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International Geospatial Briefing Jan 17: 1. New National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Director Nominee; 2. New Biomass Mapping Tool; 3. Azure Space Introduces Azure Orbital; 4. Falcon 9 and 100 Satellites; 5. New Version Of I3S
President Biden has nominated Frank Whitworth to be the next director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Frank Whitworth is…
Canadian Wildfire Mapping Resources 2021 Fire Season
Western Canada has been experiencing extreme fire conditions following an intense heatwave since late June. According to BC Wildfire Service,…
GeoIgnite Event On YouTube: Fire Side Chat with Dr. Steve Liang & Dr. Nadine Alameh
Day Two of GeoIgnite had a very special event: a fireside chat with Dr. Steve Liang, Founder and CTO of…
International Geospatial Briefing May 31st, 2021: Using drone technology to assist with pest management; NOAA’s new approach to earth-observation; Using remote sensing data to observe changes in plant populations; Concept3D’s New 360° Map; Mapping Gaza; Five images that show our changing planet
Drone technology uses thermal imaging to identify feral pests on farmland Two airplane pilots and one aircraft engineer are using…
Canadian Geospatial Briefing March 1st – AI helping response to extreme weather; Inukshuk Geomatics celebrating 20 years; Telesat basing Lightspeed broadband operations in Gatineau; CATALYST Microservices – cloud-based earth observation processing; Canadian Coast Guard testing new UAV; GeoIgnite Career Fair April 14th
Artificial Intelligence helping respond to extreme weather events Researchers at the University of McGill are finding new ways to harvest…
Canadian Geospatial Briefing Feb 1st: Canada’s first Agric Technology degree; U of A maps out uncharted Territory for Owls; Data from space could protect endangered Whale species; Canadian company producing low-noise drones; Mapping Kelp beds along Pacific coast.
Lakeland College Launches Canada’s first degree in Agriculture Technology Lakeland College is starting Canada’s first degree in agriculture technology in…
International Geospatial Briefing for November 2nd: Scottish Geospatial Network Integrator; Tracking Banana diseases using aerial imagery; Lidar data for faster building engineering and architecture; China’s 31st launch of 2020
New support to grow Scottish geospatial sector Although Scotland location-based sector is thriving, Scottish Enterprise’s research has revealed that further…
Global Positioning System (GPS): How does it Work?
I recently read about the delay of China’s BeiDou mission and how, instead, China chose to launch a fifth satellite…
Your International Geospatial Briefing for August 31st: Trimble and Totalmobile Awarded HS2; Everest survey succeeds; Underwater heat blob growing in the Arctic; China Launches Beidou; Amazonian Tribe Applies Location Intelligence
Trimble and Totalmobile Awarded HS2 Contract from Civil Engineering Contractor EKFB Trimble and Totalmobile have developed the first cloud-based vehicle…
Low-cost, less-time, lesser-logistics and high-accuracy mapping with drone-imagery
Highlights There is a tendency to use aerial photographs and digital images as the cartographic product!These pictures are the primary…
Your Global Geospatial Briefing for July 29th: China launches new remote sensing satellites; Arming IoT with geospatial analytics; Ordnance Survey hits legal dispute; Location Analytics & Business Intelligence advisory board announced; Classifying Urban Poor Areas with Satellite Imagery
In Xichang on July 26th2019, a group of new remote sensing satellites were sent into orbit. The satellites have entered…
Your Global Geospatial Briefing for March 25th: Gaofen satellites; Will Cadell; Uk Space Agency; CARICOM; Future Cities Canada
Chinese Earth Satellites launched The Gaofen-5 and Gaofen-6 Chinese Earth observation satellites have officially been put into service. During in-orbit…
