The redrawing of the map covers a relatively small region high in the Himalayas but it has stirred simmering tensions between two of the world’s biggest powers, India and China. In Nepal, which is sandwiched between the two, people have reacted angrily, protesting and accusing India of disregarding the country’s sovereignty. In recent months a […]
The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellite goes into orbit, giving China greater independence from U.S.-owned GPS and heating up competition in a sector long dominated by the United States. The idea to develop Beidou, or the Big Dipper in Chinese, took shape in the 1990s as the […]
Shamika N. Sirimanne* Space is not just for astronauts. It’s the next frontier for tackling humanity’s most intractable problems such as food security, climate change and social inequality, as revealed at the first World Space Forum late last year. Developing countries are crossing over the space frontier with a growing number of maiden satellite launches […]
Roman Leschenko* Many people struggled desperately to head Geocadastre. Not I. For many years, I had been teaching in the University and running the family business – the private farm in Cherkaska oblast. It happened that last year I was asked to join Volodymyr Zelensky’s team as the Land Commissioner for the President of Ukraine. […]
In order to transform the city and make it more social distancing-friendly, the Glasgow City Council is asking locals for input on how the urban area can be changed and where the biggest problems and obstacles to pedestrians can be found. The coronavirus pandemic has led to increased demand in space available exclusively to pedestrians […]
Malta’s spatial data got a makeover through an EU-funded integrated information system project which extends from a new base map, last drafted in 1988, to the launching of an online information system that brings together data from different entities and partners, announced Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia. During a visit to one of the more immersive […]