With the launch of military communication satellites, Space began to be used for military purposes, therein it was militarized without overt announcements…
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…
That’s how we can best define the shift towards Cloud deployment.
For a fully protected system that is resilient to jamming and spoofing, solutions must be both proactive and robust through preventative and alternative methods…
Governments are preparing and outlining how we will progress into the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This will be the cross-over of…
Quite some time ago, I came across this stanza in a blog by a geospatial person to illustrate the capability of geospatial technology…
It is perhaps the breadth in GKI thinking that stands the concept out from others, reflecting the breadth…
I am very excited about the future of the geo-intelligence (GEOINT) community. As a former government official, I am trying to help governments, academia and industry become better partners with each other…
Three decades after the first India-US Track 1.5 security dialogue, the macro geopolitical trends have a familiar rhythm, and the principal interlocutors are much the same. However, the big contextual difference…
Just like oil needs refining and gold has to be extracted from ore, knowledge needs to be extracted as a commodity from data before being useful in decision support
It’s truly my pleasure to have had the opportunity to perform the duties of Guest Editor for this edition of Geospatial World. There is rich content…
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…
What is missing today is a simpler GIS that is stripped back with just a simple user interface and the basic tools…
Geodesy suffers from being so fundamental that it is often ignored and under-appreciated, which results in it also being under-resourced….
The only way we can address global threats like Climate Change or future pandemics at the global scale is if data is made available using open standards…
China plans to be amongst the top technology nations of the world, and increased exploitation of Space is a major step in that direction.
The geospatial industry in 2021 should take a lead in equality and actively find, not seek, talent from all quarters…
Continuing with an impromptu switch to online learning is not a desirable “new normal”. However, the many lessons learned during the past year should not be lost but lead to a better “new normal”…
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?…
As access to vaccines becomes global and we resume a more familiar lifestyle, we will still face the challenge of Climate Change, and the profound impact it will have on humanity. Unfortunately, there is no vaccine…
As we undergo continuous technology change, digital transformation and innovation in the geospatial industry, it is clear that the SDI…
Governance has been at the core of philosophies since times immemorial. And philosophies served as guiding principles for polity, economy and society — the three founding pillars…
A resilient national timing architecture will do more than just making today’s GNSS systems more secure. Ensuring resilient, bullet-proof timing services will provide a solid foundation…
GW Prime has the stated aim of mainstreaming geospatial information. This is a welcome development but one which faces many challenges. Ways must be found to make the growing body of information being generated by geospatial specialists more understandable…
Technological developments offer fresh opportunities for new imagination and even more powerful application of geospatial…
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? …
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…
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…
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.’…
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…
COVID-19 has exposed the chinks in our supply chains. That is because mostly supply chains are managed by analogue, manual…
CHAOS! CHAOS! is probably what your brain is shouting at you as it tries to deal with the amount of information being pumped…
Technology is a significant contributor to the digital transformation that is changing our society. In the geospatial industry, we have seen several major technological advances over the last few decades…
Automation has certainly increased efficiency and productivity, but machines with only fixed, automated functions are not capable of dealing with changing real-world situations. In the autonomous future we are empowering…
Recent technological advances are creating an enormous impact across the broad geospatial community, enabling users to not only share their data, but to synthesize it into interesting collections of advanced…
We are in an age where the data is prevalent, accessible, and comprehensible. And I think comprehensibility is the key — people must be able to understand what the data is…
With the advent of the Digital Age, data will be at the core of almost everything. Apart from other utilities, it will be a must for sustainable development. As we…
With the launch of military communication satellites, Space began to be used for military purposes, therein it was militarized without overt announcements…
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…
That’s how we can best define the shift towards Cloud deployment.
For a fully protected system that is resilient to jamming and spoofing, solutions must be both proactive and robust through preventative and alternative methods…
We have to get into the digital space because that’s where the dollars are. That’s the game, and we have to play by those rules in order to fit our media into that marketplace, says Andy Sriubas, Chief Commercial Officer, OUTFRONT Media.
By Sanjay Kumar & Pulkit Chaudhary
Although Trimble is traditionally viewed as a hardware company, it is increasingly focused on software, cloud services and correction services, creating a larger ecosystem that benefits its customers as they face rapidly changing work…
Our first and foremost investment focuses on people. We say ‘People First, Mission Always’, because if you take care of people first, then the rest is easy, says Vice Admiral Robert Sharp, Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)…
It is perhaps the breadth in GKI thinking that stands the concept out from others, reflecting the breadth…
The geospatial industry in 2021 should take a lead in equality and actively find, not seek, talent from all quarters…
Data is capital and trusted national data has national value. Data is an element of today’s complex geopolitics, both as an instrument of power and in giving…
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…
The adverse environmental impact of private Space expeditions cannot be ignored…
China plans to be amongst the top technology nations of the world, and increased exploitation of Space is a major step in that direction.
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…
Just like oil needs refining and gold has to be extracted from ore, knowledge needs to be extracted as a commodity from data before being useful in decision support
Continuing with an impromptu switch to online learning is not a desirable “new normal”. However, the many lessons learned during the past year should not be lost but lead to a better “new normal”…
Geospatial applications have evolved from systems of record into analytical systems of insight facilitating understanding of complex problems…
Geodesy suffers from being so fundamental that it is often ignored and under-appreciated, which results in it also being under-resourced….
As we undergo continuous technology change, digital transformation and innovation in the geospatial industry, it is clear that the SDI…
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…
As access to vaccines becomes global and we resume a more familiar lifestyle, we will still face the challenge of Climate Change, and the profound impact it will have on humanity. Unfortunately, there is no vaccine…
COVID-19 has exposed the chinks in our supply chains. That is because mostly supply chains are managed by analogue, manual…
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…
CHAOS! CHAOS! is probably what your brain is shouting at you as it tries to deal with the amount of information being pumped…
A resilient national timing architecture will do more than just making today’s GNSS systems more secure. Ensuring resilient, bullet-proof timing services will provide a solid foundation…
Technological developments offer fresh opportunities for new imagination and even more powerful application of geospatial…
GW Prime has the stated aim of mainstreaming geospatial information. This is a welcome development but one which faces many challenges. Ways must be found to make the growing body of information being generated by geospatial specialists more understandable…
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? …
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…
The only way we can address global threats like Climate Change or future pandemics at the global scale is if data is made available using open standards…
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.’…
It’s truly my pleasure to have had the opportunity to perform the duties of Guest Editor for this edition of Geospatial World. There is rich content…
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…
Technology is a significant contributor to the digital transformation that is changing our society. In the geospatial industry, we have seen several major technological advances over the last few decades…
Automation has certainly increased efficiency and productivity, but machines with only fixed, automated functions are not capable of dealing with changing real-world situations. In the autonomous future we are empowering…
Recent technological advances are creating an enormous impact across the broad geospatial community, enabling users to not only share their data, but to synthesize it into interesting collections of advanced…
We are in an age where the data is prevalent, accessible, and comprehensible. And I think comprehensibility is the key — people must be able to understand what the data is…
With the advent of the Digital Age, data will be at the core of almost everything. Apart from other utilities, it will be a must for sustainable development. As we…
People’s growing awareness and sensitivity towards privacy has led to several significant developments in recent times, among them being the decision by Google and Apple to allow users to control their data…
We are not sure when it started to change. In the past, governments were the main collectors of data about lands, people and resources. Today, the commercial sector collects…
How a women-led advocacy group used the power of maps to encourage people to vote by making the US Presidential elections personal, and by telling focused, data-driven stories about policies that affect a variety of communities historically excluded from positions of power…
The advent of citizen science opens up new possibilities in geospatial tools and applications…
