June 15, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, announced that it has been selected by OneWeb Ltd. as its industrial partner for the design and manufacturing of its fleet of microsatellites. This initial production of 900...
GeoNorth Expands Capabilities and Formerly Announces Its Imagery Coordination Center
Anchorage, Alaska, June 12, 2015 — GeoNorth, LLC (www.geonorth.com), specializing in the development of integrated solutions for end-to-end geospatial decision-making, is formally announcing the operational readiness of its Imagery Coordination Center (ICC). The...
Federal Aviation Administration Grants Section 333 Exemption to Property Drone Consortium
Bothell, Wash., June 12, 2015 — The Property Drone Consortium (PDC), a collaboration of insurance carriers, construction industry leaders and supporting enterprises promoting research and development for the safe use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) announced the...
Urban Challenge Looking for Innovators
Munich, June 11, 2015 — The quality of satellite imagery is improving year by year, to the point where it is now possible to read signage and see line markings clearly. Not only has there been an improvement in visual resolution now satellites like WorldView-2 and...
GeoDecisions' GeoILS Intelligent Location Server Used to Track Icebergs
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...
