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NEWS
• PCTEL terminates share repurchase program (4/2/20)
• U.S. Space Force accepts control of GPS III SV02 amidst global pandemic (4/1/20)
• Testing suspended on Galileo Batch 3 satellites (3/30/20)
• GPS tracking shows critical truck deliveries continue despite COVID-19 (3/26/20)
• China adds to BeiDou as satnav service helps fight coronavirus (3/10/20)
Mapping & geospatial
• Esri releases resources for businesses during COVID-19 (4/3/20)
• Esri to provide mapping resources to WHO Member States (4/1/20)
• Analysis of satellite imagery shows reduced NO2 in China, Italy (3/23/20)
• Esri supports John Hopkins COVID-19 Design Challenge (3/27/20)
• Genasys releases COVID-19 interactive map layer service (3/19/20)
• Esri ArcGIS map tracks global coronavirus cases (3/13/20)
Mobile apps & location intelligence
• InnerSpace location platform supports public safety, COVID-19 response (4/1/20)
• Sewio helps fight COVID-19 with ‘smart quarantining’ (4/1/20)
• European GNSS Agency provides list of COVID-19 apps (3/30/20)
• 19 countries track mobile location to fight COVID-19 (3/26/20)
• Coronavirus and location: Is there a line? (3/23/20)
• WHO Health Alert brings COVID-19 facts to billions via WhatsApp (3/21/20)
• COVID-19: Israel’s citizens now tracked by their smartphones (3/19/20)
• Oxford University explores feasibility of coronavirus tracing mobile app (3/18/20)
UAVs
• Drone Delivery Canada asks for COVID-19 use cases (3/30/20)
• DJI joins with firefighting provider Rosenbauer on digital emergency response (3/30/20)
• ARPAS-UK coordinates COVID-19 drone capability task force (3/30/20)
• Pandemic drones to monitor, detect those with COVID-19 (3/26/20)
• China fights coronavirus with delivery drones (3/6/20)
• Xag creates fund for drones disinfection program to fight coronavirus (2/11/20)
Show updates
• GEO Business 2020 rescheduled amid coronavirus concerns (3/18/20)
• IEEE/ION PLANS Conference canceled due to COVID-19 concerns (3/13/20)
• AUVSI Xponential show postponed until August (3/13/20)
• Munich Satellite Navigation Summit canceled due to coronavirus (3/10/20)
• Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled due to coronavirus concerns (2/12/20)
Features
• Seen & Heard: Drones and robots fight coronavirus (3/5/20)
• Coronavirus, organ transport top medical drone uses (2/19/20)
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