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• This is the LAST WEEK for Early-Bird Pricing for the GITA Virtual Pipeline Forum!
Register before August 7th to receive the early-bird rate for the 2020 GITA Virtual Pipeline Forum! To view the full schedule of events, register, or sponsor/exhibit, visit our conference website!

• Live GITA Webinar: The Path from GIS to GIS Leader — August 20, 2020 In order to maximize the impact of GIS in your organization, garner executive sponsorship for GIS, and increase your personal career potential, we have got to shift the conversation from technology to capability, and that capability is Location Intelligence (LI), along with the 5 pillars of LI. Register for the live webinar HERE, and we’ll see you on August 20 at 2 p.m. EST!

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Bigger, Faster, Automated: Geospatial Technology Trends in 2020 and Beyond
GIM International
Today's three main trends in geospatial technology are bigger datasets, faster digital adoption and autonomous connected ecosystems, according to Josh Weiss, Chief Digital Officer at Hexagon’s Geosystems division.
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Hybrid Inverter Integrates Distributed Energy Resources, Supports Smart Grid Function
Tech Xplore
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed an intelligent power electronic inverter platform that can connect locally sited energy resources such as solar panels, energy storage and electric vehicles and smoothly interact with the utility power grid.
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GEOBIM for Digital Cities — Integration of Technology for Public Services
Geospatial World
The resilience of cities rely on various actors encompassing the survival of the urban ecosystem, which includes inhabitants, communities, institutions, businesses and governance. Degree of survival and adaptability of these actors determine the overall resilience of cities. Macro factors such as city planning, infrastructure asset management, sustainable design and emergency services play major role in development of city resilience.
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Microchip Introduces Timing GPS with Embedded M-Code Receiver
GPS World
Threats from intentional jamming and spoofing of GPS signals, as well as cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure, demonstrate the need for powerful and secure time and frequency systems that ensure continuing operability and performance.
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Infrastructure Changes Are Key to Boosting Environment, Fighting Poverty
The Daily Orange
For generations, communities across the United States have dealt with infrastructure that exacerbates poverty and environmental issues. The problem is contrary to the basic notion that infrastructure is meant to help the communities it serves.
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Wants More Intelligence
Federal News Network
A recent broad agency announcement from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency seeks fresh ways for industrial and academic researchers to help the agency take on hard problems. It’s celled Boosting Innovative GEOINT Research BAA, or Big R.
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A New Global Map of Terrestrial Habitat for Boosting Greener Business
Geospatial World
The United Nations Environment Programme identifies habitat destruction as one of the key drivers of the emergence and rapid spread of diseases such as COVID-19 from wildlife to people. A new global map developed by scientists reveals that out of the total global terrestrial area, 37% is classified as likely Natural, 25% as potential Natural, 17% as potential Modified and 22% as likely Modified.
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Research: Infrastructure Investors Hungry for Green Assets in Wake of COVID-19
BusinessGreen
Infrastructure investors look set to ramp up their pursuit of green assets in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with renewables, digital infrastructure and green real estate singled out in a survey of fund managers as key priorities for investment, according to law firm Linklaters.
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Pandemic-Era Planning Makes it Clear: Micromobility Companies Brought a Distraction, Not a Revolution
CityLab
When micromobility companies like Lime and Bird rolled into cities around the world in 2018, they promised to revolutionise the way people move around. They dropped dockless bikes and e-scooters onto streets from the U.S. to New Zealand, asserting that the convenience offered by a shared vehicle that could be left anywhere would help usher people out of their cars and around their city centres.
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Designing Geospatial Solutions to Building Capacities: Trimble’s Expanding Horizons
Geospatial World
Recognized as one of the UN-ESCAP Centers of Excellence, The National Institute of Rural Development is an apex body engaged in building capacities of rural development functionaries, government officials, NGOs and other stakeholders through inter-related activities of training, research and consultancy.
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