COVID-19 collaboration platform launched
Companies aiming to help healthcare responses to the Covid-19 crisis can now collaborate via a new online platform.
Spearheaded by InterTradeIreland and TechIreland, the cross-border platform allows businesses to see quickly, in and beyond their region, who they can work with to combat the many supply chain and manufacturing challenges generated …

Funding for safe drone navigation
The European Space Agency (ESA) has funded Ampyx Power, developer of a next-generation wind energy technology, and Omnisense, developer of locating and tracking solutions, to develop a robust fail-safe navigation system. The positioning solution will be used for automated take-off and landing of Ampyx Power’s wind energy aircraft when applied …

“Galileo Green Lane” App
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) in collaboration with the European Commission has developed a mobile solution, the “Galileo Green Lane” App, to facilitate the free movement of freight, reduce waiting times at EU borders, and prioritize essential goods during the current COVID-19 pandemic response.
The app uses the positioning services of …

Opens access to geospatial data for Ukrainians
The ‘Verkhovna Rada’ or the parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine “On National Geospatial Data Infrastructure” (bill No. 2370) which established free access to relevant information for citizens and economic entities.
The law establishes the legal foundations for the creation, operation and development of national geospatial …

India needs the Land Titling project ‘yesterday’! not tomorrow or day after. The paper was published in February 2010 issue of Coordinates magazine

Availability of Ground Control Points for surveying and engineering projects is a major challenge in developing countries including Nigeria…

Education in surveying covers a broad range of fundamental topics in mathematics, physics, engineering and law, combining theoretical concepts with practical experience…

May 2020

China Satellite Navigation Conference

May 2020
Chengdu, China

www.beidou.org

GISTAM 2020 (Virtual)

7-9 May Prague, Czech Republic

www.gistam.org

June 2020

International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS 2020) (Virtual)

2 – 4 June
Tampere University, Finland

https://events.tuni.fi/icl-gnss2020/

July 2020

GI Forum

7 – 10 July Salzburg, Austria

www.gi-forum.org

Esri User Conference (Virtual)

13 – 17 July San Diego, USA

www.esri.com

AEC Next Technology Expo + Conference

July 27-29, Chicago

www.aecnext.com

August 2020

XPONENTIAL 2020

August 9-12
Boston, USA

www.xponential.org

September 2020

Commercial …

Leica Nova MS60 merges total station, GNSS, imaging and 3D scanning
Leica Nova MS60 is the new and improved version of the world’s first MultiStation, combining high-end total station capabilities with 3D laser scanning, GNSS connectivity and digital imaging. It merges several technologies, enabling users to get into 3D laser scanning easily and scan at …

SUGUS kicks off, a European project for integrating drones into the airspace
GMV has been awarded the SUGUS project (Solution for E-GNSS USpace Service), which aims to speed up the takeup of GNSS and Galileo in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) segment. SUGUS, an 18-month, 485,000- euro, European Union R&D project, is to be carried …