Users of positioning and spatial information services and tools require precise spatial information in realtime and real-world objects. Simply an accurate positioning of a future subdivision is no longer accepted, users require it to be visualized as well, in order to take into account outside in?uences. The capacity to meet such user needs and deliver services and tools within the spatial information market has gone beyond the ability of single organisations (Rajabifard, et al, 2005a). There is now a wide range of products and services available for a wide range of IT applications, and hence the development of an enabling platform can facilitate access to data and sharing resources and tools among different practitioners. The creation of an enabling platform for the delivery of these tools and positioning applications will allow users from diverse backgrounds to work together with current technologies to meet the dynamic market place.

GeoTerra selects Vexcel’s UltraCam Merlin 4.1
GeoTerra, USA has acquired the UltraCam Merlin 4.1 2010 digital aerial camera system by Vexcel Imaging. This marks GeoTerra’s transition to Vexcel’s fourth-generation camera systems and reinforces their commitment to delivering versatile, reliable, and high accuracy imagery for engineering and government …

Regulatory framework to support direct-to-device satellite services in China
China has released comprehensive regulations for direct-to-device satellite services, laying the foundation for domestic growth of the emerging sector. Seven government departments issued a notice April 30 entitled “Regulations on the Management of Terminal Equipment …

UAE, Bahrain boost space and climate monitoring with satellite launches
The UAE and Bahrain successfully launched their satellites, Etihad-SAT and Al-Munther, to enhance environmental monitoring and advance scientific research.
The Etihad-SAT, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), was deployed from Vandenberg Air Force Base …

ESA and EnSilica partnership for resilient GNSS
In partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), EnSilica will design and develop a key silicon component to enable next-generation resilient multiband GNSS capabilities. These are vital to ensuring the world’s critical infrastructure and services remain robust and secure in the face of evolving global threats.

The ESA, NAVISP Element …

Japan launches navigation satellite into orbit aboard H3
Japan’s flagship H3 rocket put a key component of Japan’s satellite navigation program to eventually wean the nation off its dependence on foreign satellites into orbit on Feb. 2 on its fifth mission. The launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture marked the H3’s fourth consecutive successful …

The study aims to determine the floodplain hydraulic and hydrological spatial pattern using digital elevation models (DEMs) from topographic survey data.

JONAH Iyowuna Benjamin

Department of Surveying & Geomatics, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

URIAH Jeremiah

Office of the Surveyor General, Rivers State, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

OKWERE Chiziandu Enyinda

Department of Surveying &Geomatics, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, …

The purpose of this paper is to adopt a hydrological model combined with a GIS to assess the potential impacts of future Climate Change on the hydropower potential of the White Bandama River watershed in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa).

Koffi Claude Alain Kouadio

Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire African Centre …

USGS experts responding to two major natural hazards
As U.S. Geological Survey staff prepare for Hurricane Milton to hit Florida’s west coast, agency experts are still dealing with the after-effects of Hurricane Helene that made landfall in Florida late last month and continued a path of destruction north through Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

While …

Alexander’s critique of modern architecture is not only a call for reform within the architectural discipline but also a blueprint for rethinking urban management.

Bin Jiang

LivableCityLAB, Thrust of Urban Governance and Design, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China

Christopher Alexander argued that modernist approach to architecture prioritizes innovation, abstraction, and mechanistic efficiency at …