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Geospatial Solutions coverage of COVID-19

May 14, 2020  - By
Because LBS Insider’s deadline is this week, CTIA coverage from New Orleans is not included in this month’s column. Janice Partyka, editor of GPS World’s Wireless Pulse, is covering CTIA in the Crescent City for the latest location-based services, M2M, and connected vehicle news. So instead of talking about CTIA (and why there aren’t many pure LBS players or sessions there anymore), this column examines the hype surrounding indoor positioning — is it LBS’ savior, or just another technology that may, or may not, pan out?
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Photo: NicoElNino/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Geospatial Solutions and GPS World are offering the latest news and updates concerning the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as it affects the geospatial, mapping and GNSS/PNT industries. Read a message from GPS World here.

NEWS

• GMV leads development of ESA COVID-19 Space Hunting Platformy (7/20/20)
• How is COVID-19 affecting you? Take part in our survey (4/22/20)
• US small business loans a challenge due to COVID-19 (4/20/20)
• Plans to reopen after COVID-19 vary widely (4/20/20)
• Airbus to produce 3D-printed visors in fight against COVID-19 (4/17/20)
• Galileo Masters 2020 open for submissions (4/16/20)
• Martek Marine launches COVID-19 tests for crew changes (4/15/20)
• Robotic Research innovates to help fight COVID-19 (4/15/20)
• New Topcon Talks aimed at professionals at home during COVID-19 (4/9/20)
• Coronavirus delays GPS III SV03 launch until June (4/8/20)
• Schriever stays operational despite COVID-19 (4/3/20)
• PCTEL terminates share repurchase program (4/2/20)
• U.S. Space Force accepts control of GPS III SV02 amidst global pandemic (4/1/20)
• Testing suspended on Galileo Batch 3 satellites (3/30/20)
• GPS tracking shows critical truck deliveries continue despite COVID-19 (3/26/20)
• China adds to BeiDou as satnav service helps fight coronavirus (3/10/20)

Mapping & geospatial

• Esri offers COVID-19 resources for nonprofits (5/8/20)
• GIS tool provides updates on open businesses amid COVID-19 (4/22/20)
• NSGIC issues joint statement on value of GIS during COVID-19 pandemic (4/17/20)
• How to prepare and organize a fleet during the COVID-19 pandemic (4/13/20)
• Dashboard graphs those working from home during COVID-19 (4/10/20)
• Georgia county provides grocery store app for residents (4/8/20)
• Esri releases resources for businesses during COVID-19 (4/3/20)
• Esri to provide mapping resources to WHO Member States (4/1/20)
• Analysis of satellite imagery shows reduced NO2 in China, Italy (3/23/20)
• Esri supports John Hopkins COVID-19 Design Challenge (3/27/20)
• Genasys releases COVID-19 interactive map layer service (3/19/20)
• Esri ArcGIS map tracks global coronavirus cases (3/13/20)

Mobile apps & location intelligence

• WGIC: Geospatial analytics at forefront of COVID-19 fight (4/27/20)
• Traxens offers smart-container tracking to manage COVID-19 supplies (4/21/20)
• Radius Telematics sees spike in vehicle theft during coronavirus crisis (4/15/20)
• GPS tracking need not sit out COVID-19 because of privacy laws (4/8/20)
• Esri to provide US school data during COVID-19 pandemic (4/8/20)
• InnerSpace location platform supports public safety, COVID-19 response (4/1/20)
• Sewio helps fight COVID-19 with ‘smart quarantining’ (4/1/20)
• European GNSS Agency provides list of COVID-19 apps (3/30/20)
• 19 countries track mobile location to fight COVID-19 (3/26/20)
• Coronavirus and location: Is there a line? (3/23/20)
• WHO Health Alert brings COVID-19 facts to billions via WhatsApp (3/21/20)
• COVID-19: Israel’s citizens now tracked by their smartphones (3/19/20)
• Oxford University explores feasibility of coronavirus tracing mobile app (3/18/20)

UAVs

• Draganfly conducts pandemic drone tests in US (4/21/20)
• AUVSI report: Demand growing for expanded drone operations (4/21/20)
• UAVOS completes tests for drone delivery of humanitarian relief (4/17/20)
• Kazakhstan uses drones to patrol capital during COVID-19 lockdown (4/9/20)
• Drone Delivery Canada asks for COVID-19 use cases (3/30/20)
• DJI joins with firefighting provider Rosenbauer on digital emergency response (3/30/20)
• ARPAS-UK coordinates COVID-19 drone capability task force (3/30/20)
• Pandemic drones to monitor, detect those with COVID-19 (3/26/20)
• China fights coronavirus with delivery drones (3/6/20)
• Xag creates fund for drones disinfection program to fight coronavirus (2/11/20)

Show updates

• Esri User Conference goes virtual because of COVID-19 (4/22/20)
• 3 more conferences postponed due to COVID-19 (4/20/20)
• ION 2020 Joint Navigation Conference rescheduled over COVID-19 concerns (4/9/20)
• 36th Space Symposium rescheduled due to COVID-19 (4/9/20)
• GEO Business 2020 rescheduled amid coronavirus concerns (3/18/20)
• IEEE/ION PLANS Conference canceled due to COVID-19 concerns (3/13/20)
• AUVSI Xponential show postponed until August (3/13/20)
• Munich Satellite Navigation Summit canceled due to coronavirus (3/10/20)
• Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled due to coronavirus concerns (2/12/20)

Features

• Seen & Heard: Drones and robots fight coronavirus (3/5/20)
• Coronavirus, organ transport top medical drone uses (2/19/20)

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