Lakewood, CO – Spatial Business Systems (SBS) has formed a strategic alliance with Autodesk to provide an expanded set of solutions for the utility industry. Through the alliance, SBS will be responsible for future development, support and licensing of Autodesk®...
Trimble Changes Name to Reflect Company’s Technology Evolution
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that is has formally changed its company name from Trimble Navigation Limited to Trimble Inc. In addition, the company has completed its reincorporation from the State of California to the State of...
Voyager Search Named One of 15 Finalists in National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Disparate Data Challenge
REDLANDS, CA - Voyager Search, a global leader in geospatial, enterprise search that finds and delivers more than 1,800 different content types, announced today it has been named one of 15 finalists in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) first ever...
New Esri Workbook Teaches Web GIS App-Building Skills
Redlands, California—The demand for geographic information system (GIS) apps designed for use on the web and mobile devices is skyrocketing, fueling the need for people trained to build and deploy Web GIS apps.A new workbook from Esri, Getting to Know Web GIS,...
Teledyne Optech Teams Up with The Ocean Cleanup to Study the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce it has partnered with The Ocean Cleanup in their Aerial Expedition research mission, where the Optech CZMIL (Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar) successfully carried out the first in a series of low-speed, low-altitude survey...
NM Group Become First to Test Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight LiDAR UAV for Electricity Transmission in USA
In July 2016, a Midwest utility completed a project with NM Group to deploy an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with LiDAR technology testing its suitability for vegetation compliance analysis. This project was the first time a LiDAR equipped UAV has been tested Beyond...
Bluesky's Aerial Thermal Surveys Helps Enfield Identify Illegal Dwellings
Sep 28, 2016 -- The UK’s Enfield Council is using aerial maps from Bluesky to identify outbuildings used illegally for residential purposes. The problem of ‘beds in sheds’ is growing nationally, with nearly 40,000 inspections across the UK resulting in over...
Future Cities Laboratory Uses Esri's Web and Desktop Technology to Assess ˜Walkability' and ˜Cyclability' in Singapore
The Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) – a research centre set up by ETH Zurich and the National Research Foundation in Singapore focusing on sustainable future cities – has used advanced location-based analytics technology to assess how walkable Singapore is today...
G.R.A.C.E. Project Team Creates ˜Time Machine' with GIS
People interested in history and geography are going to love what a group of innovative educators, students, historians and the National Park Service have in store for them. Next year, visitors to Keweenaw National Historical Park will be able to use the Keweenaw Time...
The United Nations and Sierra Nevada Corporation Announce First Ever Dedicated United Nations-Dream Chaser Space Mission
VIENNA - (UN Information Service) – The United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have announced details of the first ever dedicated United Nations space mission at the International Astronautical Congress today in...
