The Overture Maps Foundation (OMF), a collaborative effort to enable current and next-generation interoperable open map products, announced the release of its first open map dataset.

The release includes four unique data layers: Places of Interest (POIs), Buildings, Transportation Network, and Administrative Boundaries.

These layers, which combine various sources of open map data, have been validated and …

Locana, an international leader in spatial technology, is now a member of OpenStreetMap US, a nonprofit organization that helps support and grow the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project.

Conceived in 2004, OpenStreetMap is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via collaboration. OSM broadens access to high-quality data, lowers the cost of harnessing location …

IBM and open-source AI platform Hugging Face has announced that IBM’s watsonx.ai geospatial foundation model – built from NASA’s satellite data – will be available on Hugging Face. It will be the largest geospatial foundation model on Hugging Face and the first-ever open-source AI foundation model built in collaboration with NASA.
As part of a Space …

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for cooperation in Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Innovative Air Mobility.
This MoU will focus on collaboration on unmanned aircraft and innovative air mobility between the civil aviation authorities.
This collaboration would include cooperation between …

Greater Chennai Police, in India, established a ‘Drone Police Unit’ to assist cops in aerial surveillance. This is going to help in case of large gatherings, real-time checking of vehicle registration data, and spotting of suspects.

The project costs approximately Rs 3.6 crore, according to a press release by the GCP. The project was inaugurated by …