Redlands, Calif., March 13, 2013—The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) efforts to assist after the destruction of Superstorm Sandy—including its first-of-its-kind mapping platform, the GeoPlatform—were recognized by Esri at its annual Federal GIS...
AeroMetric Awarded Texas DBITS Contract
Austin, Texas, March 13, 2013—Aero-Metric, Inc. (AeroMetric) was recently awarded a contract with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) for Deliverables Based IT Services (DBITS) as part of its Cooperative Contracts program to state and local...
Geocent Wins Contract to Provide Navy Weather Data on a Geospatial Map
March 6, 2013, Stennis Space Center, Miss.—Geocent announced today it has been selected to provide Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) the ability to display their forecasted ocean weather data and observations of current ocean weather data on a geospatial map so...
MGGP Aero First to Purchase UltraCam Eagle in Poland
Graz, Austria — March 5, 2013 — MGGP Aero Ltd. has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase an UltraCam Eagle digital aerial camera system with a 210mm lens, which is well suited for high altitude flying. MGGP Aero has been...
Overwatch Appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 5 for the Third Time
AUSTIN, Texas, March 12, 2013—Overwatch, a strategic business of Textron Systems Advanced Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®)...
RapidEye Completes Imagery-Based MALAREO Project
Berlin, Germany, March 14, 2013—RapidEye, a leader in high-resolution, wide area repetitive coverage of earth through its constellation of five satellites, announced today that the African Malaria Control Project, MALAREO, which incorporates RapidEye data, has come...
Chinese Firm GeoStar Purchases SimActive Software
Montreal, Canada, March 12, 2013—SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Chinese firm GeoStar has purchased its Correlator3D™ product. The software will be used to generate surface and terrain models,...
PCI Announces Professional Online Training
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, March 4, 2013—Throughout the year our top instructors deliver expert training in a convenient on-line format. A full host of course materials and demonstration data are provided. A high-speed internet connection is all that is...
Merrick Utilizes LiDAR in Large Sinkhole Plain
Aurora, Colo., March 7, 2013—Merrick & Company (www.merrick.com) collected and processed light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for the Illinois Sinkhole Plain within Monroe, Randolph, and St. Clair Counties in East St. Louis, IL.  The data collection effort...
QCoherent Software Awarded GSA Contract
Huntsville, Ala., March 6, 2013—GeoCue Corporation is pleased to announce the award of a Government Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 70 contract (GS35F213A) to our subsidiary, QCoherent Software LLC. This award allows United States Federal, State and Local...
