RESTON, Va. — A new public-private research collaboration supported by the U.S. Geological Survey will tackle how to best cope with the increasing droughts of the future. The USGS, The Nature Conservancy, and The Wildlife Conservation Society are launching the...
Esri Showcases Smarter Decision Making through GIS at White House Water Summit
Redlands, California—March 22, 2016—Esri is participating in the White House Water Summit, in celebration of the United Nations' World Water Day. Esri has committed to building new technology that maps the extent and depth of flood forecasts, along with Kisters, a...
Esri Publishes the Workbook Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro
Redlands, California—March 21, 2016—The new workbook Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro teaches the the fundamentals of making 2D and 3D maps and analyzing geospatial data using the next generation of geographic information system (GIS) software: the Esri ArcGIS Pro...
GeoFIT Americas Adopts SimActive's Correlator3D for UAVs
Montreal, Canada, March 22nd, 2016 — SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce the purchase of its Correlator3D™ software by GeoFIT Americas, a subsidiary of Groupe FIT. The software is used for image processing...
EARSC is Now a GEO Participating Organization
The European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) is pleased to have been accepted as Participating Organization for joining the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). “This is a critical step forward in GEO's efforts to collaborate with the private sector...
Hexagon Strengthens Its Sensor Portfolio with Radar Technology
NACKA STRAND, Sweden — Hexagon (STO:HEXAB):Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, has entered into an agreement to acquire the GeoRadar division...
Advanced Wave Processing for OceanWise's Port-Log
OceanWise has recently added an advanced wave processing algorithm to its online environmental data sharing and publishing system, Port-Log. The algorithm has been developed by a market leading provider of waves processing software to the oil and gas industry....
MGX Minerals Acquires LIDAR Mapping Data – Prepares Maiden N.I. 43-101 Resource Estimate at Driftwood Creek Magnesium Project
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — MGX Minerals Inc. (“MGX†or the “Companyâ€) (CSE: XMG / FKT: 1MG) reports the Company has completed acquisition of LIDAR mapping data from the regional forestry company. The mapping package includes nine gigabytes of precision...
Cadcorp Announces New Enterprise GIS Software Licensing Model
London, United Kingdom, 16 March 2016 - GIS and web mapping software developer, Cadcorp, has made a significant change to way in which organisations can licence its desktop software. With immediate effect, Cadcorp customers worldwide can benefit from an Enterprise...
USGS Partners with European Space Agency to Deliver Copernicus Earth Data
The U.S. Geological Survey and the European Space Agency (ESA) have established an innovative partnership to enable USGS storage and redistribution of Earth observation data acquired by Copernicus program satellites. The ESA-USGS collaboration will serve scientific...
