The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Space Investment
Why Space financing is so hard? Why is the Space industry different from other industries, and what can we as an industry do about it? …
The Global Security Scenario Today
The spectre of increased terrorism continues to loom large as a threat to global security. Terrorist attacks can take place anywhere, at any time, with no country being an exception…
Why 2020 Crisis is Extraordinary
We, as humans, are resilient by nature, having survival instincts embedded in our very existence. Today, humanity is going through a phase, wherein the operating …
Innovation Must to Strive and Thrive
The Times They Are a-Changin — this song by Bobby Dylan, composed in 1964, seems so relevant in 2020, but for very different reasons. This is…
Geospatial Information is Underpinning Data Ecosystem
Things have completely turned around in the last few years, especially in the wake of COVID-19. The demographic and statistical information in Excel spreadsheets can now be merged with…
Where from Here?
We must recognize and speak out when the digital dream is devaluing the power and capability of our institutions of global order, national protection and sovereignty, and the primacy of the individual citizen…
Standards are the Foundation of Data Ecosystems
Location counts. There is no dearth of articles and talks around the ‘new spatial revolution’ or how ‘location is at the heart of Industry 4.0.’…
Geopolitics & the Indian Ocean: More than Pirates, Tsunamis, and a Lost Plane
For those who live outside of the Indian Ocean Rim, it might be easy to disregard this vast area of the Earth’s surface, or to only sporadically take notice…
Our Supply Chains Need Fixing; Location Technologies will Play a Role in that
COVID-19 has exposed the chinks in our supply chains. That is because mostly supply chains are managed by analogue, manual…
Geo4SDGs: Relevance to the Digital Age
This is the first of a series of articles that discuss the role of geospatial information in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or Geo4SDGs…