Global Scans · Geospatial · Weekly Summary

• [New] By 2100, the Arctic is expected to support year-round navigation for all major vessel types, allowing the ASR to handle 2.25% of global traffic (569,214 voyages) under the OTS or 2.07% (180,608 voyages) under the PTS, surpassing the Suez Canal and Panama Canal (Fig. 1 c, d). PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] European officials have been warning about other hybrid threats and suspect Moscow was behind a string of incidents, including the sabotage of an undersea cable, cyberattacks, GPS jamming of civil aviation, and even acts of arson. Fortune
• [New] Japan will expand export controls to cover general-purpose machine tools, integrated circuits, drones, radar, navigation, and testing equipment, requiring companies to verify potential military use. DIGITIMES Inc.
• [New] Russia has used jammers in Danish waters, which caused GPS disruptions. Insurance Journal
• [New] By embedding AI into geospatial workflows, Esri is offering its users tools that can predict, optimise, and automate at scale. Highways Today
• [New] The incident regarding the European Commission President's plane has raised GPS denial from inconvenience to a strategic security threat. GPS World
• [New] Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, GPS signal disruptions have become a nuisance that people have learned to live with across Europe, especially when they travel near Russian and Belarusian airspace. Cryptopolitan
• [New] The digital wallets in 2025 will be built on biometric authentication (facial recognition, fingerprint scanning) and AI-based fraud detection. Cheqly
• By 2025 and beyond, augmented reality navigation will move from nice-to-have to standard expectation in airports, malls, hospitals, and smart cities. The Intellify -
• Integration with AR Glasses: Devices like Apple Vision Pro or Meta's AR glasses could make AR navigation hands-free and more natural. The Intellify -
• NASA and Lockheed are now mapping every step of the planned first flight, saying that sortie will involve the aircraft completing a lower-altitude loop at 217 kt (402 km/h) for the purpose of systems-integration evaluations. Flight Global
• IonQ plans to acquire Vector Atomic, a maker of quantum sensors for positioning, navigation, and timing. Semiconductor Engineering
• The automotive sector's investment in SLAM solutions is projected to exceed USD 1 billion by 2026, highlighting the growing reliance on precise localization and mapping for vehicle navigation. openpr
• The Space Development Agency is reconsidering whether or not it will further develop position, navigation and timing capabilities as part of its mega-constellation of satellites in low-Earth orbit. DefenseScoop
• Disruptions could affect energy grids, navigation, communications, and financial systems globally. InsuranceERM
• The long-term impact will likely be a major evolution of the current GPS systems, which are integral to daily life for humans across the planet. ZDNet
• Canada's space-based infrastructure - vital for communications, navigation, and weather forecasting - faces escalating risks from orbital debris and potential collisions. MDA Space
• Looking ahead, the deployment of EGNOS V3 will introduce enhanced performance, robustness, and dual-frequency multi-constellation capabilities, further strengthening Europe's satellite navigation infrastructure. Defence Industry and Space
• Grants totaling $29.5 million over the next five years, pending availability of funds, will support advances in DNA sequencing as well as new mapping and computational methods. UW Medicine | Newsroom
• The Health Surveillance Explorer is a dynamic CAC-enabled mapping application that allows the Geo ­ graphic Combatant Commands to identify global health threats and disease outbreaks in near-real time. Military Health System
• MakeSense Technology, in partnership with GIS Navigator, will use Earth observation data to create safe walking routes for blind and visually impaired people, making spontaneous travel easier. GOV.UK

Last updated: 12 October 2025