India to host second UNWGIC in 2022

India will host the second United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) in October 2022, at Hyderabad.

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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.

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.

Geospatial data, known as geodata, that has location information, such as an address, area, or ZIP code, linked to a dataset.

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.