On June 28, 2013, a dozen police officers apprehended a man who flew a camera-equipped drone over the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela was being treated.
Leica Geosystems Announces Z/I DMC IIe Large-Format Frame Camera for Airborne Operations
Heerbrugg, Switzerland, June 11, 2013— Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce that the new Z/I DMC IIe large format frame camera series can be operated fully integrated inside a Leica Geosystems aircraft installation. The Z/I DMC IIe is based on the proven sensor...
Shin-Engineering Purchases First UltraCam Eagle in Japan
Graz, Austria, June 25, 2013—Shin-Engineering Co., Ltd., a Japanese engineering and surveying firm, has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit to purchase an UltraCam Eagle photogrammetric digital aerial camera system with an 80 mm lens. The new camera...
Trimble Announces New TerraFlex Software and Cloud Services for GIS Applications
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 18, 2013—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today TerraFlex™, a new software and services platform to manage data collection activities for everyday geospatial projects. Trimble® TerraFlex helps managers maintain control of the flow of...
Atlantic Announces New Hires, Promotions
Huntsville, Ala., June 24, 2013—Atlantic, a Huntsville-based company specializing in remote sensing, surveying and consulting services, has promoted two senior level employees, and hired one.  Kimberly Denney and Paul Weyant, Jr. have been promoted to Associate...
Attend the Upcoming MAPublisher Training Course in San Diego
TORONTO, June 23, 2013—Realize the full potential of MAPublisher taught by one of our expert application specialists and be among the first to experience the new features of MAPublisher 9.2 for Adobe Illustrator including the new HTML5 web map export functionality....
USGIF Opens Nomination Period for Annual Awards Program
Herndon,Va., June 21, 2013—The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is now accepting nominations for its annual awards program. The USGIF Awards Program recognizes the exceptional work of individuals in the geospatial intelligence tradecraft....
Merrick Awarded Additional Work from Henrico County
Greenwood Village, Colo., June 20, 2013—Merrick & Company’s geospatial and surveying team (http://www.merrick.com/Geospatial) was awarded an additional task order with Henrico County, VA, to provide  planimetric  feature updates.  These services are in...
PCI Geomatics Partners with IAVO to Distribute 3-D Feature Extraction Software
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, June 27, 2013—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a partnership with IAVO to distribute its 3D Feature Extract (3DFE)...
SSTL Signs Contract for Collaborative Mission with Kazakhstan
Guildford, United Kingdom, July 1, 2013—A contract was signed today between Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Mr Amanzhol Jaimurzin, General Director of JV Ghalam LLP, for the collaborative design and development...
