ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Feb 2, 2016 — Woolpert has been contracted to collect orthoimagery of St. Johns County, Fla., it was announced today. The six-inch resolution, multispectral digital imagery, collected for the entire 776 square miles, will be used by multiple...
ASI Expands Large-Area LiDAR Capabilities with Investment in Leica Geosystems Sensors
NORCROSS, GA, February 2, 2016 — Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that Aerial Services, Inc. (ASI), a privately owned small business based in Cedar Falls, IA, has purchased a Leica ALS70-HP LiDAR sensor co-mounted with a four-band, 80 megapixel RCD30 imaging...
Esri Canada to Open GIS Centres of Excellence at the University of New Brunswick & York University
TORONTO – February 2, 2016 — Esri Canada, the leading provider of geographic information system (GIS) solutions, has named the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and York University (York) to its growing network of GIS Centres of Excellence in Higher Education. The...
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate OGC Land and Infrastructure Conceptual Model Standard (LandInfra)
01 February 2016 — The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on the candidate OGC® Land and Infrastructure Conceptual Model Standard (LandInfra). LandInfra defines concepts for land and civil engineering infrastructure...
Successful Launch of the First Laser Telecommunication Satellite of the ˜SpaceDataHighway'
EDRS-A, the first relay satellite of the SpaceDataHighway, was successfully launched into geostationary orbit on 30Â January 2016. After a test period, it will become operational for its first end-user customer by mid-2016. The SpaceDataHighway system will provide...
Aerial MOB, LLC and Quantum Spatial Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance
San Diego, California, February 1, 2016 — ​Aerial MOB, LLC, a leader in UAS (drone) aerial technology applications, has reached a strategic partnership agreement with Quantum Spatial Inc. (QSI), a leading supplier of geospatial data and solutions. Aerial MOB...
Headwall Announces Five New Reseller Organizations
Fitchburg, MA, January 29, 2016 — Headwall Photonics is responding to significant growth in its core market segments by naming five new sales representative organizations. These companies are leaders in providing advanced instrumentation solutions to the remote...
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Discussion Paper Describing JSON Implementation of the OGC and ISO Observations & Measurements Standard
29 January 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) requests public comment on the OGC OGC Observations and Measurements – JSON Implementation Discussion Paper. IT progress from 2000-2010 provided the Web services foundation that supports OGC Web Services,...
DigitalGlobe Receives Early Commitments for WorldView-4 Satellite Capacity
WESTMINSTER, Colo.— DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced its third customer commitment for direct access capacity on the WorldView-4 satellite,...
Technavio Releases New Report on Global 3D Mapping and 3D Modelling Market
LONDON —Technavio’s latest enterprise application industry report covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global 3D mapping and 3D modelling market 2016-2020. North America has emerged as the largest revenue contributor to the global 3D mapping and...