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Seen & Heard: Robot pizza delivery, NavIC rising

July 30, 2019

“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 BBC documentary, Domino's, drone, GNSS monitoring, infrastructure, ISRO, Mthing, NAVIC, Nuro, Queensland University of Technology, R2 and posted in From the Magazine, GNSS, Latest News, Transportation

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Septentrio GPS/GNSS helps cars avoid collisions on a smart highway

April 8, 2019

Belgium has launched its first smart highway test environment. Septentrio GPS/GNSS receivers are integrated into vehicles and infrastructure […]

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This article is tagged with AIM+, Belgium, high-precision accuracy, infrastructure, Septentrio, smart highway and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, OEM, 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

XQ-58A demonstrator in flight. Photo: U.S. Air Force

Going Beyond. Visual line of sight, that is.

March 20, 2019

Few commercial UAV operations would be able to inspect transmissions lines, pipelines or train tracks without beyond visual […]

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This article is tagged with Air Force, aviation, BVLOS, BVLOS pipeline inspection, Camcopter S-100, commercial inspection, drone, infrastructure, inspection, Kratos BQM-177 Navy drone, navy, Phantom 4, Tony Murfin, UAV and posted in Defense, Featured Stories, Latest News, Mapping, Opinions, UAV/UGV

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Surveyors and smart cities — partners in technology

March 6, 2019

Everywhere we turn today, the term “smart” is attached to an item or to a process. Smartphones, smart […]

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This article is tagged with GIS, infrastructure, smart city, smart technology, surveying, surveyor, technology, Tim Burch and posted in Opinions, Survey

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Roll over, Eindhoven. And tell tectonics to move.

November 6, 2018

A free lesson for those in charge of critical infrastructure systems such as the power grid, communications, financial […]

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This article is tagged with critical infrastructure, GNSS receiver, infrastructure, Orolia, rollover, signal processing, webinar and posted in Defense, Featured Stories, Latest News, Mobile

Esri and Waze smart cities partnership grows. (Image: Esri)

Esri and Waze deliver near real-time data for smarter cities

July 10, 2018

Waze Live Alerts on traffic and infrastructure now available in ArcGIS Marketplace. Waze live alert data will now […]

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This article is tagged with city planning, Esri ArcGIS Marketplace, infrastructure, location data, Smart Cities, traffic, Waze, Waze Live Alerts and posted in Latest News, Mapping, Transportation

Mount Rushmore (Photo: National Park Service)

GPS, surveyors and politics — a 2018 refresher

March 7, 2018

While not as glamorous as mild-mannered Clark Kent holding down a day job while Superman comes to the […]

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This article is tagged with 3DEP, Digital Coast Act, FLAIR Act, Geospatial Data Act, hydrography, IMAGES Act, infrastructure, legislation, Ligado, NOAA, NSPS, Politics, railroads, surveyors, Tim Burch, USGS and posted in Opinions, Survey