Catch up on valuable takeaways on driving positive impact for the environment and the Built World through PPPs shared during the WGIC and MAPPS session at Geo Week 2023.
As a strategic partner at Geo Week 2023, the leading geospatial and built world technology expo and conference to take place in Denver next week, WGIC will exhibit at the event, organize industry-relevant sessions and a meeting of WGIC members.
Geo Week is proud to partner with ASPRS, ISPRS, MAPPS, USIBD, and WGIC for the 2023 event.
In an exclusive interview, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations’ (WFEO) immediate past president Prof. Dr. GONG Ke discusses the value of engineering in global development, its role in achieving UNSDGs, and WFEO’s successful partnership with World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC).
WGIC spoke to Paloma Merodio, Vice President and Member of the Board of INEGI, who is also the Co-chair at UN-GGIM, who played a crucial role in publishing the SDGs Geospatial Roadmap.
A joint AI for Good panel discussion by WGIC and the ITU (in partnership with Politecnico Milano) explored how the geospatial industry could become a leading force in the discussions on ethics and AI.
Get Kids into Survey is a global recruitment campaign to help save the future of surveying. The project introduces and educates the younger generation on the world of surveying and encourages them to consider it as a possible career path.
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking public comment on the OGC API – Common – Part 2: Geospatial Data Candidate Standard.
WGIC Partner OGC (the Open Geospatial Consortium) continues its quest for in-depth data requirements, architecture, and standards needs for a Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure.
Withn the context of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). Marlene Kanga, past President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations, published an article on diversity and climate change.
The European Union Location Framework (EULF) Blueprint online content now includes a comprehensive cross-reference with the UN-GGIM Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF).
EUSPA launches Horizon Europe call to transform the digital economy, increase the Union’s resilience and support the Green Deal.
Supporting COP26, the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario lays out the narrow but achievable pathway to net zero emissions by mid-century.
Building on the legacy of
the European GNSS Agency (GSA), EUSPA will take on more responsibilities.
The AI for Road Safety initiative brings together the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety and Envoy on Technology offices in a new partnership for global action with WGIC Partner ITU, the International Telecommunication Union.
The International Transport Forum (ITF) is working on how best to set up a MaaS ecosystem to reap the benefits of this potentially game-changing approach to transport systems.
buildingSMART International published the full list of winners and special mentions for their Awards Program 2021.
Standards and policy programmes save consumers billions of dollars and avoid hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions each year, according to new analysis from IEA and 4E.
More than a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, amid global demand for broadband services, the ITU’s Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has reaffirmed its call for digital cooperation, innovation with information and communication technologies, and collaborative approaches to secure universal connectivity and access to digital skills.
In November, 200 nations and governments from around the world will gather at COP26, the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference.