April 16, 2014
Toulouse, France, April 14, 2014—Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has signed a contract with PASCO Corporation, Japan, for the installation of the Street Factory 3D urban mapping solution at one of its production facilities in Japan, thereby completing PASCO’s Pixel Factory processing suite. Launched in July 2012, Street Factory is
April 16, 2014
CENTENNIAL, Colo., April 9, 2014—CompassData, a worldwide provider of geospatial data and services, has purchased the assets of Spatial Information Solutions (SIS) of Starkville, Miss. CompassData will continue the SIS Map Accuracy Tools product line, which includes the popular Accuracy Analyst and Topo Analyst software, relied upon by geospatial end users in the defense, civilian
April 16, 2014
CENTENNIAL, Colo., April 14, 2014—CompassData, a worldwide provider of geospatial data and services, has received DO-200A certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for collection and processing of survey and ground control data used in the creation of Airport Mapping Database (AMDB) products. “DO-200A certification enables CompassData to provide Ground Control Points (GCPs) for generation
April 16, 2014
Anchorage, Alaska, April 9, 2014—Ordnance Survey, Great Britain has selected DAT/EM Systems International® as their primary photogrammetric mapping software provider. The Summit Evolution™ software will be used for GIS and land base feature capture and editing for their mapping programs within Great Britain. Ordnance Survey purchased 35 Summit Evolution licenses after a yearlong trial period
April 16, 2014
Redlands, Calif., April 7, 2014—Esri has provided a recently revised set of customized templates to the US Army for its Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A). These easy-to-use templates come with maps, analytic capabilities, and other visualization tools, as well as a simple information model for creating geospatial products. The templates will help geospatial engineers, intelligence analysts, and
April 16, 2014
SPRINGFIELD, Va., April 10, 2014—The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency this week joined GitHub, a popular social network that allows programmers to collaborate and share computer code between users. The network allows developers to modify, distribute and perform work on the code - either to improve NGA's product, or for their own use. Participating on GitHub will
April 16, 2014
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, April 10, 2014—PCI Geomatics has successfully delivered its high-speed and automated Historical Airphoto Processing (HAP) system to Nationwide Environmental Title Research (NETR). “The HAP system has really reduced our project turnaround time,” said Brett Perry, President of NETR. “Our operations have become more streamlined, while we increase productivity at a reduced
April 16, 2014
Orlando, Fla., April 7, 2014—RIEGL USA is proud to announce that NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) recently deployed its RIEGL LMS-Q1560 airborne laser scanner system! NASA JPL is utilizing the RIEGL LMS-Q1560 to more completely and accurately measure snowpack depth of major mountain watersheds. This will be accomplished through the use of innovative airborne LiDAR from
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