Thursday, December 8th, 2016
The technology to make autonomous driving a reality is more or less in place. But what’s stalling the full public debut is the lack of detailed 3D maps driverless cars can rely on in all types of...
Thursday, December 8th, 2016
The next UKGEOforum Annual Lecture will be given in January 2017 by the author and former Diplomatic Editor and Foreign Correspondent for Sky News, Tim Marshall. Tim served his time as an unpaid intern and endured many...
Wednesday, December 7th, 2016
A glacier near Lake Aru in western Tibet collapsed on 17 July 2016. Now the Journal of Glaciology publishes the first scientific account of this cryospheric disaster in which nine local yak herders were killed. Eyewitnesses reported...
Wednesday, December 7th, 2016
Fugro’s LADS technology is being deployed in New Zealand to assist in relief efforts following the damaging 7.9 magnitude earthquake near Christchurch on 14th November 2016. At the request of the New Zealand Government, the Royal Australian...
Wednesday, December 7th, 2016
On Dec. 7, 2016, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully took of from the Satish Dhawan Space Center and placed ISRO’s RESOURCESAT-2A remote-sensing satellite into orbit. The satellite weighs 1,235 kilograms and...
Tuesday, December 6th, 2016
If you're visiting South Korea, be forewarned that you will have to turn to other mapping apps instead of Google Maps for direction. Read More at MIS Asia
Tuesday, December 6th, 2016
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on the OGC Coverage Implementation Schema (CIS) - ReferenceableGridCoverage Extension. A referenceable grid is associated with information that allows the location of all points in the grid to be...
Monday, December 5th, 2016
Now, EARSC and Japan Space Systems (J-spacesystems) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on November 23, 2016, to develop synergies and strengthen cooperation in business, research and technology between Europe and Japan in the use of Earth...
Monday, December 5th, 2016
TerraGo, a pioneer of geospatial collaboration, field data collection and enterprise mobility software, announced today that TerraGo has joined Trimble’s Developer Partner Program and TerraGo’s mobile solutions, TerraGo Edge and TerraGo Magic, now include the Trimble GNSS...
Monday, December 5th, 2016
Drones, generally associated with security agencies, are now being used to collect land details and add to data from remote sensing satellites. Read More at The Hindu
