Leicestershire, December 9, 2015 — Aerial photography and detailed 3D height models of the UK are being used to assess the risk of flooding, and help development projects progress through the planning process. Working with Betts Hydro, part of engineering...
Finding the Right Address: a Matter of Life or Death
December 9, 2015 — An Ordnance Survey software pilot has helped save lives, so say the Community First Responders (CFRs ) who used it. The prototype mobile web app was used by a sample of CFRs from across the country over an eight week period. During this time the...
Getmapping Wins a Place on the G-Cloud 7 Framework
December 9, 2015 — Getmapping Plc has been re-appointed as a supplier of cloud-based GIS data and software services to the UK Public Sector under the G-Cloud 7 Framework. Managed by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the G-Cloud is an online catalogue available to...
Esri's ArcGIS to Support SAP HANA(R) as Enterprise Geodatabase, Deepening Integration Across Products
SAP NEWSBYTE — Dec. 8, 2015 — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced that through a global technology partnership, Esri will commercially support ArcGIS using SAP HANA® as an enterprise geodatabase. This release of ArcGIS, planned for 2016, expands the existing...
Geocarto International Centre Named First Reseller of Fuze Go MS Sharp Model Software
CLEVELAND, OHIO, 7 December 2015 – Scene Sharp USA has named Geocarto International Centre Limited of Hong Kong as the first Reseller of Fuze Go MS Sharp Model, an add-on to the IMAGINE Spatial Modeler.  Within ERDAS IMAGINE®, the IMAGINE Spatial Modeler provides...
Sanborn Maps Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 4, 2015 — The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has completed mobile LiDAR data collection for two corridors in Glacier National Park and one corridor in Yellowstone National Park totaling approximately 40 linear miles. Sanborn was...
ESA and World Bank Hand-in-Hand
December 4, 2015 — Today at the COP21 Climate Summit in Paris, the World Bank and ESA signed an agreement on using information from Earth observation satellites in support of sustainable development. The World Bank, located in Washington DC, USA, is one of the...
Azavea Wins $1.5 Million to Develop Web-Based Climate Change Impact Assessment Service
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec 4, 2015 — Azavea, a geospatial analysis (GIS) software company, was awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $1.5 million by the U.S. Department of Energy. It follows a Phase I SBIR grant of $225,000 also awarded...
Nokia Expects the Sale of HERE to Automotive Industry Consortium to Close on December 4, 2015
December 3, 2015 — Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced that following receipt of all required regulatory approvals, it now expects to complete the sale of HERE to a consortium of leading automotive companies, comprising AUDI AG, BMW Group and Daimler AG, ahead of...
UTC Aerospace Systems Acquires N2 Imaging Systems
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 2, 2015 — UTC Aerospace Systems announces it has acquired N2 Imaging Systems, LLC ("N2") of Irvine, California. The acquisition will complement the UTC Aerospace Systems' intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance business and add new...
