Members of EuroGeographics have today (12 June 2017) unveiled plans for pan-European open data services underpinned by geospatial information from official sources. The Open European Location Services (ELS) project aims to improve the availability of geospatial...
First in France: A Commercial Drone Successfully Completes a BVLOS Flight of 30 Miles via 3G Cell Network
Today at 11:00 a.m., RTE and Delair-Tech set a new distance record when they flew a civilian drone 30 miles (50 kilometers). This official purpose of the flight, which took place in France, was to inspect by remote camera RTE’s power lines as well as recording...
TomTom and Bosch Collaborate on World First: Radar Localisation Map Layer for Autonomous Driving
DETROIT- TU-Automotive Detroit - TomTom (TOM2) and Bosch today announced the creation of an HD map with integrated Radar Road Signature layer for the localisation of vehicles in autonomous driving. The Radar Road Signature layer will allow automated vehicles to...
Esri and NATO NCI Agency Sign Enterprise Agreement
Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that it entered into an enterprise agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Communications and Information (NCI) Agency earlier this year. The enterprise agreement...
GolfNow Chooses CrateDB to Enrich Golfing Experience for Millions of Golfers by Processing Geospatial Data in Real Time
SAN FRANCISCO- Crate.io, developers of CrateDB, a leading open source SQL database for real time analytics of IoT and machine data, today announced that GolfNow, a division of Golf Channel and part of the NBC Sports Group, has deployed CrateDB for storage and...
Blue Marble Conducts Successful Global Mapper Training Class in Perth, Western Australia
Hallowell, Maine - Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the successful delivery of the first ever official Global Mapper Certification training class in Australia. Coinciding with the APPEA conference in Perth, the class drew over two...
JALBTCX Technical Award for RIEGL
The recipient of the Sebastian Sizgoric Technical Achievement Award will have made a major contribution in the field of LiDAR bathymetry and airborne coastal mapping and charting within the past two years. This year’s award has been given to RIEGL honoring their...
Delair-Tech Becomes the Official National Provider of Fixed-Wing Drones for French Government Agencies
TOULOUSE, FRANCE - Delair-Tech, a leading commercial drone company, announced today that its DT18 and DT26X drones have been selected as the official choice for French government agencies purchasing fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles. The decision was made by the...
Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure Listed on G-Cloud 9 Framework
Swindon, UK – Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has been listed on the G-Cloud 9 framework within the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Digital Marketplace, providing UK public sector organisations easier access to Hexagon’s leading geospatial software and...
Spatial Networks and Boundless Announce Strategic Partnership with Boundless
St Petersburg, FL — Geospatial intelligence firm Spatial Networks, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership with Boundless, the leader in open GIS. This new partnership brings unprecedented software and data solutions to government and defense customers...