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Copernicus needs our support – Voice your concern against the proposed budget reductions (2021-2028)
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Survey of India’s geotagging app to help steer lockdown for 1.3 billion people
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NASA has a video game to map coral reefs around the world
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A new study program is an answer to the needs of modern engineering which drives the development of technology, including systems of mobile mapping and navigation. The program is planned to last 3 semesters and includes specialized knowledge in...
In 2005, Google launched an ambitious project to map the world. Today, more than a billion people use Google Maps every month. And every week, more than 5 million active apps and websites leverage the core products of Google...
Don't Miss: Apple-Google contact tracing solution first look
The global tally of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection has crossed the 5,000,000-mark. When this article was last updated, there were more than 5,016,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world. The death toll from...
Almost a year after it entered the Japanese market with support from one of Japan’s biggest mapmakers, Zenrin, digital mapping startup Mapbox has announced the establishment of Mapbox Japan.
Mapbox Japan is a joint venture between California-headquartered Mapbox and Japanese...
Introducing Geoawesomeness Digital Meetup
Think back to the end of 2019. Like many of our industry peers, you probably spent some time figuring out what you want to achieve in 2020. Some of those goals might have sounded something like:...