A surveyor in Burkina-Faso surveys the site of a new hospital for infectious diseases. (Photo: ComNav)

ComNav helps bring GNSS benefits to Africa

February 16, 2022

ComNav Technology Ltd. is providing GNSS technology to Africa for projects in land mapping, continuously operating reference station […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, BeiDou, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, China, ComNav, ComNav Technology, Kenya, Mulindwa David, Tunisia, Uganda and posted in GNSS, Latest News

The new SBAS services are expected to aid agriculture and other sectors in Africa. The photo shows farming in the rich volcanic soils on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. (Photo: iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Joint venture expands SBAS for business development in Africa

July 23, 2021

A team of companies and government agencies is developing satellite services provided by ASECNA’s A-SBAS (Satellite-Based Augmentation System) […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, CNES, EGNOS, Geoflex, NIGCOMSAT, precise point positioning, SBAS, SBAS for Africa & Indian Ocean, Thales Alenia Space and posted in GNSS, Latest News

Photo: Topcon

Topcon GNSS to assist Bridges to Prosperity efforts in Africa

November 23, 2020

A shipping container with several pieces of key GNSS and survey instrumentation is bound for the East African […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, COVID-19, donation, GNSS receivers, MyTopcon, Rwanda, surveying, Topcon, Topcon Positioning Group and posted in Latest News, Survey

The Mayflower autonomous ship. (Photo: Tom Barnes for IBM)

Seen & Heard: The new Mayflower, the Africa split

October 20, 2020

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, continents, East African Rift Valley, Edinburgh University, glaciers, IBM, Mayflower Autonomous Ship, Peru, Rosie Bisset, school bus app, Veripos and posted in From the Magazine, Mapping, Transportation

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ASECNA, Thales provide African early SBAS open service

September 21, 2020

Service opens a new era of satellite navigation performance augmentation in the Africa and Indian Ocean Region The […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, EGNOS, European Space Agency, flight safety, Nigcomsat-1R, Nigeria, SBAS, SBAS for Africa and Indian Ocean, SBAS services, Thales Alenia Space and posted in GNSS, Latest News

Tom Plümmer, Wingcopter CEO, accepts the award from Rwanda's President Paul Kagame. (Photo: Wingcopter)

Wingcopter wins World Bank drone challenge for emergency delivery

May 6, 2020

German drone manufacturer wins two prizes at renowned Lake Kivu Challenge in Rwanda On May 5, the organizing […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, DFID/UKAID, drone delivery, Lake Kivu Challenge, medical drone delivery, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Tom Plümmer, Vanuatu, Wingcopter, World Bank Group and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, UAV/UGV

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Seen & Heard: Bats, buses and cows

September 10, 2019

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, GPS Cows, GPS tracking, high school, livestock monitoring, New York City, school buses, University of Helsinki, UPS, yellow-winged bat and posted in From the Magazine, Mobile, Transportation

Image: Esri/Joint Research Centre/CARTO

A geo window on Africa

April 1, 2019

Since 1990, the urban population of Africa has doubled, with more than 80 percent of its denizens living […]

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This article is tagged with Africa, Esri, geospatial data, infrastructure, mapping, transportation, urbanization and posted in From the Magazine, Mapping