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The annual meeting of the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations, GEO Week 2019 was held in Canberra, Australia, from 4-9 November 2019. The Taiwan delegation consists of National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), National Applied Research Laboratories Taiwan Ocean Research Institute (NARLabs TORI), Soil and Water Conservation Bureau (SWCB) and GIS Research Center, Feng Chia University (GIS.FCU).

Another stop for Skyeyes GPS Tech.! Successfully promote “Safe Driving” to the international stage!

On the last day of October, the Asia-Pacific Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture (APFITA) 2019 has come to the end with great success. This 2-days conference was held at Feng Chia University, Taichung, from 30th to 31st October. It was honorably instructed by the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan; organized by the Taiwan Agricultural Information Association and fully supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.

As the annual highlight of the agricultural industry in Asia-Pacific, top experts shared the state-of-the-art findings and the latest application in field operations. It is not only motivating but fueling up global agricultural development.

OGC 112th Technical and Planning Committee was held in Banff during 9th to 13th September 2019. Director Jimmy Chou and Dr. How from GIS.FCU accompanied Deputy Director Lin and Mr. I-Liang Shih from NCHC attended this event and delegated talks on various sessions, including IoT SensorThings Summit, Business Value Committee, GeoAI DWG, SmartCity DWG.

The 111th OGC TC/PC Meeting was held in Leuven, Belgium during Jun 24 to 28, Prof. Jimmy lead the team as the representative of OGC principle member. During this event, Prof. Jimmy was elected as the co-chair of GeoAI Domain Working Group and will continue to contribute GIS.FCU efforts to the AI domain of the geospatial world.

GIS.FCU organized again Taiwan delegation to go to the new southward countries for exchange. In this time, GIS.FCU assisted Soil and Water Conservation Bureau in leading the domestic disaster prevention industry team go to Manila, Philippines to participate in the “IFSEC Philippines 2019” from June 11 to 16, 2019 to build “Taiwan Disaster Prevention Pavilion” so as to actively developed new southward market and demonstrate Taiwan’s disaster prevention technologies and successful experience.

” Transport System EXPO” in Tokyo is a professional exhibition for the Japanese transportation industry. 56 million people participated within 3 days, people in transportation-related industries are attracted to participate.

The team from Feng Chia University has sponsored the charity for 14 years. They built the Tianshang
Shengmu Locating Satellite Network and Dajia Mazu app to provide satellite positioning, navigation, instant images, Jenn Lann Temple live service, route of the Patrols and Pilgrimages which includes the expected arrival time and location, and the believers who are unable to participate in the whole process can easily plan the car trip with the real-time location information on Mazu. The Dajia Mazu app can find the real-time location of the Mazu sedan chair, locate nearby supermarkets, restaurants, gas stations, YouBike stations, restrooms, etc. on the mobile phone, and also show real-time images through the four cameras on the sedan chair.

The 110th OGC TC/PC meeting was held in Singapore on Feb. 24 to Mar. 1. The team of GIS Center Feng Chia University(GIS.FCU) also completed a number of international promotion tasks under the leadership of Director Chou Tien-Yin(Jimmy).