Harrisburg, Pa., June 11, 2015 — A Canadian expedition team used GeoDecisions’ GeoILS® platform to help track icebergs during a voyage to better understand how icebergs drift. An intelligent location server using the Esri® ArcGIS platform, GeoILS enables users...
Sweden Signs Up For Sentinel Data
June 11, 2015 — With the second Copernicus-dedicated Sentinel satellite less than two weeks away from launch, ESA and Sweden have signed an arrangement on managing and accessing Sentinel data. The Sentinel family of satellites is being developed to meet the...
Ohio State Goes Live with Real-time GIS Maps Website
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 10, 2015 — The Ohio State University has gone live with its GIS Maps 1.0, a live Geographic Information System (GIS) map of the historic Columbus campus. The public website at gismaps.osu.edu, developed by Woolpert, offers up-to-date...
Esri Joins International Partnership to Enhance Climate Resilience in Developing Countries
REDLANDS, Calif., June 10 — In a next phase of support of The White House Climate Action Plan, Esri will donate its best-of-breed GIS technology and counsel to help developing countries visualize, understand, and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Esri joins...
Teledyne Optech and Orbit GT Enter Partnership for Mobile Mapping Software
June 10, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it has entered a partnership with Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies to resell their world-class Orbit Mobile Mapping software, giving the Optech Lynx mobile mapper a complete software workflow. In addition to...
Topcon Announces Acquisition of NORAC
LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – June 10, 2015 — Topcon Positioning Group announces the acquisition of NORAC Systems International, a pioneer and the world’s leading developer of ultrasonic sensing and boom control technology for...
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service to Use GIS-Based Workload Modelling Application from Cadcorp
STEVENAGE, United Kingdom, June 10 2015 — Building on the successful deployment of a corporate geographic information system (GIS), Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) is to deploy a resource planning tool from the same software developer –...
Heat Map of Europe’s Real-Time Cities – Progress Towards Commercialisation
DUBLIN, June 08, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/343zqs/heat_map_of) has announced the addition of the "Heat Map of Europe's Real-Time Cities - Progress towards Commercialisation" report to their offering. A true...
Intermap Announces $2.1 Million Mapping Services Solutions Contract
DENVER, June 9, 2015 — Intermap (TSX: IMP), (ITMSF:BB), a leading provider of location-based solutions, today announced that the Company was awarded a US $2.1 million contract for an airborne radar mapping services solution. Intermap is using its proprietary...
CoreLogic Storm Surge Analysis Identifies More Than 6.6 Million US Homes at Risk of Hurricane Storm Surge Damage in 2015
June 8, 2015 — CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, today released its 2015 storm surge analysis which concludes that more than 6.6 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of...