Des Plaines, IL , February 10, 2016 —The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), in partnership with the American Public Health Association (APHA), invites abstract submissions for the 2016 GIS and Health Symposium. The theme for this year's...
AUVSI Applauds FAA Reauthorization Bill for Advancing UAS Integration
ARLINGTON, Va. – Brian Wynne, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), today issued the following statement on the introduction of the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act, a six-year...
HydroloGIS Joins the gvSIG Association
HydroloGIS, the company behind the open source projects Geopaparazzi and JGrasstools, has officially joined the gvSIG Association. What this small Italian based company brings to the Association, is the expertise of their environmental engineers in the fields of...
Drone World Expo Adds Several Prominent Executives to Advisory Board
SAN JOSE, CA, February 10, 2016 - Following the successful launch of Drone World Expo, the defining event for commercial drone applications, the organizers have been busy planning for the second annual event scheduled for November 15-16, 2016, once again at the San...
Cadcorp Announces Hosted Web Mapping Service for UK Housing Associations
LONDON, United Kingdom, 10 February 2016 —  Many smaller housing associations could be missing out on the benefits of using geographic information simply because they are unable to justify employing a dedicated mapping expert. Recognising this, British GIS and...
USGIF Accepting Applications for 2016 Scholarship Program
Herndon, Virginia, Feb. 10, 2015 —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is now accepting applications for its 2016 Scholarship Program. Scholarship applications can be found at USGIF’s website and are due no later than April 22, 2016. The...
USGIF Opens 2016 Awards Program
Herndon, Virginia, Feb. 10 2016 —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is now accepting nominations for its 2016 Awards Program. The USGIF Awards Program annually recognizes the exceptional work of the global geospatial intelligence...
Bluesky Aerial Laser Survey Answers National Trust Landscape Questions
Leicestershire, UK, — An aerial laser survey is helping the UK's National Trust create a 3D map of historically important details of a Grade I listed park in Gloucestershire, England. Bluesky conducted the LiDAR survey to help the National Trust gain a better...
Sentinel-3 Family Grows
The signature of a €450 million contract to build two more satellites for the Sentinel-3 mission was celebrated by ESA and Thales Alenia Space of France at an event in Paris yesterday. Sentinel-3 is based on a constellation of two satellites to systematically...
TerraGo Edge Deployed by Water Utility to Save Money and Improve Service
Washington, D.C. – February 10, 2016 — Today, TerraGo announced the City of Sebring, Florida, has deployed TerraGo Edge for utility asset inspection and management. With TerraGo Edge, Sebring has been able to cut costs, bring surveys in-house and improve response...
