All facets of mining increasingly rely on capturing and using quality data. Effective data management and analysis improves production and increases profitability. Mining technology specialist Maptek develops robust systems that apply mining data to more accurately...
East View Partners with United Nations to Conduct Damage Assessments in Conflict Zones
MINNEAPOLIS - February 19, 2016 — East View Geospatial has teamed with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Operational Satellite Programme (UNOSAT) to conduct damage assessments for conflict areas in Syria and Iraq. "We recognized an opportunity...
Vexcel Holdings GmbH, Graz, acquires Microsoft's UltraCam Business Unit
Graz, Austria, February 19, 2016 – Vexcel Imaging GmbH, Microsoft’s UltraCam Business Unit, is undergoing an ownership change planned for early March 2016. After ten years contributing to Microsoft as a subsidiary, next month Vexcel Imaging GmbH will again become...
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems (Austria) and Aeroscout (Switzerland) are Excited to Announce a Strategic Partnership Between Companies
RIEGL and Aeroscout have worked closely for many years. As a pioneer in the UAV LiDAR field, Aeroscout has integrated RIEGL scanners into many of their systems. In 2016, RIEGL and Aeroscout strengthened their long-standing business relationship by entering into a...
Hexagon Acquires SigmaSpace Corporation, a Leading 3D Mapping Company
Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, today announced the acquisition of SigmaSpace Corporation, a provider of next-generation technologies used...
LizardTech White Paper Reveals 12 Hidden Gems in GeoExpress Software
SEATTLE, Wash. — Feb. 18, 2016 — LizardTech®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, has published a white paper showing users how to access 12 little-known geospatial data manipulation tools inside its popular...
LuxCarta to Launch New Global Brand at Mobile World Congress
Sophia Antipolis, France – February 17, 2016 – LuxCarta, parent of leading geodata production companies ComputaMaps and GEOIMAGE, announced today it is moving to a single global brand. The company’s digital maps and SpacEyes3D visualization software will be...
Esri Announces Big Changes to Small Government Enterprise License Agreement Program
Redlands, California—February 17, 2016 — Esri has announced a significant change to its Small Municipal and County Government Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) program. Municipal and county governments serving populations between 100,000 and 250,000 that have...
Geospatial Analytics Market Worth 72.21 Billion USD by 2020
According to a new market research report "Geospatial Analytics Market by Type (Surface Analysis, Network Analysis, Geovisualization), Technology, Application, Vertical, Region (Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Latin America) - Global...
MQ-4C Triton UAS Completes Operational Assessment
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Feb. 17, 2016 — The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) built for the U.S. Navy by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed Operational Assessment (OA). Pending final data analysis, the...
