May 1, 2013
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, April 29, 2013—exactEarth would like to let you know about our new Satellite AIS For Dummies e-book, packed with useful information to navigate you through Satellite AIS technology. Inside the book you'll learn all about the difference between AIS and Satellite AIS, how this new technology is changing the face of Maritime
May 1, 2013
Redlands, Calif., April 24, 2013—Fortune 500 company AECOM renewed its enterprise license agreement with Esri, the world's leading provider of geospatial technology. AECOM provides professional technical and management support services public and private clients in more than 140 countries around the world. Some of its recent projects include the London 2012 Olympic Games, the World
May 1, 2013
Epsom, United Kingdom, April 24, 2013—Atkins has won a competitive, two-year contract from Marine Scotland to provide support and enhanced functionality to its interactive web mapping portal, the National Marine Plan interactive (NMPi). This contract will see Atkins adapting the portal to meet changing client needs, including regional views of maps and data. The portal,
May 1, 2013
Paris, Montreal and Washington D.C., April 25, 2013—According to Euroconsult's newly released research report,Earth Observation: Defense and Security, demand for data to support imagery intelligence (IMINT) continues to grow globally to support defense activities and military operations. However, as a result of the relatively high cost to maintain and launch EO defense satellites and the
May 1, 2013
Greenwood Village, Colo., April 23, 2013—Merrick & Company’s (www.merrick.com) geospatial solutions (GSS) group partnered with Midland Surveying of Maryville, MO on two projects while providing ground and aerial survey services for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). Services include planimetric compilation, terrain modeling, orthoimagery, ground surveying, and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) to be used
April 24, 2013
Picayune, Miss., April 16, 2013—Aerotec, a leader in topographic maps and models, was recently awarded U.S. Patent 8374431 for its Top-Gun Veg-tool. The technology is used by utility foresters to identify, locate, analyze, and report vegetation clearance violations on electric power transmission rights-of-way. This is beneficial because without the technology, utility foresters tend to err
April 24, 2013
Horn, Austria, and Richmond Hill, Ontario, April 18, 2013—RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems (www.riegl.com) and Applanix Corporation (www.applanix.com) announced today that the Applanix AP50 GNSS-Inertial sensor system was successfully integrated with RIEGL’s VQ-820-GU topo-bathymetric airborne laser scanner on board the SCHIEBEL Camcopter S-100 UAV. The RIEGL VQ®-820-GU is specifically designed to survey sea beds, the grounds
April 16, 2013
Toronto, Canada, April 15, 2013—Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Optech LMS Professional Edition for users of the Optech Lynx Mobile Mapper™. LMS Professional 2.4 brings automated lidar rectification algorithms, used so effectively by Optech ALTM
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May 1, 2013
URISA Invites Comments on its GIS Capability Maturity Model
Des Plaines, Ill., April 23, 2013—URISA invites experienced GIS professionals of all kinds – particularly those with management experience – to review and comment on a draft GIS Capability Maturity Model (GCMM). The GIS Capability Maturity Model is intended primarily to define the components of an effective GIS operation, as well as to identify the