AI can bring unprecedented speed to urban planning,
Making it possible to process vast volumes of spatial,environmental, demographic and infrastructural data.
But a city is not merely a collection of datasets.
It is a living and changing ecosystem of people, places,aspirations, conflicts and compromises.
In their interview with Coordinates, Prof. Dr. Mahavir and Dr. Prabh …

HydroGNSS data open for new insights into Earth’s wáter
The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) two-satellite HydroGNSS Scout mission has completed commissioning and is now in full scientific operations.
Following extensive testing and validation of the satellites, instruments and ground segment, HydroGNSS data are now freely available to users worldwide, opening new opportunities to advance our …

September 2026

Intergeo 2026

15 – 17, September
Munich, Germany

https://dvw.de/intergeo/en/

21st International 3D GeoInfo Conference

28-29 September
Sofia, Bulagria

https://gdmc.nl/3DCadastres/workshop2026

October 2026

14th International FIG Workshop on the Land Administration Domain Model & 3D Land Administration

1-2 October
Sofia, Bulagria

https://gdmc.nl/3DCadastres/workshop2026

ICL-GNSS 2026

6 …

A GIS-enhanced curriculum for sustainable planning and socio-economic transformation in northern cape, South Africa

Dr. Tolulope Ayodeji Olatoye

Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Geography at Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley, South Africa.

Dr. Raymond Nkwenti Fru

Head of Department, Human Science Teaching at the Faculty of Education, Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley. South Africa

Abstract
The Northern Cape province of South Africa …

The analysis performed in this report is solely the author’s work and his opinion.

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 GNSS (ICG), and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). As a professional employee, the …

In an interview with Coordinates, Prof. Dr. Mahavir and Dr. Prabh Bedi explore how AI and geospatial technologies could reshape urban planning – from the conceptualisation of city plans and scenario generation to master-plan preparation, approval, public participation and the emergence of City Digital Twins. At the same time, they also caution against assuming that …

OpenAI’s Sam Altman believes that AI has entered the ‘singularity’,
The point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.
If such a threshold is ever crossed,
Technological progress could accelerate beyond humanity’s ability
To predict, regulate, or even fully comprehend.
That possibility explains why some experts advocate
Stronger safeguards, independent oversight, …

September 2026

Esri India User Conference

2 – 3 September 2026
New Delhi, India

www.esri.com/

ION GNSS+ 2026

14 – 18 August
Orlando, Florida, USA

www.ion.org/

Intergeo 2026

15 – 17, September
Munich, Germany

https://dvw.de/intergeo/en/

21st International 3D GeoInfo Conference

28-29 …

The analysis performed in this report is solely the author’s work and his opinion.

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 GNSS (ICG), and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). As a professional employee, the …

AI for architecture, on this account, is less about spectacle than about the quiet, demanding work of structural diagnosis and structurally constrained generation.

Bin Jiang

LivableCityLAB, Urban Governance and Design Thrust, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China

Abstract
This essay argues that the most consequential question for AI in architecture is not whether AI can …