Articles in the News Update Category

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Feb 2026 | No Comment

Dimetor is providing its NAVSentry airspace situational awareness system to the World Economic Forum annual meeting, in support of the Austrian Armed Forces. The meeting is taking place this week in Davos, Switzerland, close to the Austrian border.

NAVSentry is an AI-powered platform for detecting GNSS disruptions in real time, combining different technology layers and securing position, navigation and …

Feb 2026 | No Comment

In Malaysia, Intermap has been awarded a project to supply high‑resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data and related services to the government for the State of Sabah as part of the National Flood Forecasting and Warning Program. The project is implemented by the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) under the Ministry of Energy Transition …

Feb 2026 | No Comment

Bentley Systems, Incorporated has announced its Blyncsy solution is being used by the Hawaii Department of Transportation (Hawaii DOT) in the Eyes on the Road program—an initiative driven by the Hawaii DOT in partnership with The University of Hawaii to enhance roadway safety statewide. 

The Eyes on the Road project provides 1,000 free high-resolution dash cameras to Hawaii residents to install in …

Feb 2026 | No Comment

Virtual Surveyor has added Local Coordinate System functionality to the 10.2 release of its smart drone surveying package. This means users can easily define a local coordinate system and work with new and existing survey data in those systems.
The Virtual Surveyor V10.2 package is an incredibly robust tool for creating surveys from drone images and …

Feb 2026 | No Comment

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’s long-term imaging strategy – implemented through service providers using UltraCam Osprey cameras since 2017 – has enabled the city to develop a consistent, scalable, highly accurate …

Dec 2025 | No Comment

Ghana opened the joint AfricaGIS 2025 and 11th United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Africa conference in Accra on Tuesday, November 17, 2025, with a call for stronger investment and policy changes to advance the continent’s use of geospatial information.
Deputy Minister of Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Yusif Sulemana, said Ghana is …

Dec 2025 | No Comment

Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchi, has been recognised by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay as the Open Source Geospatial Knowledge Centre for the Tiruchi district. The recognition, granted under the Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education, Geographic Information System (FOSSEE GIS) initiative, marks a major step in expanding open source learning and geospatial …

Dec 2025 | No Comment

MapmyIndia has announced two major government partnerships: a ₹110 crore contract with Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) and a deal to build Survey of India’s National Geo-Spatial Platform, marking a significant expansion of its government business.

For IOCL, the company will develop an integrated tracking and management system for 23,000 LPG trucks across 150 locations, featuring geofencing, …

Dec 2025 | No Comment

The Government of Japan has granted approximately 649 million yen (US$4.3 million) to Laos to upgrade outdated topographic maps and establish an online geospatial data system.

A signing ceremony for the Exchange of Notes on the Economic and Social Development Programme (Geospatial Data Platform) took place on October 22 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in …

Dec 2025 | No Comment

India has been elected as the Co-Chair of the Regional Committee of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP), marking a significant milestone in the country’s growing leadership in the global geospatial sector. India was represented in the election by Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana, IAS, Surveyor General of India.

The elections …