REGINA, Esri Canada User Conference – Esri Canada today recognized the Government of Saskatchewan with an Award of Excellence for its outstanding use of geographic information system (GIS) technology. The Government leveraged GIS for the Saskatchewan Enterprise...
MULTIROTOR Wins German Accelerator Promotion and Goes to San Francisco
As one of the most innovative companies of the high-tech branch and of the market for unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial use, the B2B world market leader from Berlin participates in the German Accelerator programme. ‘We are delighted that the the jury...
New GNSS weather data sets from TechDemoSat-1
New weather datasets, which could prove highly valuable for weather forecasting and for longer term climate monitoring, have just been made available from the Space GNSS Receiver-Remote Sensing Instrument (SGR-ReSI) instrument on board TechDemoSat-1, a small...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of WorldView-4 Commercial Earth Observation Satellite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), successfully supported the launch of WorldView-4, DigitalGlobe’s newest high-accuracy, high-resolution imaging satellite. The mission was launched from...
Verisk Analytics, Inc., Acquires The GeoInformation Group
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, announced the acquisition of The GeoInformation Group, a leader in the field of geographic data solutions based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. "This acquisition expands...
Sanborn Inks Major Mapping Deal With USGS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Â The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has won a Geospatial Products and Services Contracts (GPSC) award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that allows the agency to negotiate task orders with Sanborn during the next five years. The...
Drone USA, Inc. Retains Global PMI Partners to Provide Worldwide Acquisition and Integration Advisory Services
NEW YORK - Drone USA, Inc. (OTC:DRUS) (“Drone USA†or the “Companyâ€), a developer and manufacturer of low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (“UAVsâ€) and related technologies, today announced that it has retained Global PMI Partners to provide acquisition...
Esri Publishes New Edition of Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation
Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in smart mapping, has published Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation, eighth edition. Esri president Jack Dangermond called the 650-page textbook "a comprehensive primer for using maps effectively." Map Use teaches...
Bluesky 3D Laser Maps AONB for Archaeological Studies
Aerial mapping company Bluesky has used aircraft mounted lasers to create 3D maps of potentially important archaeological sites in Devon, England. Funded by Historic England (formerly English Heritage), the LiDAR surveys were commissioned by Devon County Council’s...
AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Drone Traffic Management System
VIENNA, Va. -Â AT&T* and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are researching traffic management solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The goal is an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) solution that supports the safe and...
