India will host the second United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) in October 2022, at Hyderabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every four years, UN-GGIM hosts the UNWGIC, with the goal of improving international collaboration in geospatial information management and capacity among the member states and all the concerned stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China in 2018 hosted the UNWGIC for the first time in October. The UNGGIM has entrusted India with organising the second UNWGIC, which will take place next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geospatial data, known as geodata, that has location information, such as an address, area, or ZIP code, linked to a dataset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geospatial data can also come from Global Positioning System (GPS) data, geospatial satellite imagery, telematics devices, Internet of Things(IoT), and geotagging. Geospatial data is collected and analysed using geospatial technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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