November6, 2015 — Sentinel-3A's preparation is finished and the satellite will soon be shipped to the Russian Cosmodrome of Plesetsk, in Northern Russia for its launch on top of a Rockot planned end of this year. Carrying a suite of state-of-the-art instruments,...
FAA Administrator Opens UAS Registration Meeting
November 4, 2015 - FAA Administrator Opens UAS Registration Meeting. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta Remarks as prepared: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for taking the time to be here. Unmanned aircraft use has increased dramatically in recent years. With this...
Strasbourg Shares Richest Geographical Database in France
November 4, 2015 — For many years, 1Spatial, the global spatial software firm which manages the world’s largest spatial data, has been working in close collaboration with Eurométropole de Strasbourg to create and maintain a single source of authoritative...
Make Your Data Persuasive with SuperGIS Desktop
November 3, 2015 — With constant development in information technologies, people often worry about getting too much information instead of getting too little. The ability to sum up information into a simple but clear story is very important. People often say, “A...
Esri Collaborates with Microsoft to Incorporate Location Services and Spatial Analytics
Redlands, California, November 3, 2015—The Internet of Things (IoT) inspires new ways of thinking about how we work with and share information. And now enterprises are getting ready to intelligently consume IoT’s large data streams in real time. To help with this,...
Bright Future for Maptek Mining Technology Solutions
November 3, 2015 — Maptek Managing Director Peter Johnson will chair an Innovations and Opportunitiessession on day one of the Third International Future Mining Conference in Sydney this week. Peter said the conference would provide a terrific platform to discuss...
A3 Edge Digital Mapping System Maps Wildlife in Uganda
Tel Aviv, Israel – November 3, 2015 — VisionMap, a leading provider of aerial survey and mapping systems, announced that its A3 Edge Digital Mapping System was recently used to map wildlife in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park. A3 Edge provides an efficient...
OGC and ASPRS to Collaborate on Geospatial Standards, Invite Participation in Point Cloud work
November 2, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) have agreed to work together more closely in the application and promotion of standards and best practices for the location and geospatial...
Forest Satellite Data & Mapping Project Led by Ecometrica Gets $1M from GEF to Conserve Mexico Biodiversity Hotspot
November 2, 2015 — An international project led by sustainability software and data firm Ecometrica and funded by the UK Space Agency's International Partnership Space Programme (IPSP) has helped local organisations in Mexico secure funding of over $1 million from...
MAPPS Member Named to NCEES Task Force
October 30, 2015, Reston, VA — MAPPS, the only national association of private sector firms in the surveying, mapping and geospatial field in the United States, today announced MAPPS member Pam Nobles, PSM, PLS, of Diversified Design & Drafting Services, Inc....
