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25.01.2022 Drones To Monitor Crowds At Sydney Beaches This Summer Announced by Surf Life Saving NSW CEO Steven Pearce and Northern Beaches Council Mayor Michael Regan, the new initiative will see Surf Life Saving NSW UAV pilots monitoring crowds at beaches and parks in the city’s north. Michael Regan said the data is intended to help keep beaches and recreational areas open over what is projected to be one of the busiest summers for Sydney beaches. This partnership is a critical part o...f our summer COVID safety operations. Our aim is to keep our popular beaches and parks open so locals and visitors alike can enjoy them to the full this summer, he said. Using this real-time data we can even more effectively manage our public spaces and reduce the COVID risk to beachgoers. Read more in Spatial Source article. https://www.spatialsource.com.au//drones-to-monitor-crowds See more

24.01.2022 Stone Slab Found in France Thought to be Europe’s Oldest 3D Map Archaeologists in France have uncovered a stone with 4,000-year-old etchings they believe may be the oldest three-dimensional map in Europe. The engravings on the broken stone appear to resemble topographical features including hills and a river network. More modern geolocalisation techniques suggest the 2.2-metre by 1.53-metre stone known as the Saint-Bélec Slab, first discovered in 1900 but then lost, show an a...rea of western Brittany. It is believed to date from the early bronze age between 2150BC and 1600BC. The slab was first found in 1900 during a dig at a prehistoric burial ground in Finistère by a local archaeologist, Paul du Châtellier, whose collection was bought by the National Antiquities Museum (MAN) in 1924. Its whereabouts then remained forgotten until 2014 when it was rediscovered in a cellar under a moat at the museum’s chateau at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, north west of Paris. Read more in article https://www.theguardian.com//stone-slab-found-france-europ See more

24.01.2022 ESA Project Measures Shoreline Changes The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Coastal Change from Space program has used 25 years of satellite imagery to determine changes along 2,800 kilometres of shoreline in the UK, Ireland, Spain and Canada. Coastlines, particularly sandy coastlines, are in the forefront of climate change, with many suffering due to increased flooding and storm surges as well as slow sea level rise. Australia has a total coastline length of 60,000 kilometres, ...only slightly less than that of the European Union at 68,000 kilometres. It is often said that the majority of Australia’s population lives within an hour’s drive of the coast. According to the European Environment Agency, almost half of the EU’s population lives less than 50 kilometres from the sea. Part of the data for the Coastal Change from Space project comes from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 missions, which have high revisit rates. Read more in Spatial Source article. https://www.spatialsource.com.au//esa-project-measures-sho See more

24.01.2022 Historic ‘Satellite Selfie’ Captures Distinct Moment In Time From marriage proposals to giant wildlife, blazing red poppies and rallying calls for the power of science, Australia's largest-ever selfie has captured some incredible images from the ACT and the Northern Territory. Now Australians everywhere can view photos captured by the nation's first selfie from space through a searchable, online map. ANU astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker said he was thrilled to see hundreds of ...people "get their space face on and strike a pose" for the flyover. "This is historic and a satellite flyover on this large of a scale has never been attempted in the world before, let alone Australia. So it's marvellous to see so many people get behind this innovative initiative that has not only captured a unique moment in time, but shown just how colourful, creative, hopeful and expressive Australians are, Dr Tucker explained. The satellite captured a range of stunning images of distinct designs put together by families, schools, businesses, workplaces and cultural institutions across the ACT and Northern Territory. In total, the flyover covered 845 square kilometres in the ACT and surrounds, and 1,326 square kilometres of the Northern Territory, capturing 107 images and 86GB worth of data. Read more in article https://www.spaceconnectonline.com.au//4626-historic-satel See more

21.01.2022 Spirent Federal to Support NASA for GNSS Testing NASA has selected Spirent Federal Systems for testing GNSS for lunar exploration. The U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Policy tasked the NASA Administrator to develop and provide requirements for the use of GPS and its augmentations to support civil space systems. NASA is exploring the viability and enhancement of GPS and GNSS signals in the Space Service Volume and beyond to support operational U.S. missions and civil space systems. Spirent GNSS solutions and expertise will support testing of the GNSS receivers intended to be deployed in the upcoming lunar exploration, the company said. Read more in GPS World article. https://www.gpsworld.com/spirent-federal-to-support-nasa-/

19.01.2022 President Biden, Congress Urged to Void Ligado Go-ahead Order In letters sent 22 April to the White House and U.S. Congress, more than 90 organisations representing a broad range of industries urged President Biden and members of Congress to set aside the Ligado Order approved during the previous administration. The industries urged the president and lawmakers to work with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to stay and ultimately set aside the Ligado Order, saying ...that it poses significant threats to the reliability of GPS for millions of Americans. The risk to American lives and to the American economy are simply too great, the group wrote in the letters. A year ago today, the FCC made the dangerous and misguided decision to allow Ligado Networks to operate a terrestrial network on frequencies adjacent to GPS despite threats to GPS reliability and the concerns of Congress and virtually all federal agencies that rely on GPS to protect our national and economic security, said Dale Leibach, spokesman for the Keep GPS Working Coalition. Read more in GPS World article. https://www.gpsworld.com/president-biden-congress-urged-t/ See more

19.01.2022 Radar Satellites Can Better Protect Against Bushfires and Floods New research led by Curtin University has revealed how radar satellites can improve the ability to detect, monitor, prepare for and withstand natural disasters in Australia including bushfires, floods and earthquakes. The research used Synthetic Aperture Radar data obtained by the European Space Agency Sentinel-1 satellite, amongst others, to evaluate Australia-specific case studies. Lead researcher Dr Amy Parke...r, an ARC Research Fellow from Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said the Sentinel-1 satellite mission provided the first complete global Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) dataset and the first opportunity to use this type of data to assess hazards in new locations, including Australia. "What makes SAR so valuable is that it provides all-weather and night-and-day capability to remotely monitor the Earth's surface, unlike traditional optical Earth Observation (EO) imagery which is at the mercy of cloud, fog, rainfall and smoke," Dr Parker said. Read more in Space Daily article. https://www.spacedaily.com//Radar_satellites_can_better_pr See more

18.01.2022 Geoscape Australia Appoints Former Olympian As New CEO Tech industry veteran and former athlete, Dean Capobianco, has been appointed CEO of geospatial data company Geoscape Australia. Capobianco was formerly an adviser to Karlsgate, a company that developed a privacy-by-design data sharing technology. He is currently also a non-executive director of Provider Choice, which operates a digital platform that guides clients through the National Disability Insurance Scheme. And sta...ying true to his athletic roots, Capobianco is also co-founder of an indigenous youth sports program. Dean is a commercially astute and execution-oriented business leader, said Lynne Robinson, chair of the board of Geoscape Australia. He has successfully built, scaled and transformed businesses in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Capobianco’s remit is to boost growth via new partnerships, business models and product innovation. Read more in Spatial Source article. https://www.spatialsource.com.au//geoscape-appoints-former See more

16.01.2022 GMV Wins Pole Position in Development and Implementation of the Galileo Second Generation Ground Segment The technology multinational GMV is playing a key role in the Galileo Second Generation (shortened to G2G) ground segment; Galileo is Europe’s global, civil, satellite-based navigation and positioning system. Galileo First Generation (shortened to G1G), running since December 2016, consists of space infrastructure (26 satellites to date) and ground infrastructure. Galileo ...is now providing 20-cm-precision positioning, navigation and timing services for over 400 million users around the world. G2G’s main objectives are to phase in new services, improve existing services and boost system robustness and security while also cutting both operating- and maintenance-costs, all with the prime purpose of cementing Galileo’s position as one the future’s top GNSSs. G2G is divided into several phases. In the first, led by ESA, mission requirements were defined at system level. This was followed by a preparation phase, leading on in turn to the implementation phase. As well as priming several mission-requirement projects, GMV, since 2018, has been heading one of the consortia working on G2G’s complete ground segment during the preparation phase. Read more in Inside GNSS article. https://insidegnss.com/gmv-wins-pole-position-in-developme/ See more

15.01.2022 ESA-backed Autonomous Driving Lab Coming to Italy Central Italy already home to an ambitious national autonomous driving research initiative will be the site of the P-CARS laboratory, intended to certify positioning devices for use within driverless cars. The new P-CARS laboratory is financed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI)through the Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP) of the European Space Agency. The lab will support the goals of EMERGE, a public-pri...vate partnership for innovation established in 2018 between Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development, the University of L’Aquila and the mountainous Abruzzo region. Also in the partnership are the RadioLabs research consortium and the Leonardo, Telespazio and Elital companies. Read more in GPS World article. https://www.gpsworld.com/esa-backed-autonomous-driving-la/ See more

10.01.2022 ESA, NASA Race to the Moon for First Lunar GNSS Fix An experimental European Space Agency (ESA) moon-bound payload will carry an advanced GNSS receiver to perform what may be the first satnav positioning fix in lunar orbit. ESA’s Lunar Pathfinder mission, a public-private partnership due to launch by the end of 2023, will take an early step in an ESA plan to expand reliable satnav coverage and communication links to explorers around, and ultimately upon the surface of, the mo...on during this decade. An overview of previous, current and future PNT projects concerning the moon was given in two recent Inside GNSS Working Papers columns, Across the Lunar Landscape Exploration with GNSS Technology (Sept/Oct 2020) and Across the Lunar Landscape: Towards a Dedicated Lunar PNT System(Nov/Dec 2020). More recently, a news story chronicled a joint initiative by NASA and the Italian Space Agency: Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LUGRE) to Deliver First GNSS Fix from the Moon in 2023. NASA selected Spirent Federal Systems to test the GNSS receivers intended for deployment in the upcoming lunar exploration. Finally, the Institute of Navigation recognised a team of NASA engineers with the Samuel M. Burka award, for a conference paper on NASA’s GPS Antenna Characterization Experiment (GPS ACE). Clearly, a second race to the moon is on. Read more in Inside GNSS article. https://insidegnss.com/esa-nasa-race-to-the-moon-for-first/ See more

08.01.2022 EOS Space Systems Celebrates Space Awards Bonanza The highly successful, inaugural Australian Space Awards brought together the best and brightest from across the breadth of Australia's rapidly growing space industry sector, with stand out performances by a number of Australian space businesses and individuals responsible for supporting the delivery of this exciting new economic and scientific opportunity. Canberra-based, Australian-owned EOS Space Systems, one of Australia's... rising stars in the space industry ecosystem both at home and abroad, was one such performer, with Alex Pollard (software group leader) winning Engineer of the Year and James Bennett (head of technology development) winning Scientist of the Year. Craig Smith, CEO of EOS Space Systems, speaking to Space Connect was elated about the success of EOS when competing in the Large Space Company of the Year category and what it means for Australia's space industry, saying, "What a great day for the Australian space industry when an Australian company like EOS can go up against Boeing in a competition and win. "This award recognises 35 years of providing leadership in the Australian space industry and EOS is growing faster now than any time in our history. EOS is also embarking on the most ambitious Australian satellite manufacture project ever for our SpaceLink midEarth orbit communications satellite business." Read more in article https://www.spaceconnectonline.com.au//4636-eos-space-syst See more

08.01.2022 3D Map of London Incorporates Real-time Data A new interactive map of London integrates photorealistic 3D models, sensor readings, transport updates and social media data such as geolocated tweets to give a ‘live’ view of the city. Produced by the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), the platform has been developed with the aim of supporting the environmental monitoring, transport, architecture and urban planning sectors. The virtual map overlays the various data streams on photorealistic 3D mesh models supplied by Bluesky. Read more in Spatial Source article. https://www.spatialsource.com.au//3d-map-of-london-incorpo

07.01.2022 The APSEA 2020 Winners Have Been Announced The SSSI and SIBA| GITA 2020 Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards were announced on Wednesday, 31 March, during a ceremony at the Locate21 conference. More than 20 outstanding individuals and groups from across Australasia were recognised for their personal achievements and professional accomplishments in a wide variety of spatial and surveying research work, teaching efforts and projects. Read more in Spatial Source article. https://www.spatialsource.com.au//the-apsea-2020-winners-h

05.01.2022 HAPS Challenge Aims for Sovereign Capability Australian businesses and researchers are being invited to join Defence and other bodies in developing a sovereign high-altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) capability. HAPS Challenge is a joint effort between the Department of Defence (through the RAAF Plan Jericho and the Air Warfare Centre), Defence Artificial Intelligence, Trusted Autonomous Systems, SmartSat CRC and the RMIT’s Sir Lawrence Wackett Defence and Aerospace Centre. HAP...S are uncrewed vehicles such as high-flying winged aircraft or balloons that operate in the stratosphere and can stay aloft for days or weeks, taking advantage of high-altitude winds and solar energy. Potential uses for HAPS include communications relay, Earth observation, positioning-navigation services and scientific research. Although HAPS systems are still relatively new, they have a significant advantage over satellites in terms of lower capital and operating costs and greater flexibility. The purpose of the Challenge is to address certain technology gaps that must be filled in order to field an effective HAPS solution. Read more in Spatial Source article. https://www.spatialsource.com.au//haps-challenge-aims-to-g See more