Nokia, alongside Honeywell International as consortium lead, has been selected as part of Project FACT (Future All Aviation CNS Technology), an innovative research and development program initiated under the SESAR 2020 program, managed by the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking.

Nokia will provide 4G and 5G mission-critical infrastructure, consulting and services to Project FACT, which will research …

China launched a seventh group of Yaogan-30 reconnaissance satellites Oct. 26, marking the country’s 31st launch of 2020.

A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from LC-3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 11:19 a.m. carrying three Yaogan satellites and one smaller commercial payload.

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), China’s state-owned main space …

DJI has launched of the phone-sized Mini 2 Drone, the lightest and most portable drone on the market. The DJI Mini 2 Drone weighs roughly the same as an apple — but a portable size doesn’t mean this drone lacks power. The DJI Mini 2 boasts 4K video resolution and a 4x zoom at 1080p, with …

Kongsberg Geospatial has announced that it has partnered with Unifly to enable real-time e-Identification and tracking of drones using Unifly BLIP (Broadcast Location & Identity Platform).

Kongsberg Geospatial’s airspace situational awareness system IRIS was developed based on technology originally created for missile defense applications, and has been conceived to provide drone operators with enhanced situational awareness …

UP42 has announced that the NEXTMap Elevation Data Suite from Intermap Technologies is now offered on the UP42 developer platform for Earth observation data and analytics. The NEXTMap 3D elevation products are available as Digital Surface Models (DSM) and Digital Terrain Models (DTM) at one-, five-, and 10-meter resolution.

The addition of NEXTMap datasets to the …

Volume XVI, Issue 10, October 2020

Surveying education in the time of Covid

Craig Roberts

Embrace the current scenario as a motivator, rather as a temporary nuisance

Robert William Kingdon

Emerging GIS trends and forecasting
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Trimble Connect integrates with Microsoft 365 and BIMcollab
Trimble has announced new integrations for Microsoft 365 and BIMcollab with its Trimble® Connect™ cloud-based collaboration platform. It provides users of both platforms with a common data environment for connecting project stakeholders with the data they need to inform decisions and improve team efficiency. In real-time, project …

UK Government to explore new ways of delivering ‘Sat Nav’
New options for a UK satellite navigation and timing capability programme to support the nation’s critical infrastructure will be explored by the government.

The Space-Based Positioning Navigation and Timing Programme (SBPP) will explore new and alternative ways that could be used to deliver vital satellite navigation services …

£2 million transport location data competition
The Geospatial Commission has partnered with Innovate UK to create a new £2 million competition which will look at how location data can spark innovation and support the future of mobility for the United Kingdom.
This competition aims to stimulate commercial innovation to help create geospatial solutions to our …

Dual payload satellite architecture by BlackSky
BlackSky, a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, has announced the next phase of expansion of its high-revisit commercial satellite constellation with the unveiling of its next generation, Gen-3, satellite architecture. The commercial constellation expansion features Gen-3 satellites capable of producing images with 50-centimeter …