July 2020  
Transforming the old map series to the modern geodetic reference system Georgios Moschopoulos, Nikolaos Demirtzoglou, Antonios Mouratidis, Dionysia-Georgia Perperidou and Dimitrios Ampatzidis | Clipper Adventurer Grounding Bruce Calderbank | Covid-19 and the Surveying Profession: A New Zealand Perspective John Hannah | AUSPOS and CORSnet-NSW: A match made in heaven Volker Janssen and Simon McElroy
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GEODESY

Transforming the old map series to the modern geodetic reference system
Georgios Moschopoulos,Nikolaos Demirtzoglou,Dr Antonios Mouratidis,Dr Surv Ing Dionysia and Dr Ing Dimitrios Ampatzidis
In the present paper we present a methodology, which is based on the verification of the common points of the two different geodetic systems and the implementation of the well-known 2D similarity transformation. The numerical application took part for the Northern part of Greece (Central and Eastern Macedonia)...
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NAVIGATION

Clipper Adventurer Grounding
Bruce Calderbank
On 27 August 2010, the expedition cruise ship Clipper Adventurer went aground at 13.9 knots on a rock shoal whilst travelling in a limited surveyed area of Coronation Gulf, Nunavut. This paper reviews the background to this grounding, and the geomatics issues related to the grounding...
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SURVEYING

Covid-19 and the surveying profession: A New Zealand perspective
John Hannah
Will we be able to safely create a large Australasian or Pacific travel 'bubble'? Will we be able to maintain a Covid-19 free country or could it be that we will eventually suffer due to the lack of herd immunity? Will we see more Covid-19 business impacts in three to four months? Only time will tell....
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LAND ADMINSITRATION

AUSPOS and CORSnet-NSW: A match made in heaven
Volker Janssen and Simon McElroy
This paper outlines how AUSPOS and CORSnet-NSW are used to support datum modernisation in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and investigates the performance of AUSPOS across the State...
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Indian Government issues draft rules for manufacturing and using drones

Chennai in India soon to become a drone manufacturing hub
First authorization in Spain for flights BVLOS
Testing autopilot against an anti drone system
Drone-based confined space inspection services
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