FREDERICTON, Esri Canada User Conference – Esri Canada today presented the NB 911 Bureau, a branch of the New Brunswick Department of Justice and Public Safety, with an Award of Excellence for its outstanding use of geographic information system (GIS) technology....
ESNC Winner 2016: One Step Ahead of the Civilian Drone Market
Madrid / Oberpfaffenhofen: This year's European Satellite Navigation Competition, the world's leading innovation platform for forward-thinking applications in its field, centred on the topic of civilian drone use. On 25 October in Madrid, its 2016 edition culminated...
DigitalGlobe Reports Third Quarter 2016 Results
WESTMINSTER, Colo.- DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2016. Third Quarter Financial...
City of Tucker Launches New GIS Platform from InterDev
InterDev, an Atlanta-area provider of information technology, security and geographic information (GIS) services, today announced the City of Tucker has launched its new GIS platform and accompanying CITYMAP web application. The City’s GIS solution is powered by...
OGC Requests Comments on Proposed Quality of Service and Experience DWG
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) requests comments on the charter for a proposed Quality of Service and Experience (QoSE) Domain Working Group (DWG). Spatial data now plays a critical role in the smooth functioning of contemporary society. From aiding emergency...
NASA and ESA to Test GPS/Galileo Receivers on Board the International Space Station
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and Qascom, an Italian company specializing in Galileo, are collaborating to build the first GPS and Galileo receiver to be tested on board the International Space Station (ISS)...
NOAA Invests $6 Million to Speed Use of New Research and Technologies to Improve Severe Weather Forecasts
NOAA Research today announced $6 million in funding to get scientific and technological advances from the government and academia to NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) more rapidly, improving severe weather and water hazards forecasting. “NOAA has sharpened its...
GeoXphere Launches at Intergeo to Bring Low-Cost Airborne Sensors and Cloud GIS Together
GeoXphere, a new UK-based company has launched this month with the support of airborne hardware manufacturer WaldoAir (USA) and aerial survey and solutions provider Getmapping (UK). The aim is to bring together the revolutionary airborne survey sensor, XCAM, together...
Sanborn Completes Kentucky County Aerial Project
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —  The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has completed a project for Boone County GIS (BCGIS), Burlington, Ky., comprising the acquisition and delivery of oblique imagery and orthoimagery for the 256-square-mile county. Geospatial and...
International Year of Global Understanding Story Maps Competition
The International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) Story Maps Competition is a contest aimed at young people from around the world to help raise awareness of the global implications of local everyday actions. Our world faces social, cultural, and economic change,...
