Financial support by govt. of India to promote drones in agriculture
In a major boost to promote precision farming in India, the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has issued guidelines to make drone technology affordable to the stakeholders of this sector. The guidelines of “Sub- Mission on Agricultural Mechanization” (SMAM) have been amended …

Enhancing location accuracy experience for smartphone users in
HERE Technologies has announced that Transsion has selected HERE Network Positioning to improve its location accuracy capabilities in emerging markets such as Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand.
By deploying HERE Network Positioning, Transsion will be able to identify accurate positioning of its devices both indoors …

MC-X Platform and MC-Max machine control solution by Topcon
Topcon Positioning Group has announced its MC-Max machine control solution. Based on its MC-X machine control platform, and backed by Sitelink3D — the company’s real-time, cloud-based data management ecosystem — it is a scalable solution for mixed-fleet heavy equipment environments. It is designed to adapt to owners’ …

Arianespace to launch 8 new Galileo satellites
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has chosen Arianespace to launch four new Galileo satellites. With this order, EUSPA takes over the role of placing launch services contracts for Galileo from ESA, which acted so far in the name and on behalf of the European …

Entry-level hydrographic survey software
EIVA’s new software variant NaviSuite Kuda Core provides advanced hydrographic survey software capabilities at an entry-level price. It is tailored to support hydrographic surveys with a single USV or small survey vessel using multi-beam echosounder (including backscatter), LiDAR and/or camera www.eiva.com
Collaborative project to advance Geo-data science skills
Fugro has joined …

R750 – New GNSS base station
Trimble has introduced the R750 GNSS Modular Receiver, a connected base station. It can be used to broadcast Real- Time Kinematic (RTK) corrections for a wide range of applications, including seismic surveying, monitoring, civil construction, precision agriculture and more. Access to all available satellite signals provides improved performance and reliability …

Multiclass object detection algorithms for ships, aircraft and vehicles
Orbital Insight has launched multiclass object detection algorithms within its GO platform. It uses advanced computer vision algorithms to identify and differentiate between classes of ships, aircraft and vehicles within satellite imagery. The state-of-the-art multiclass ship detection algorithms will bring immediate benefits to the defense and …

CHORUS Earth Observation mission
MDA Ltd has announced its next generation commercial Earth observation (EO) mission will be named CHORUS. It will initially include C-band and X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites. A collaborative multi-sensor constellation, CHORUS will bring together multiple diverse and unique perspectives in harmony, opening the aperture and the art of the possible …

ISRO and OPPO India to work towards providing NavIC messaging services
NavIC system, in addition to its primary function of providing PNT services, is also capable of broadcasting short messages. This messaging service is being used for broadcasting safety-of-life alerts in areas with poor or no communication, particularly in the oceans.
Indian Space Research Organisation has entered …

2020 World Population Data as KML, GeoJSON, Shapefile
A free world population point layer with 2020 population counts at 1km intervals is now available for download, providing the ability to analyze population anywhere on earth. The point locations can be explored with the tools and data already included with Maptitude mapping software, such as drive-time rings …