It’s one thing to talk about commercial geospatial intelligence and another to see it. At the 2025 GEOINT Symposium in St. Louis last month, companies displayed their latest imagery and discussed insights analysts can draw from diverse remote-sensing datasets....
Uncrewed aircraft reduce cost, lower risk, and improve land management
The Bureau of Land Management oversees millions of acres of public lands across the country, and uncrewed aircraft are one of our important tools. These aircraft support a wide range of field operations, from managing wildfires and protecting wildlife to documenting...
GIS Certification Institute Announces First Class of GISP-E Certified Professionals
Des Plaines, IL – June 5, 2025 – The GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) proudly announces the successful completion of the first class of its newly launched GISP-E (Emerging GIS Professional) certification program. This landmark achievement marks a significant step...
bitsensing Signs MOU with IKIO Technologies to Advance AI-Based Traffic Monitoring on India’s Expressways, Highways and Municipal Areas
Backed by proven success in South Korea and Europe, bitsensing brings future-ready ITS technology to India in collaboration with IKIO Technologies June 4, 2025 – Seoul – bitsensing, a leading provider of advanced radar solutions, announces today that it...
Constellation Technologies & Operations (CTO) and the European Space Agency (ESA) cooperate to launch European space-based 5G connectivity
A forward-looking agreement to test a European-designed and developed 5G mmWave telecommunications infrastructure in low Earth orbit, paving the way for hybrid, universal, and autonomous connectivity. Constellation Technologies & Operations (CTO), a future...
AGI Launches Survey to Inform Action Plan for Geospatial Education & Skills
The Association for Geographic Information, the membership group for organisations and individuals working in geospatial, has launched a survey to inform an action plan exploring the evolving needs of professionals working within the sector. Led by the...
Topcon and Vemcon sign Memorandum of Understanding to expand 2D-to-3D upgrade availability for excavators
Topcon Positioning Systems has announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Vemcon GmbH, a specialist in smart excavator attachments and 2D assistance systems, to initiate a collaboration to expand the availability of advanced excavator technology...
RIEGL opens high-tech hangar to strengthen airborne Lidar operations
RIEGL, a global leader in airborne, mobile, terrestrial, industrial and UAV-based laser scanning solutions, has officially opened a new, state-of-the-art hangar in Krems, Austria. Located just a short drive from its global headquarters in Horn, the facility represents...
NV5 secures major surveying and mapping contract in North Carolina
NV5, a U.S.-based provider of technology-enabled engineering and consulting services, has been awarded a two-year, USD10 million contract by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The contract covers a wide range of geospatial and utility services to...
BlackSky and Rocket Lab establish launch window for second Gen-3 satellite
“Full Stream Ahead” mission to add very high-resolution 35-centimeter imaging capability to BlackSky’s high-cadence, low-latency data and AI-enabled analytics offerings HERNDON, Va.— BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) and Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) have...
