WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has appointed a new Chair and Vice Chair and 14 new and continuing members to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC), which provides recommendations to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), the...
London Stock Exchange Recognise 1Spatial on 1000 Most Inspiring Companies List for Third Year Running
Cambridge, UK, 29th February 2016 — 1Spatial, the Cambridge-based spatial data firm, is one of only 40 companies to make it three years in a row on the LSEG list of 1000 Most Inspiring Companies. 75% of these companies are based outside of London. The aim of the...
Esri Adds Innovative 3 Word Address System to ArcGIS Marketplace
what3words announced today that it will be providing its innovative 3 word address and location reference system to ArcGIS Marketplace. ArcGIS Marketplace is a destination that enables ArcGIS users to search, discover, and get apps and content from qualified...
New Esri Book Shows How Government Turns Data into Meaningful Maps
Redlands, California—February 25, 2016 — Mapping the Nation: Building Smart Government with GIS, a new book from Esri, illustrates the many ways government uses maps created with geographic information system (GIS) technology to create safer, healthier, and more...
Airbus Defense and Space and J.R. Simplot Company Partner to Deliver Crop Information in Near Real Time to Farmers in North America
Airbus Defense and Space and the J.R. Simplot Company have signed a multi-year agreement that will enable Simplot to have access to very high resolution imagery products from the Pléiades satellites (50cm resolution) over locations in the United States as well as...
myWorld 3, a Significant Leap Forward for Geospatial Mobility Platforms
Ubisense Group plc (AIM:UBI), a leader in enterprise location intelligence solutions, has released myWorld 3, a significant leap forward for the state of the art in modern geospatial mobile platforms. Key new features of myWorld 3 for mobility include adding support...
OSIsoft, Esri Software Selected by US Army Corps of Engineers for Automated Energy Management
WASHINGTON — The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a $6 million Wide Area Visualization Environment (WAVE) contract to energy services provider Spectrum Solutions. Spectrum Solutions will implement the WAVE Energy Information Management (EIM)...
New Interactive Guide Tells the Story of Forest Products in the South
KNOXVILLE, TN – A new storymap developed by U.S. Forest Service researchers allows users to interactively chart the ebb and flow of forest products across the southern states -- and visually tells the story of the decline of the forest products industry in the South...
MULTIROTOR Extends its Capacities: A New Drone Lab is Currently Being Built in Brieselang Near Berlin.
MULTIROTOR is the B2B world market leader for professional micro drones in industry, documentation and surveying. To develop very successful products further continuously and to deal with the increasing demand, the company extends its capacities. In Brieselang near...
OGC Requests Information to Guide Arctic Spatial Data Pilot
24 February  2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) requests information to help advance the “Arctic Spatial Data Pilotâ€. The Arctic Spatial Data Pilot is an OGC Interoperability Program initiative sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey and Natural...