Dutch navigation and digital maps firm TomTom on Wednesday reported a forecast-beating 14 percent rise in first-quarter revenue and said it had won two contracts to supply high-definition maps to carmakers. “We had a good start of the year, winning the first two...
Meet the Magnificent Seven set to receive funding, business support and the strategic backing of Ordnance Survey and HM Land Registry
Seven start-ups using location, land and property data in their products and services have been accepted onto the Geovation Accelerator Programme. Over the next twelve months the seven start-ups will receive a range of resources, including access to experienced...
BENIN Now Has an Up-To-Date National Map
In October 2014 IGN FI was awarded a contract to carry out digital mapping of the entire country of Benin at a scale of 1:50,000. Apart from a very few exceptions, the cartography of Benin had never been updated since the country gained its independence. The project...
Five US Departments of Transportation Upload 270,000 miles of Road Data to Mapillary to Understand Road Safety
New York - Five US Departments of Transportation (DOTs) have uploaded photologs with 40 million images covering 270,000 miles of road data to Mapillary, the computer vision-powered street-level imagery platform, in an effort to understand infrastructure and road...
Alteryx Expands APAC Presence to Amplify Analytics in Japan
TOKYO and IRVINE, Calif.-Â Alteryx, Inc. (NYSE: AYX), revolutionizing business through data science and analytics, today announced its new office opening in Tokyo. The new office will support the success of hundreds of current customers in the country, including Honda...
Airbus and ZF to develop high precise end-to-end autonomous driving solution
Friedrichshafen – Airbus Defence and Space and ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a system provider for mobility, are collaborating to enrich and complement ZF on-board system to enhance autonomous driving by using Airbus satellite derived information. Under this collaboration,...
PCI Geomatics Announces Educational Campaign in Brazil
MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada - PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today an incentive program to provide Geomatica software to educational institutions in Brazil. Together with its reseller partner...
TerrAvion Partners With Skymatics to Help Alleviate the Pain of Crop Damage
SAN LEANDRO, Calif.- TerrAvion, the leading aerial imagery provider for the agricultural industry, is excited to partner with Skymatics, to be their aerial imagery provider for agriculture. Skymatics uses the latest advances in computer vision and machine learning to...
The drone services market size is expected to grow from USD 4.4 billion in 2018 to USD 63.6 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 55.9%
The drone services market size is expected to grow from USD 4.4 billion in 2018 to USD 63.6 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 55.9% during the forecast period. The market for drone services is driven by numerous factors, such as the increasing use of drone services for...
XYO and BULVRD Partner to Pay Consumers to Map Out Traffic Hazards
SAN DIEGO - XYO (Kucoin: $XYO), the geospatial cryptonetwork, today announced a strategic partnership with BULVRD, the crowdsourced global mapping and road reporting app whose users earn cryptocurrency tokens while driving. The partnership makes use of the Internet of...
