The Indian government’s initial enthusiasm to support Space activities with a wider range of industries is commendable. But our expectations should look beyond the zest and should in fact be tempered by how quickly and how well the…
The word ‘infrastructure’ conjures up images of big buildings, bridges, highways, bus stations, airports, and railway stations. All these are interrelated…
The evolution of technologies like GIS, Image Processing, and PNT has enhanced the quality of imagery analysis to provide value-added digital services to diverse fields of applications. However, issues concerning cost, transparency, and trust…
One of the interesting facets of the Space economy is that there was barely a hiccup due to the Covid pandemic. In fact, it would not be wrong to say that Covid gave a fillip to Space activities…
Quite some time ago, I came across this stanza in a blog by a geospatial person to illustrate the capability of geospatial technology…
Space has always been a great ‘asset’ for the military. The ability to conduct reconnaissance without dangerous clandestine forays in foreign airspace is a big attraction…
Geospatial systems, in convergence with modern ICT, can help city utilities become efficient, consumer-friendly and cost effective…
2020, the annus horribilis, is drawing to a close. Will we see light at the end of the tunnel, or will the coming year be annus horribilis v2.0?…
In the September 2020 issue of the National Geographic, an article on robotics starts with a description of an autonomous excavator, which is set up to dig a portion…
The advent of citizen science opens up new possibilities in geospatial tools and applications…