satellites
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…
Your Global Geospatial Briefing for January 28th: Location Tech; Amy Webb interview; WGIC; Blockchain innovations; Planet
Location technology is at the core of the smart city The designation of “smart city” is quickly becoming an attainable…
Your Canadian GeoSpatial Briefing for May 14th: Arctic receiving station blocked by Canadian red tape; Mapping Services in Edmonton; Smart Cities Challenge; University CubeSat Projects; Great Canadian Geography Challenge; Calgary’s Empathic Cultural Map; GIS4Ag
Canadian Red tape costs industry millions Norwegian company Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) has been waiting since 2016 for Ottawa to…
Free Satellite Imagery For You: Sentinel 1 & 2
Sentinel constellations and data products As the ENVISAT program is coming to an end, the European Space Agency has begun…
Event Recap: COGS & CIG & GANS Cooperate for Mapping Workshop
The Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) Nova Scotia Branch and the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS), two regional professional organizations that foster the application of geographic information within the geomatics sector recently collaborated to host a high resolution mapping workshop at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.
New Galileo navigation system is experiencing clock failures
Since December 15, 2016, the new Galileo global satellite navigation system has been up and running. Unfortunately, there are…
Feb 7-8: Two Day Workshop on High Resolution Mapping Along Coastal Zones
The coastal zone, that dynamic geographic region where the interaction of the sea and land occurs, is vital to the…
CCRS in Ottawa: Big Geospatial Data Analytics Workshop
Almost a year ago a needs & requirement assessment was conducted to gather information on the potential development of a…
