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China is celebrating the completion of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System that could rival the U.S. Global Positioning System and significantly boost China’s security and geopolitical clout.
President Xi Jinping, the leader of the ruling Communist Party and the People’s Liberation Army, officially commissioned the system Friday at a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
That followed a declaration that the 55th and final geostationary satellite in the constellation launched June 23 was operating after having completed all tests.
The satellite is part of the third iteration of the Beidou system known as BDS-3, which began providing navigation services in 2018 to countries taking part in China’s sprawling “Belt and Road” infrastructure initiative along with others.
As well as being a navigation aid with an extremely high degree of accuracy, the system offers short message communication of up to 1,200 Chinese characters and the ability to transmit images.
Read full story at Time…
first published week of: 08/03/2020
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first published week of: 10/26/2020
One-Inch GNSS Accuracy in Under a Minute, Delivering Seamless High-Precision Performance Across the U.S. and Southern Canada
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the completion of the breakthrough expansion of its CenterPoint® RTX Fast correction service, with coverage now spanning the contiguous U.S. and southern Canada. This expansion is central to Trimble's vision to transform how and where users can leverage precision and accuracy. Ideal for autonomous applications in both on-road and off-road markets, the coverage and performance of the service enables industry professionals to re-think what is possible when using augmented positioning for improving safety, performance, productivity and operational efficiency.
The CenterPoint RTX Fast subscription service delivers horizontal positioning accuracy of one inch (two centimeters) or less in under a minute, with the versatility of satellite or cellular delivery. This expanded coverage makes it the largest, high-performance GNSS correction network in the world. No other GNSS correction service provides this combined level of accuracy, convergence speed, flexible delivery and geographic coverage. For a full coverage map, visit: http://positioningservices.trimble.com/resources/coverage-maps.
Now, with over 5 million square miles of CenterPoint RTX Fast network coverage worldwide, users across North America and Europe, including farmers, land surveyors and GIS professionals can untether from the cost and complexities of GNSS base stations. In addition, Trimble RTX Fast offers a single, continuous correction technology platform ideal for enabling a broad range of safety-critical autonomous applications in markets such as automotive, agriculture and construction.
"This achievement is a major milestone in the continuous evolution of our correction service and autonomy strategy. We are delivering unmatched access to fast, reliable, highly accurate positioning in more areas than ever before," said Patricia Boothe, senior vice president of Trimble's Autonomy Sector. "Whether enhancing performance in the autonomy ecosystem or simplifying traditional mapping and surveying workflows, RTX Fast users can gain greater accuracy to improve productivity and operate safely—ultimately transforming the way they work and drive."
Availability: CenterPoint RTX Fast subscriptions for Trimble RTX-compatible GNSS receivers are available through Trimble's Authorized Business Partners or Trimble's online store at: tpsstore.trimble.com.
first published week of: 05/18/2020
By the time the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Force of Colombia (FARC) finally brokered a peace agreement in 2016, their 50-year-old civil war had claimed 260,000 lives.
Land reform was always at the heart of the conflict. As in many Latin American countries, most land in Colombia is concentrated among an elite group. Just 14 percent of all landowners control 80 percent of the land, a strong indicator of inequality.
During the war, some rural areas were effectively cut off from the rest of the country, as government troops, paramilitary groups, and the FARC fought over territory. So many people were driven from their land over the years that today Colombia’s displaced population—nearly 8 million—is the world’s largest.
Even for rural Colombians who have remained on their land, property rights are highly contingent in the post-conflict era. People who possess small plots of land have no official recognition of their ownership, or even the exact dimension of their plots.
“Without having a proper land administration system in place, the government doesn’t know about the relationships between the people and the land in these post-conflict areas,” said Chrit Lemmen, a professor of geoinformation science at the University of Twente, in the Netherlands. “That’s why it’s so important to make a full inventory and hand out titles whenever possible. These people have suffered for a long time—and now they’re waiting for the government to formalize their land.”
Read full story at Esri Blog…
first published week of: 01/27/2020
Skagit County Senior GIS Analyst Joshua Greenberg was named GIS Person of the Year for 2020 by a state group for GIS professionals. Skagit County congratulated Greenberg with a Facebook post that included this photo.
( Skagit County photo )
Skagit County’s geographic information system (GIS) expert Joshua Greenberg was recently recognized as the “GIS Person of the Year” for 2020 by the Washington Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.
Greenberg has been “getting paid to geek out” over mapping technology in his position as senior GIS analyst for Skagit County for 19 years, according to a news release.
He has also served in various roles for the state group of GIS professionals.
The organization said Greenberg’s dedication to the job “has significantly changed the GIS profession in Washington state for the better.”
In 2018, he was the keynote speaker at the State GIS Day held in Olympia. The event is held to discuss the latest and future of mapping technology.
Read full story at Skagit Valley Herald, …
first published week of: 08/10/2020
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has labelled its latest project the world's largest satellite herd-tracking program, which it hopes will monitor 1,000 feral buffalo and unmanaged cattle roaming northern Australia from space.
The AU$4 million, 3.5 year project will see CSIRO partner with universities and private businesses to tag and track the bovine through the use of satellite GPS-tracking tags attached to the animals' ears to deliver real-time, geographically-accurate insights into herd density, accessibility, and transport costs.
The project aims to allow Indigenous communities across the region to monetise the "destructive pests", turning them into economic, environmental, and cultural opportunities, CSIRO said.
Read full story at ZDNet…
first published week of: 06/01/2020