REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that its founder and president Jack Dangermond received the royal Dutch decoration, Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. Jan Hamming, Mayor of Zaanstad, awarded the accolade to...
Pecora Award Honors Excellence in Earth Observation
Two awardees have been recognized with the 2018 William T. Pecora Award for achievements in Earth remote sensing. Barbara J. Ryan has been honored for her many contributions, including promoting public access to Earth observation data. The Ozone Monitoring...
Geodata Provides the Basis, but Collaboration is Key
Karlsruhe/Munich, 29 April 2019. Municipal authorities are well aware when autumn starts. In the future, they will also know exactly where in a city each and every tree is located, its height and trunk diameter, and even the amount of leaves it will shed – useful...
Velodyne Expert Addresses How Lidar Boosts Business Value of Mobile Mapping Applications
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Frank Bertini, UAV and Robotics Business Manager at Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (booth #1420), will deliver a featured presentation on the business cases for 3D lidar technology in mobile mapping applications at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019, taking place on April...
Iris Automation announces Casia, the first turnkey collision-avoidance solution for the commercial drone industry
SAN FRANCISCO - Iris Automation, an artificial intelligence and safety avionics company, today announced the launch of Casia – the first commercially available computer vision detect-and-avoid solution to enable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for...
Ohio UAS Center, Air Force Research Laboratory to Test Groundbreaking Aviation Technology
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Major General William Cooley, Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, announced today that the Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center and AFRL...
CompTIA Elevates Presence at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill -Â CompTIA, the leading trade association for the global technology industry, said today it will spotlight its growing presence in the commercial drone market at next week's AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019Â conference in Chicago. CompTIA (Booth #4822) will...
Velodyne Lidar, Nikon Announce Manufacturing Agreement for Mass Production of Velodyne Lidar Sensors
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced an agreement with Nikon Corporation, under which Sendai Nikon Corporation, a Nikon subsidiary, will manufacture lidar sensors for Velodyne with plans to start mass production in the second half of 2019. The...
TRI-AD, Maxar Technologies and NTT DATA Collaborate To Build High-Definition Maps for Autonomous Vehicles from Space
WESTMINSTER, CO -Â Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, Inc. (TRI-AD), Toyota's automated driving software development company, Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), a global technology innovator powering the new space economy, and NTT DATA...
RIEGL to Attend and Exhibit at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019
Orlando, FL – RIEGL will be attending and exhibiting at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019! AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019 will take place from April 29th-May 2nd, 2019, at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. RIEGL will be exhibiting at Booth 817 during AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019. Be sure...