January 30, 2017
This past week at Geospatial World Forum 2017 in Hyderabad, India, RIEGL displayed some of the latest products of their broad product portfolio for terrestrial, mobile, airborne and UAV-based laser scanning, in cooperation with their distribution partner for India, MeaTech Solutions (www.meatechsolutions.com). RIEGL’s survey-grade UAV LiDAR platform, the RiCOPTER, was one of the highlights
January 30, 2017
ENGLEWOOD, COLO.— Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (Surrey) has been selected by the NASA Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) for inclusion of its SSTL-150 ESPA satellite platform in the third NASA Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition Catalog (Rapid III). Through this contractual framework, Surrey is able to directly engage with NASA and other government agencies for
January 30, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. — PrecisionHawk, a provider of advanced commercial drone technologies, today announced that Michael Chasen has been appointed as the company's new chief executive officer (CEO). As a serial entrepreneur and veteran technology leader, Chasen brings more than 20 years of software experience to accelerate PrecisionHawk's rapid growth in the commercial drone market. Michael
January 30, 2017
URISA is pleased to announce the Call for Presentations for GIS-Pro 2017: URISA's 55th Annual Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. The conference will take place October 23-26, 2017. Abstract submissions are due on or before March 10, 2017. The conference educational content will celebrate exemplary applications of GIS technology for emergency response, addressing, public health, transportation, economic
January 30, 2017
Aerial mapping specialist Bluesky has announced ambitious plans for the forthcoming 2017 Irish flying season. Already dedicated to producing a high quality orthophoto base for the whole of the Republic of Ireland, together with derived and complementary data products such as 3D height models and Colour Infrared imagery, Bluesky has committed additional resources to fulfil
January 30, 2017
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites interested organizations to respond to the just released Call for Participation (CFP) in the OGC Testbed 13 Interoperability Testbed. Organizations selected to participate in Testbed 13 will develop prototype solutions based on the sponsors’ use cases, requirements and scenarios. These are described in detail in the CFP. Participants’ prototype
January 30, 2017
January, 2017 -- For professional photogrammetrists, the objective of mapping is not just to generate simple 2D orthomosaics and 3D visually-pleasant models, but to create cartography that provides accurate location and precise measurements. In Pix4Dmapper Pro, users can process large-frame images with an additional add-on. This add-on is for processing images larger than 55 megapixels.
January 30, 2017
IRVINE, CA - Digital Map Products, a leading provider of cloud-based location technology and data solutions, announced that Tim Tyrell-Smith has joined the company in a newly created position as Vice President of Marketing and member of the executive team, reporting to CEO James Skurzynski. Tyrell-Smith is a marketing executive with deep experience and success
January 30, 2017
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has launched Intergraph® InSight Explorer, a self-serve, web-based crime mapping and analysis application for law enforcement agencies. Intergraph InSight Explorer empowers agencies to discover, analyze and visualize complete crime, incident and operational data. With richer insight and clearer presentation of complex information, agencies can uncover trends and patterns
January 30, 2017
Since Google`s policy change that has dramatically increased their pricing, AND experiences a rise of requests for geocoding services. Geocoding is the process of transforming a postal address description to a geographic location. AND CEO Hugo van der Linde: "For years AND has provided premium quality geocoding. Of course, we are happy to see an