Survey of India (SOI), the national survey and mapping organization of the country has announced that a total of six states in the country will soon have maps 100 times more detailed than existing ones. The project covers Haryana, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka, and is expected to be complete by mid-year. In addition, …

India has set free the process of map making and generation of geospatial data, giving Indian private players the freedom to handle such information without prior approval or restriction. Mapping was till now remained a government preserve, handled by the Central government’s Survey of India. With the sweeping changes announced today, any Indian entity can …

As part of the Geospatial Commission’s Public Sector Geospatial Agreement, today over 5,500 public sector organisations now have direct and immediate access to OS’s most detailed and trusted location data via a suite of APIs which will transform how geospatial data is used to support government policy and underpin public services.
Free at the point of use, the …

Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), delivered its 3,000th MAGR 2000-S24 GPS system to the U.S. Air Force. The MAGR2K is a secure, resilient GPS receiver that allows the warfighter to navigate the battlespace with protection against interference and jamming.
The MAGR2K is an upgrade to the legacy miniaturized airborne GPS receivers and …

Planet announces the release of the new and improved Planet ArcGIS Add-In & Planet QGIS Plugin V2.0. The new integration products are designed to make it easier for GIS users to discover and apply imagery in their preferred mapping and analysis tools, enriching their applications and projects with more frequent satellite imagery.
The ArcGIS Add-In & QGIS Plugin V1.0 were …

The Remote Sensing Payload Instrument, RESEPI, consists of a dual antenna GNSS-aided Inertial Navigation System (INS), a datalogger, a LiDAR Scanner, an optional camera, and a communications system that allows for real time and post processed generation of point cloud solutions. The RESEPI is now available with the all-new Livox Avia, a compact and lightweight …

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has announced a multi-year research effort called the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique (SMART) program.

SMART will automate broad-area search of multi-source satellite imagery to detect, monitor and characterize the progression of dynamic processes such as heavy construction or crop growth. By …

Cruise and General Motors on have announced that they have entered a long-term strategic relationship with Microsoft to accelerate the commercialization of self-driving vehicles. The companies will bring together their software and hardware engineering excellence, cloud computing capabilities, manufacturing know-how and partner ecosystem to transform transportation to create a safer, cleaner, and more accessible world …

The Indian Army has signed an approximately $20 million contract for undisclosed quantities of a high-altitude variant of ideaForge’s SWITCH UAV which will be delivered over a period of 1 year. ideaForge has been awarded this contract after it emerged as the only vendor that qualified the operational requirements in an evaluation done in real-world conditions, for …

American Robotics has became the first company approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate automated drones without human operators on-site. The company’s Scout System™ features advanced acoustic Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) technology that enables its drones to maintain a safe distance from other aircraft at all times. By developing a layered, redundant system of safety …