For years, we have talked about smart cities in India.
Sensors, command centres, intelligent traffic systems and digital platforms promise better urban living.
Yet, our cities continue to struggle with the basics.
Unsafe roads and footpaths, Open manholes and electrical wires, Overflowing drainage, Building fires and collapses.
Inadequate housing, sanitation and waste management.
Polluted air and water.
The list is long.
And …

November 2026

2026 K-Geo Festa

4 – 6 NovemberGoyang, Gyeonggi, S. Korea

Trimble Dimensions User Conference

9 – 11, November 2026Las Vegas, USA

www.trimble.com

United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (3rd UNWGIC)

16 – 19 NovemberJeddah, Saudi Arabia

https://ggim.un.org/3UNWGIC

Geoworld

23 – 26 NovemberDubai, UAE

https://www.geoworldevent.com

Pacific Islands GIS & Remote Sensing User Conference

30 November – 4 December 2026Suva, Fiji

https://pgrsc.org

December 2026

IEEE India Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium

01 …

The recent collapse of buildings in Said-ul-Ajaib village and fires in Hauz Rani, Tughlakabad Extension, Palam and Vivek Vihar raise the question on the safety of buildings in the Capital’s urban villages and unauthorised colonies. There is an urgent need for safeguarding and mainstreaming them in to planned development.

Ashok Kumar Jain

Worked as Commissioner (Planning), Delhi …

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 …

During this review was that most of research that involved the application of GIS and RS in urban sprawl monitoring seemed to be concentrated within a few countries

Mosa Koloko

Institute for Water Studies, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa

Thabang Maphanga

Institute for Water …

October 2026

ICL-GNSS 2026

6 – 8 October
Rome, Italy

https://events.tuni.fi

3rd Annual International Geotechnical Innovation Conference

12 – 13 October
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

https://geotechnicalinnovationconference.
com

47th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing

12 – 16 October 2026
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AI is accelerating.
But Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk have recently warned that AI development may outpace our ability to control it.
Now comes a warning from the real world.
An OpenAI AI agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government portal.
In the US, OpenAI has disclosed unexpected interactions by its agents …

— says Maj. Gen. (Dr.) B. Nagarajan. As India modernises its geodetic infrastructure and expands its geospatial capabilities, he explains why geodesy has become central to scientific research, national development and infrastructure resilience.

Maj. Gen. (Dr.) B. Nagarajan

Maj. Gen. (Dr.) B. Nagarajan is one of India’s foremost geodesists, with over four decades of experience spanning government …

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 …

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 …