14 March 2016 – The OGC Members recently approved release of all the public OGC Engineering Reports that resulted from the 2015 OGC Interoperability Testbed 11. Testbed 11 is the most recently completed of the OGC's long series of major geospatial interoperability...
Poland Chooses MobileMapper 300 to Spot-Check Compliance for EU Direct Pay Subsidies
Krakow, March 14, 2016 — The agency responsible for the supervision and control of European Union agricultural subsidies in Poland, the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture (ARMA), has purchased 118 MobileMapper 300 smart antennas. The...
New Maps of 2015 Floods Help S. Carolina Plan for the Future
The U.S. Geological Survey has created 20 new flood inundation maps that can help South Carolinians take steps to prevent or reduce future flood damage in the areas affected by the widespread floods of October 2015. The maps, which document the extent and depth of...
Growing Adoption of Maps Across Industries Will Drive the Global Mobile Mapping Market Until 2020, Says Technavio
LONDON — According to the latest market research report by Technavio, the global mobile mapping market is expected to reach over USD 5 billion in revenue by 2020. In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global mobile mapping...
Cloudalize and Luciad Join Forces to Offer Powerful Geospatial Apps in the Cloud
BELGIUM – Luciad, developer of geospatial situational awareness products, and Cloudalize, developer of the GPU virtual desktop platform GDaaS, have joined forces to create a new disruptive cloud service: delivering powerful 3D geospatial applications instantly...
AUVSI Applauds Senate FAA Reauthorization Bill for Advancing UAS Operations
Brian Wynne, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), has issued the following statement on the introduction of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2016. The legislation was introduced by...
Global Satellite-based Earth Observation Market Is Expected To Grow At A CAGR of 14.11% By 2020: Hexa Reports
Satellite-based EO is used across verticals such as defense and intelligence, weather, agriculture, natural resources, engineering and construction, media and entertainment, and tourism. Covered in this report: The report covers the present scenario and the growth...
ANU Drone Radio Tracking Pioneer Gets Her Wings
Conservation biologist and global pioneer of drone radio tracking in research from the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society Dr Debbie Saunders has completed Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) training this week to get her own UAV Controllers Certificate...
Prince Harry to Attend MapAction Briefing Ahead of Nepal Tour
Prince Harry will attend a briefing by MapAction on Wednesday 16 March to learn more about the charity's response to the recent Nepal earthquakes, ahead of his tour to the country later this month. His Royal Highness, who has been Royal Patron of MapAction since 2007,...
Woolpert Contracted by USGS to Map, Survey Throughout U.S.
DENVER — Woolpert has signed a five-year, multimillion-dollar Geospatial Product and Services Contract 3 (GPSC 3) with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide mapping and surveying services. The GPSC is a suite of contracts used by federal, state and municipal...
