WGIC’s Horizons blog covers all the key developments from our members, innovative applications of geospatial technologies for global challenges, and more…
From the council
A new WGIC report provides an assessment of Public-Private Partnership models for the geospatial industry.
WGIC Secretariat
July 26, 2021
This report guides WGIC Members, and the industry at large, to pursue PPP models whose time has come.
GEO and WGIC Joint Study on the Mapping GHG monitoring capabilities from Space
Harsha Vardhan Madiraju
July 9, 2021
GEO and WGIC are jointly undertaking a study on the Mapping for GHG monitoring from Space, that aims to create an inventory of earth observation satellites and their capabilities to monitor GHG Emissions from space.
WGIC at Earth Archive Virtual Congress, OGC & GEO in ‘fire-side chat’ (VIDEOS)
Remco Takken
July 1, 2021
June 15th and 16th 2021, the Earth Archive Virtual Congress presented several prominent speakers from the geospatial community. WGIC’s Executive director Barbara Ryan joined in a fire-side chat.
Industry insights
Autodesk, FMI study: Better data strategies could save construction industry $1.85 trillion
Remco Takken
September 21, 2021
Management consulting firm FMI Corporation and WGIC Member Autodesk published a new study, “Harnessing the Data Advantage in Construction” which surveyed over 3,900 professionals across the global construction industry on their data practices in 2020.
How US killed civilians while targeting ISIS-K
Remco Takken
September 9, 2021
Once in a while, a piece of raw earth observation data gets into news reports and newspaper articles.
‘Digital Twins’ concept boosts food production
Remco Takken
September 2, 2021
Anyone familiar with digital twinning can tell you that its applications reach far beyond the building and construction sector. But have you thought about food production?
Free e-book: Language Of Spatial Analysis
Remco Takken
September 1, 2021
On social media, WGIC Member Esri India pointed its followers to an interesting and free e-book by Esri Press.
Member corner
Voxelmaps Real-time HD Maps for Autonomous Vehicles (Video)
Remco Takken
September 22, 2021
In case you missed it during Summer Holidays, this joint talk featuring Amazon Web Services, Verizon and Voxelmaps at MWC 2021 goes into real-time HD maps for autonomous and connected cars.
Cyient expands Digital Solutions portfolio for Aerospace industry
Remco Takken
September 16, 2021
Global engineering, manufacturing, digital transformation, and technology solutions company Cyient announced details for its global AS9145 Supplier PPAP platform offering for aerospace use.
Woolpert Acquires AAM
Remco Takken
September 15, 2021
Woolpert has acquired WGIC Corporate Member AAM, a global geospatial services company that specializes in aerial mapping, surveying, GIS, and the development of innovative geospatial processes and technologies.
Terra Analytics and Huawei in geospatial cloud partnership
Remco Takken
September 14, 2021
Terra Analytics and Huawei are partnering in the cloud to meet the demands for data back-up, security and disaster recovery services in the geospatial arena.
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Satellogic joins International Disasters Charter
Remco Takken
September 22, 2021
WGIC Member Satellogic is now providing satellite imaging data from its constellation to the International Charter Space and Major Disasters for use in monitoring and response activities.
GEO Climate Policy and Finance Workshop, 21-23 September 2021
Remco Takken
September 17, 2021
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Webinar: Effective Geospatial Information Management and Services through Public-Private-Partnerships
Remco Takken
August 17, 2021
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