Survey of India to use drones for mapping of villages in India
Survey of India (SoI) has now approval from DGCA for high definition aerial mapping of villages in India using drones. The mapping agency of India got permission for the purpose under the SVAMITVA scheme of Ministry of Panchayati Raj which stands for ‘Survey …

Scotland joins the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement
The first collective geospatial agreement for Great Britain allowing the public sector from England, Wales and Scotland to access Ordnance Survey (OS) geospatial data and expertise has been achieved.
The Scottish Government and Geospatial Commission have agreed that from 19 May 2020 Scotland …

Opens access to geospatial data for Ukrainians
The ‘Verkhovna Rada’ or the parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine “On National Geospatial Data Infrastructure” (bill No. 2370) which established free access to relevant information for citizens and economic entities.
The law establishes the legal foundations for the creation, operation and development of national geospatial …

Esri India continues support to the users amid COVID-19 spread
Esri India is geared up to provide remote technical support. The technical support engineers are operating from their homes but will be able to take calls on the tollfree number, respond to emails or web based technical support requests within its standard response times. As part …

Esri India continues support to the users amid COVID-19 spread
Esri India is geared up to provide remote technical support. The technical support engineers are operating from their homes but will be able to take calls on the tollfree number, respond to emails or web based technical support requests within its standard response times. As …

NCAER releases India’s first Land Records and Services Index
National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), released its new Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2020), on Thursday, 27th February, 2020.
The N-LRSI assesses the extent of digitisation of land records and the quality of these land records in the States and Union Territories of India. Madhya …

Blue Marble Geographics announces partnership with COPTRZ
Blue Marble Geographics® has announced its first official partnership with a UK GIS-focused company — COPTRZ, UK Commercial Drone Experts. Providing comprehensive support to businesses interested in using drones, COPTRZ will now include Blue Marble’s GIS software and point cloud processing software Global Mapper® and the LiDAR Module® …

Madagascar embarks on multisectoral nutrition mapping
Nearly one in two children under five years old suffer from chronic malnutrition in Madagascar, according to the 2018 Global Nutrition Report. Malnutrition is more prevalent in some parts of the country due to economic disparities, lack of resources and increased poverty.
To combat this issue, the Government of Madagascar …

Integration of mapping technology into elections systems
National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) has been awarded $300,000 by the bipartisan Democracy Fund Voice organization for the second phase of NSGIC’s Geo-Enabled Elections project. This continues a national effort by state government geospatial information officers and coordinators to work with other state agencies, local elections officials …

Bentley Systems, Incorporated has announced new cloud services for infrastructure engineering digital twins…