status: Recognised & Endorsed
Chair (s): Aaron Addison, Peter Baumann
Group Email: [group_email]
Secretariat Liaison:
The Geospatial Interest Group is a domain oriented interest group to coordinate and build synergies on topics related to geospatial data. Though there has been lot of developments and advances in geo data collection through mobile communications, sensor platforms, spatial search, and pervasive computing but still, the inter-disciplinary research needed to transform raw data into useful intelligence, to improve the planet's environmental, economic and societal well being, remains constrained by a range of barriers - disciplinary, organisational, historical, and a non-existent or non-rigorous approach to quantifying uncertainty in collected datasets.
Posts
18
September
2023
Open Letter for expanding the number of full scholarships for students from economically poor families in the UK
Dear colleagues I came across this editorial article in Guardian on social mobility in the UK “The Guardian view on class in Britain: the government doesn’t want to talk about it” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/14/the-guardian-view-... Continuing complexity: The university careers of a scientific elite in relation to their class origins and schooling0 | Add new comment
14
September
2023
G20 New Delhi Declaration - Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Responsibly for Good and for All
Dear colleagues, The United Nations welcomed the adoption of the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, describing it as an example of effective leadership at a time of great divisions in the world. Details athttps://news.un.org/en/story/2023/09/1140547 I would like to congratulate India’s G20 Presidency for the leadership to build consensus that lead to the landmark G20 New Delhi Declaration.0 | Add new comment
07
September
2023
The corporatization of space, earth observation - information needed
Dear colleagues, I came across this article on "The Corporatization of Just About Everything--Including the Climate Crisis and Outer Space." The corporatization of space0 | Add new comment
05
September
2023
Are the current AI policies favouring “AI of the Billionaires, by the Billionaires, for the Billionaires! ” to rule humanity?
These articles might be of interest Big Tech Companies Are Becoming More Powerful Than Nation-States “They are already richer than many countries, and the rise of AI looks set to increase their influence. The world's biggest tech companies are now richer and more powerful than most countries.” Details athttps://www.commondreams.org/opinion/big-tech-companies-more-powerful-th... The Big Tech Antitrust Battle Is A Fight For Democracy0 | Add new comment
02
September
2023
The launch of Aditya-L1 is accomplished successfully
Dear colleagues, India's first solar mission, Aditya-L1, was successfully launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Saturday, September 2, 2023. The next 4 months will see the spacecraft travelling a distance of 1.5 million kilometers from earth before finally reaching its intended orbit.0 | Add new comment
01
September
2023
The United Nations outreach programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery 2023 Theme: “Fighting slavery’s legacy of racism through transformative education”
These articles might be of interest The United Nations outreach programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery has 2023 Theme: “Fighting slavery’s legacy of racism through transformative education” .0 | Add new comment
30
August
2023
Live streaming of Launch of Aditya-L1 Mission on 2nd September
Dear colleagues From humble beginnings in sheds (the equipments were carried in a bicycle and a bullock cart!) to landing on the Moon, to missions to Mars , India's space journey is an epic tale of ingenuity and resourcefulness. Story of India’s amazing space journey at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL94XhNbwQ40 | Add new comment
29
August
2023
28
August
2023
August 30th RDA Community Cross-Fertilisation Workshop on Disciplinary Data
by Beth Knazook
An upcoming RDA community cross-fertilisation workshop focused on disciplinary research needs is happening at 10:00 UTC on August 30th. Participating groups include Linguistics, Biodiversity, and Life Sciences, with a roundtable discussion from RDA/EOSC Future Domain Ambassadors in those research fields as well as Materials Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences, and Ethics and Law. We're looking forward to a lively discussion!0 | Add new comment
23
August
2023
India makes history as Chandrayaan-3 lands near Moon's south pole
Dear colleagues, A Historic moment, ISRO - Indian Space Research OrganizationChandrayaan-3’s lander touches down on the lunar surface, making India the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the Moon’s south pole. All previous missions to the Moon have touched down near the equator - but exploring the south pole is key to the hunt for water. Scientists now hope to deploy a rover to send images and data back to Earth. Thank you to all scientists and engineers who worked over many years to make this possible.0 | Add new comment