STUART, Florida. – SeaRobotics Corporation (SeaRobotics) has delivered the USV 2.5, an autonomous 2.5 meter unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to the Center for Marine Science and Technology at North Carolina State University. The USV, built by SeaRobotics, was funded...
Surrey Satellite Further Expands Its LEO Product Capability with Nanosatellite Offering
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Surrey Satellite Technology (Surrey) announces the expansion of its low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite platform product capability with an extended nanosatellite offering. This follows the recent announcement by Surrey of its contract award for the...
OGC Requests Participation in its Marine DWG
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is calling for public participation in its newly-established Marine Domain Working Group (Marine DWG). The Marine DWG was established to address applicability of the OGC standards baseline with regards to marine geospatial data,...
Is Britain on the Move?
Australia has recently announced a 1.8m shift in its mapping coordinates, to compensate for the country’s 7.5cm shift north each year. Inevitably the question is why, and could the same thing happen here? In Australia, the shift is to take into account the growing...
Drone Operators Can Take to the Skies with New senseFly Financing and Insurance Packages
LONDON, August 2, 2016 – Today senseFly is enabling professional U.S. drone operators to take to the skies faster than ever before. By partnering with Ascentium Capital and Transport Risk Management, senseFly is offering new drone insurance, finance and leasing...
U.S. Navy Awards Defense Contract to Esri
Redlands, California —Seaport-e, the U.S. Navy's electronic platform for acquiring support services, has awarded Esri a defense contract for its unique geographic information system (GIS) technology services. SeaPort-e provides a standardized, efficient means of...
Esri and Leica Partner to Offer Grants to Governments
Redlands, California—Geographic information system (GIS) provider Esri has partnered with Swiss-based spatial measurement instrument manufacturer Leica Geosystems to encourage innovation of mobile field data collection in government by offering grants totaling...
Trimble Acquires AXIO-NET GmbH – Recognized Provider of GNSS Services
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the acquisition of AXIO-NET GmbH from Airbus Defence and Space. Based in Hannover, Germany, AXIO-NET is a prominent provider of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) corrections and professional data...
Pixel-array Quantum Cascade Detector Paves the Way for Portable Thermal Imaging Devices
WASHINGTON- The primary source of infrared radiation is heat — the radiation produced by the thermal motion of charged particles in matter, including the motion of the atoms and molecules in an object. The higher the temperature of an object, the more its atoms and...
Bluesky Geospatial a New Player in Ireland's Growing Geographic Information Industry
Coalville, Leicestershire, UK, 28 July 2016 – UK aerial survey company Bluesky has expanded its international operation with the launch of its first wholly-owned regional subsidiary. Set up to service the Republic of Ireland, Bluesky Geospatial will offer a complete...
