Iridium makes maritime industry history
Communications Inc. has announced that the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) agreed to recognize that the Iridium network meets all the criteria of the IMO needed to provide mobile satellite services in the GMDSS, and to adopt the “Statement of Recognition” proposed by the United States as …

Israeli drone company Flytrex selected for FAA partnership
Israeli drone logistics company Flytrex has teamed up with the North Carolina state government to participate in a groundbreaking Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pilot program.
The FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integration Pilot Program pairs up state and local governments with private companies in order to accelerate …

FCC looks into reports of illegal mobile phone tracking
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced that it is investigating reports that websites may have enabled the location of mobile phone customers to be tracked. Reuters reported that the FCC referred news reports that broke earlier in the week to its enforcement bureau for investigation. …

Airbus teams up to develop Space CARBon Observatory
The SCARBO (Space CARBon Observatory) project for improved measurement of greenhouse gases has been officially kicked off. It is funded by the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 Programme and will be implemented by a consortium of seven European organisations led by Airbus.
The project aims at solving …

Pointfuse Unlocks ‘As Built’ Data for BIM
Pointfuse, a software provider that converts laser scan data – known as point clouds – into 3D models, has announced its integration with Autodesk’s BIM 360 project delivery platform, the first single project platform connecting design through construction. It has pioneered new techniques to rapidly process vast point …

In 2014 in KL I delivered an initial paper which explored the opportunities and very real benefits that could be afforded not only to professionals working in land, property and construction surveying but also to clients, the public and society more generally by the setting…

This paper discusses ethics in the field of social responsibility, the relationship of professional ethics to professional malpractice, the new IESC code and its relationship to the existing FIG Statement of Ethical Principles and Model Code of …

Developments in the era of advanced science and technology nowadays is a challenge and an opportunity, especially in the field of geospatial information in Indonesia. As stipulated by the Act 1945 article 28 F that every person has the right…

Galileo ground segment keeps constellation on track
Galileo’s initial services have been running for more than 15 months now, and signals from the satellites in space are routinely serving users all across the world. The functioning of Galileo is dependent on a global network of ground stations.
The constellation in orbit is only one element …

Volume XIV, Issue 5, May 2018

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Information quality – A critical success factor

Anders Svensson

Package of approved ITU-R recommendations on RNSS systems

Nelson MALAGUTI

Robotization of precise levelling measurements

Veikko SAARANEN

Realization of a functional photorealistic 3D city geographic
information system

Njike CHIGBU, Maduabughichi OKEZIE, Veronica U. OKOYE

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