In this issue

History is replete with disruptions, some catastrophic, others beneficial in the long run. Will
geospatial DNA of digital transformation ensure a better world? Flip through the pages of our latest edition to know..Also, don't miss our list of ground-breaking innovations that are turning the geospatial industry on its head.

Advanced Image And Signal Processing To Affordable Launch Systems: The Excitement Continues

Space has once again become the “new frontier” with capabilities such as in-orbit satellite servicing and in-orbit assembly incessantly challenging the human mind. Intriguing geospatial innovations have blurred the difference between reality and science-fiction. Such developments are exciting and encouraging, MDA CEO Howard Lance tells in an exclusive interview

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40 Years Of Disruptive Innovation In 3D

40 Years Of Disruptive Innovation In 3D

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Cleaning Up Space Debris

A spacecraft thruster that fuels itself by eating space junks is all set to take off with the Airbus Bartolomeo mission.

4 mins

Newest In The Self-driving Cars Mix- Rental Companies

With numerous talks about how autonomous vehicles are going to transform the transportation industry, rental car companies are making sure they don’t lag behind.

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Mapping Sanitation

Hexagon Geospatial’s technology is helping an Indian city resolve its poor sanitation and provide a better life to the less affluent communities.

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How Satellites Are Rebooting Building Design

Today’s electromagnetic and earth observation systems are propelling a future-habitats’ design movement that could be named Astrospatial Architecture.

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Luciad's Smart City

Solution Makes Real Time Data Visualization Easy

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Satellite Imagery+Crop Insurance=Small Holder Farmer's Gain

Satellite intelligence is enriching new insurance products aimed at helping India's smallholders to withstand climate shocks

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He Rocked the Mapping World

THE HARDER THE STRUGGLE, THE more glorious the triumph. But not many people have the courage to persevere in the face of failures.

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Rolling in the Deep

WHEN IT COMES TO choosing a career path, India has a long tradition of following the family practise. It is pretty common to see a doctor’s son taking up medicine or a chartered accountant’s daughter joining her father’s firm. So, when the son of the Dean of the city’s medical college and the grandson of the state’s most prominent physician decided to break the family tradition, quite a few eyebrows were raised.

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How Mr. GPS Changed the World

HE IS NOT A BUSINESSMAN. HE IS NOT A DREAMER.

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Mapping A Sustainable Future

How open data is helping Nepal to commercialize agriculture.

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Open Data For Sustainable Development

Open data is an absolute precursor to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, believes Barbara Ryan, Director, Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat in Geneva.

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The Internet Of Things Is Now Becoming Internet Of Everything

Data will only be useful if it is understandable and it will only be understandable and meaningful if it contains the right information, believes Marc Melviez, CEO, Luciad.

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How An Indian Startup Trumped US

As Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United of States of America defeating Hillary Clinton, his campaign not only defined expectations and conventions at every turn, but also proved all predictions wrong. All but one!

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Future With AR & VR

Augmented reality is connecting a world of data for people who may not be familiar with GIS . 3D and AR/VR are the next big thing in the GIS industry.

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Ai Is Nothreat to Jobs It Only Makes Our Life Better

When we see the machines helping mankind without writing explicit software but through learning, just like we humans have learnt – it is totally path-breaking.

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Forest Watch

Hexagon Geospatial’s technologies are helping an Indian state maintain the ecological balance in an area of over 77,000 sq km.

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Of Mapping Cities and Building 3d Models

Sunil Kumar Makkena, Senior Vice President, Utilities & Geospatial BU and Delivery, Cyient explains how Hexagon Geospatial has been supporting Cyient’s solutions.

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We Need an Evergreen Revolution in India

Dr M.S. Swaminathan, known as the father of India’s Green Revolution, emphasizes on the wedlock of ecology with technology to exploit the untapped production agricultural reservoirs.

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Satellite-based Asset Tracking for Disaster Operations

The European Commission has taken a lead in the management of emergency services and aid.

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The Game of Drones

The global drone industry is booming and policy makers are having a tough time keeping up. While some countries have clear, established drone laws, many others do not, or the existing regulations do not take into account how much the UAV landscape has changed over the last several years. 

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Drones are becoming flying computers

From autonomous cars to autonomous drones, everything is getting smarter. The data and capability that a drone brings need huge amount of computing and processing and is a perfect fit in the Intel strategy, explains Anil Nanduri, vice president, new technology group gm, uav Segment, intel.

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Deeply Bound Ethically And Intellectually To The Technology

Construction companies can now scan continuously and immediately point out if a pillar is being incorrectly placed or that floor is not quite flat or that girder is not supporting correctly. 3D scanning is revolutionizing the way construction is being done, and FARO ® is prepared to make digital engineering and construction more efficient with its innovative hardware and software technologies, says Simon Raab PhD , Co-Founder, CEO and President, FARO ® Technologies

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Building With Drones

Drones can quickly and easily perform an inspection of a job site in lesser time and at a cheaper cost than ever before.

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Data Revolution For A Sustainable World

Almost one-and-a-half years since the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it has become imperative to understand the progress that has been made so far.

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Transforming the World: One Image at a Time

THEY SAY OPPORTUNITY DANCES WITH those who are already on the dance floor. But, if you are Dr. Walter S. Scott, you find a way to make opportunity dance with you even when your foot is broken! The year was 1991 — one day after Scott’s bachelor party. His marriage was to take place in two weeks. And Scott was holed up in his room nursing a broken foot following an impassioned game of paintball with his best friend. This down time gave Scott time to work on a business plan he had been thinking about for a while.

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Navigating NAVIC

NAVIC is very useful for positioning in urban canyons where other systems fail. Also, its immediate users will be the armed forces who will have access to the very accurate restricted service signals.

8 mins

Democratization Of Space

Decreased costs, increased capabilities and pathbreaking innovations are making earth observation satellites more relevant to businesses and public good. 

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Dynamic City Planning Through Advanced GIS Capability

Accurate spatial data is facilitating community development and planning for a smart city

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Geospatial World monthly magazine (formerly known as GIS Development magazine) addresses current and relevant issues of the Global Geospatial domain. Each edition of the magazine brings for the latest news and happenings from the various part of the world, presents viewpoints of the experts, through interview and perspective articles, assimilate case studies and reviews on the recent and upcoming technologies, products and also advocate on various policy issues. Considered by the experts’ as one of the best publications in its field, the magazine enjoys a circulation of 15,000 copies to over 140 countries across the globe. The special focus of the magazine is in South Asia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, South America and African countries.

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