San Francisco-based Mapbox, an open-source mapping platform, has acquired fitness-tracking app Human, which allows users to track activity all day and aggregates the data anonymously to create information about cities. Human is a passive app with a simple goal: move...
OGC Releases CityGML Quality Interoperability Experiment Engineering Report
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has released the results of the CityGML Quality Interoperability Experiment (QIE) as a public Engineering Report. Carried out as a joint activity between the OGC, SIG3D and EuroSDR, the CityGML QIE,  defined data quality...
East View Geospatial Enters Historic Contract with SEMAR
East View Geospatial has signed a historical agreement with SEMAR, the Mexican Secretariat of the Navy. This marks the first-ever contract granted by the SecretarÃa de Marina (SEMAR) to a commercial entity for printing charts and other hydrographic publications, and...
Quanergy Raises $90 Million in Series B Funding
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Quanergy Systems, Inc., the leading provider of solid state LiDAR sensors and smart sensing solutions, announced today that it has raised $90 million in Series B funding at a valuation well over $1 billion. Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST), Delphi...
Hexagon Geospatial Partners with eGIS Associates
NORCROSS, GA - Hexagon Geospatial is excited to announce its partnership with eGIS Associates to provide customers with ERDAS APOLLO and ERDAS IMAGINE training, implementation and support. eGIS Associates now has the ability to install, configure and tune ERDAS...
Location Powers Workshop to Advance Geospatial Applications of Big Data
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has announced its Location Powers: Big Data workshop, occurring on Tuesday 20th September in Orlando, Florida. The Location Powers: Big Data workshop will bring together leading developers of geospatial big data systems. This is...
Location App ˜Wave' Seeks £500,000 Investment from Crowdcube to Launch in the UK
London – Wave, an application of Spanish origin, is looking to launch into the UK with investment from Crowdcube, Europe’s leading investment platform. The free app enables simple, efficient and effective location sharing between contacts, with added privacy...
senseFly & Air Navigation Pro Join Forces to Reduce the Risk of Mid-Air Collision
LONDON - Professional drone maker, senseFly, has teamed up with the popular aviation navigation app, Air Navigation Pro, to launch Safer Together. This joint initiative has been designed to address one of the biggest issues facing the General Aviation (GA) and...
GICHD Selects Esri to Power Next Version of Information Management System for Mine Action
Redlands, California—Esri announced that the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) has selected the ArcGIS platform to power the next generation of its software to manage and reduce the risk posed by Explosive Remnants of War (ERW). The next...
BLM, USGS Publish Data and Visualization Site for Sagebrush Geospatial Data
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have published a hub to enable easy visualization and access to geospatial data about the west’s “sagebrush sea.†This will help guide sagebrush conservation efforts during the 2016 fire...
