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The new SBAS services are expected to aid agriculture and other sectors in Africa. The photo shows farming in the rich volcanic soils on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. (Photo: iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Joint venture expands SBAS for business development in Africa

July 23, 2021

A team of companies and government agencies is developing satellite services provided by ASECNA’s A-SBAS (Satellite-Based Augmentation System) […]

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This article is tagged with A-SBAS, Africa, ASECNA, CNES, Congo, EGNOS, Geoflex, NIGCOMSAT, precise point positioning, SBAS, SBAS for Africa & Indian Ocean, Thales Alenia Space and posted in GNSS, Latest News

Photo: Topcon

Topcon GNSS to assist Bridges to Prosperity efforts in Africa

November 23, 2020

A shipping container with several pieces of key GNSS and survey instrumentation is bound for the East African […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, B2P, bridge design, bridges, Bridges to Prosperity, COVID-19, donation, GNSS receivers, MyTopcon, Rwanda, surveying, Topcon, Topcon Positioning Group and posted in Latest News, Survey

The Mayflower autonomous ship. (Photo: Tom Barnes for IBM)

Seen & Heard: The new Mayflower, the Africa split

October 20, 2020

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, Andes, Bus Guardian, continents, East African Rift Valley, Edinburgh University, glaciers, IBM, Mayflower Autonomous Ship, Peru, Rosie Bisset, school bus app, Veripos and posted in From the Magazine, Mapping, Transportation

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ASECNA, Thales provide African early SBAS open service

September 21, 2020

Service opens a new era of satellite navigation performance augmentation in the Africa and Indian Ocean Region The […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar, ASECNA, EGNOS, European Space Agency, flight safety, Nigcomsat-1R, Nigeria, SBAS, SBAS for Africa and Indian Ocean, SBAS services, Thales Alenia Space and posted in GNSS, Latest News

Tom Plümmer, Wingcopter CEO, accepts the award from Rwanda's President Paul Kagame. (Photo: Wingcopter)

Wingcopter wins World Bank drone challenge for emergency delivery

May 6, 2020

German drone manufacturer wins two prizes at renowned Lake Kivu Challenge in Rwanda On May 5, the organizing […]

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This article is tagged with 2020 African Drone Forum, Africa, DFID/UKAID, drone deliveries, Lake Kivu Challenge, medical drone delivery, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Tom Plümmer, Vanuatu, Wingcopter, World Bank Group and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, UAV/UVG

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Seen & Heard: Bats, buses and cows

September 10, 2019

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, autonomous trucks, GPS Cows, GPS tracking, high school, livestock monitoring, New York City, school buses, University of Helsinki, UPS, yellow-winged bat and posted in From the Magazine, Mobile, Transportation

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A geo window on Africa

April 1, 2019

Since 1990, the urban population of Africa has doubled, with more than 80 percent of its denizens living […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, Africa Geoportal, African Union, Esri, geospatial data, infrastructure, mapping, transportation, urbanization and posted in From the Magazine, Mapping

Self-driving tractors using BeiDou are helping farmers plant vegetables, such as at Tawan Village of Wuzhong City in China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The smart tractor uses the BeiDou navigation system to help local farmers improve efficiency and modernize agricultural work. (Photo: Wang Peng, Xinhua News Agency)

Smart tractor with BeiDou successfully tested in Tunisia

March 22, 2019

A self-driving tractor using the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) was tested successfully March 10 in northwestern Tunisia, […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, AICTO, Arab, BDS, BeiDou, China, China-Arab BDS/GNSS, harvest, precision agriculture, smart tractor, Tunisia and posted in Latest News, Machine Control/Ag