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The world is on fire: ESA maps global wildfires

August 4, 2023

Wildfires have recently spread across Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Tunisia and Canada, causing mass environmental and economic […]

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This article is tagged with Canada, ESA, European Space Agency, fire damage, Greece, Italy, Tunisia, wildfire and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine, Latest News, Space & Earth

A surveyor in Burkina-Faso surveys the site of a new hospital for infectious diseases. (Photo: ComNav)

ComNav helps bring GNSS benefits to Africa

February 16, 2022

ComNav Technology Ltd. is providing GNSS technology to Africa for projects in land mapping, continuously operating reference station […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, BeiDou, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, China, ComNav, ComNav Technology, Kenya, Mulindwa David, Tunisia, Uganda and posted in GNSS, Latest News

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, BDS, BeiDou, China, harvest, precision agriculture, smart tractor, Tunisia and posted in Latest News, Machine Control/Ag

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BeiDou inaugurates first overseas center in Tunisia

April 11, 2018

The first overseas center for China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) was inaugurated in Tunis, Tunisia, on April […]

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This article is tagged with BDS, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, Mohamed Ben Amor, satellite system, Tunisia and posted in GNSS, Latest News