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...
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...
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...
Intermap Technologies receives first contract for new aviation product Lido/SurfaceData NEXTViewâ„¢
DENVER, April 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Intermap Technologies has been awarded its first contract for its new, high-resolution aviation terrain dataset announced in December. An international drone operator which delivers medical supplies has signed a multi-year...
SRI International Demonstrates Interferometric SAR with Radar Designed for CubeSat Form Factor
MENLO PARK, Calif.— Researchers from SRI International have successfully demonstrated new Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) capabilities with a radar developed for CubeSat-based earth science applications. Designed for the power and thermal...
Orange County Property Appraiser Acquires Revealâ„¢ Imagery from EagleView for Better Visual Representation of Parcels for Property Assessment
Orlando, FL – Rick Singh, CFA, today announced that the Orange County Property Appraiser’s office (OCPA) has added Reveal™ ultra-high-resolution aerial imagery from EagleView to its collection of assets for real property assessment. Reveal is the highest...
Slingshot Aerospace Closes $5M in New Seed Funding to Accelerate Development of Geospatial Intelligence and Space Situational Awareness Platform
AUSTIN, Texas - Slingshot Aerospace, an advanced analytics company, today announced $5 million in new seed funding. The round was led by ATX Venture Partners with participation from new investor Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. The Rise of the Rest Seed Fund...
Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UxS Fleet Control Station Integrated with MicroPilot Autopilots to Enhance BVLOS Capabilities
Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based geospatial visualisation software company, and MicroPilot, world leader in professional UAV autopilots, announced today that the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UxS Fleet Control Station has been integrated with the MicroPilot MP2x28...
The GRSG Agrees Software Access with PCI Geomatics for Student Members
The Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG) has entered into an agreement with PCI Geomatics that will allow active GRSG Student Members to gain access to the company’s powerful Geomatica image processing software, for a full year. PCI Geomatica software will allow...
