[New York City, NY] — The American Geographical Society (AGS) has been awarded a grant by Omidyar Network to launch a world-wide conversation on the ethics of geospatial technologies. Designated “EthicalGEO,†this initiative calls on thinkers from all over the...
Ordnance Survey creates ˜win-win' for construction and geospatial industries with pioneering Singapore project
By combining Building Information Modelling (BIM) with geospatial technologies, Ordnance Survey (OS) is breaking down barriers in Singapore. OS has spent two years in the South East Asian nation championing the use of BIM data and its potential to transform urban...
Alamos Gold Wins 2019 Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award
SAN DIEGO, Esri User Conference – Esri Canada congratulates Alamos Gold for receiving a 2019 Esri Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award. This winner was chosen from thousands of Esri customer organizations worldwide for their effective enterprise implementation of...
Geospatial Commission Apoints Four New Commissioners
Four Independent Commissioners will join the Board of the Geospatial Commission alongside its Chair, Sir Andrew Dilnot, and Deputy Chair, Nigel Clifford. Dame Kate Barker, Kru Desai, Edwina Dunn and Steve Unger have been appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy of...
Adelaide startup signs agreement with Australian Space Agency
Spun out of the University of South Australia in 2015, Myriota last year raised $15 million through a Series A funding round, with Boeing HorizonX Ventures among the contributors. The Statement of Strategic Intent follows a similar agreement penned between...
RIEGL Invests in New Office and Production Facilities!
RIEGL, an internationally successful manufacturer of LiDAR scanners for surveying applications headquartered in Horn, Austria, is investing heavily in the expansion of production and office space. The continued, worldwide demand for the high-performance sensors allows...
Intermap Technologies Announces $3.2 Million Government Task Order
The Company's proprietary and pilot-operated multi-sensor platform will be used to penetrate dense tree canopy and reveal hidden features for infrastructure planning The Company's patented IRISTM technology will fuse data from a wide variety of sensors, delivering a...
Maxar Begins Production on Legion-class Satellite for Ovzon
WESTMINSTER, Colo - Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) today announced that it has begun production on a Legion-class geostationary satellite for Ovzon, a company located in the United States and Sweden dedicated to meeting the demand for increased mobile...
Geographers of the Lomonosov Moscow State University published the web-atlas of the available wave energy in the Russian seas
Scientists from Lomonosov MSU (Faculty of Geography) have published the first version of the Russian wave energy web-atlas. The test version of the web-atlas posted at http://autolab.geogr.msu.ru/wavenergy in open access. It contains data on the wave energy spatial...
GIS for Crime Analysts
British GIS company, Cadcorp, has made significant updates in its latest software release, Cadcorp SIS 9. In particular, new functionality has been added to Cadcorp SIS Desktop to support the requirements of Crime Analysts. This functionality is included within SIS...