In last month’s GPS World newsletter, I mentioned that the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) would host a meeting of federal geospatial agencies under the auspices of the Federal Geodetic Control ...

We leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.” —Astronaut Gene Cernan’s closing words, the twelfth and last person on the moon as he stepped back into ...

The award will fund the creation of an academic track in the field of geodesy, and the modernization of a key U.S. spatial database From left to right, Yehuda Bock, Raymond Thicklin, Rohith Rachala, ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Last week, Oregon State University (OSU) announced that it will be awarded a $6.5 million research grant as part of a federal effort to modernize geospatial coordinate system. OSU is ...

Understanding cell type identity in a multicellular organism requires the integration of gene expression profiles from individual cells with their spatial location in a particular tissue. Current ...

Mathematicians usually describe a position in space using coordinates in a coordinate system. But how does our brain do this? It has been known for some time that the target of an arm movement in some ...