🏳️‍🌈 It's the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. We are proud of the progress 🇬🇧 has made on LGBT rights. We will be hosting an international LGBT conference on the theme of Safe to Be Me to further the cause. #IDAHOBIT

This is an amazing story about Virginia T. Norwood and #Landsat She faced and beat many of the usual criticisms and disbelief from male colleagues, and persevered. The blue strip about her life is also fascinating. A real #WomanInSTEM

We're proud to share our recent work with IMGeospatial, World Geo Startup of the Year 2019 in Albania, in a project to part-automate the creation of land #cadastre using #drones and #AI. bit.ly/30S54gF #dronesforgood #stand4herland #landrightsmatter @groundlevelup

Three fantastic speakers join our #BetterTogether call on Friday (21 Aug), with the theme Driving Digital Transformation. 💧 Mark Coates, director Bentley Systems, Inc 💧 Alexis Smith, CEO IMGeospatial, World Geo Startup of the Year 2019 💧 Rob M, senior consultant, water NCSC UK bit.ly/33XHdOk #BWConnects

Call for Research Proposals: Evidence-based Financial Solutions for #Women #Entrepreneurs | United Nations ESCAP unescap.org/projects/cwe/r… United Nations ESCAP #EmpoweringWomen #Empowerment #WomeninTech #FinTech #SDGs #WomeninFinTech

Environmental application of Ambient Location from ⁦Orbital Insight⁩ Phone tracker spots illegal palm oil supplies thetimes.co.uk/article/phone-…

Why a framework for the responsible use of these tools is needed, Policy makers, developers and we the public need to have a common understanding... Contact-tracing data harvested from pubs and restaurants being sold on thetimes.co.uk/article/contac…

GeoAI at scale... fasten your seatbelts total.com/media/news/pre…

Born #OnThisDay in 1914 was actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. As well as acting in 30 films, during the Second World War she co-developed a frequency-hopping guidance system for American torpedoes, the principles of which are used in Bluetooth and WiFi technologies today.

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Despite progress, ethnic minorities in the UK are still disadvantaged in many ways. Analyzing several socioeconomic factors, we highlight five key findings that could help leaders advance equality: mck.co/2Uyh5nz

Love the uk. Tell a story or paint a picture with science. #glidepath #penalities #coronavirus #jvt

Do you have innovations on #publicvalue #socialpurpose or #publicpurpose to transform water and wastewater services? Take a look at our two competitions running in 2021 to win funding up to £250k or a share of £40 million on our website orlo.uk/TQ4Q6 #WaterBrightIdea

zcu.io/9pQ9 - How are #geospatial services companies turning innovative and embracing #AI and #ML? Listen to Gareth Bathers - Cyient, Alexis Smith - IMGeospatial, World Geo Startup of the Year 2019 , Dr. Zaffar - @SpatialVisionAU and Willy Govender - Data World at the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) #GeoAI event.

Alexis Smith, Founder and CEO of IMGeospatial, World Geo Startup of the Year 2019 - 'The hardest challenge is to deal with failure, don’t take it personally. You have to pick yourself up and keep going, it will be alright in the end, and if not, then it isn’t the end!' #IWD2021 SPF Constructing a Digital Environment Natural Environment Research Council

We thank the following WGIC member companies who contributed to the #GeoAI report Bentley Systems, Inc, @Ceinsys, Cyient, e-GEOS, Esri, FARO_HQ, IMGeospatial, World Geo Startup of the Year 2019, :), Oracle, RIEGL, SI_Analytics, @SpatialVisionAU, Terra Analytics, TomTom, and Trimble Inc..

I’m delighted to be returning to Defra UK, a department filled with inspiring and dedicated people and joining a great ministerial team

Tackling climate change and biodiversity loss is a top priority for the Government, so we are committing to make sure no new bilateral ODA does harm to nature. We cannot tackle poverty by destroying the environment.  #TogetherForOurPlanet