finland, and its continued success in building one of Europe’s most advanced open 3D city models, powered by high-resolution nadir and oblique imagery captured with Vexcel’s UltraCam Osprey systems.
Espoo needed a highly accurate, photorealistic 3D model that would integrate …

The analysis performed in this report is solely his work and own opinion. State Program: U.S.A (G); EU (E); China (C) “Only MEO- SECM satellites”; Russia (R); Japan (J); India (I)

Narayan Dhital

Actively involved to support international collaboration in GNSS related activities. He has regularly supported and contributed to different workshops of the International Committee on …

IATA warns that GPS spoofing and jamming are rising sharply worldwide,
With navigation losses per 1,000 flights nearly doubling in three years,
And India now firmly affected.
What began near conflict zones has spilled into civilian airspace.
Pilots are urged to stay vigilant, aircraft to adapt,
But vigilance cannot replace assured navigation.
Civil aviation …

February 2025

Geo Week

16 – 18, February 2026
Denver, CO, USA

www.geo-week.com

DGI 2026

23 -25 February

The Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London

https://dgi.wbresearch.com

March 2025

Munich Navigation Satellite Summit

25 – 27 March 2026
…

Moldova’s positioning system now uses Galileo
The MOLDPOS National Positioning System in Moldova has been integrated into the European Position Determination System (EUPOS), a pan-European GNSS augmentation service. The MOLDPOS navigational system uses both GPS and GLONASS, and now Galileo has been added. Creation of MOLDPOS was gradual. First, sites for placement of MOLDPOS stations …

The findings of this study show the potential of using UAS-lidar as a sampling tool for estimating and monitoring AGB and other forest structural attributes.

Hastings Shamaoma

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Copperbelt University, 21692 Kitwe, Zambia.

Paxie W. Chirwa

Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria …

The analysis performed in this report is solely his work and own opinion. State Program: U.S.A (G); EU (E); China (C) “Only MEO- SECM satellites”; Russia (R); Japan (J); India (I)

Narayan Dhital

Actively involved to support international collaboration in GNSS related activities. He has regularly supported and contributed to different workshops of the International Committee on …