Des Plaines, Ill., Aug. 28, 2014—GIS-Pro 2014: URISA’s 52nd Annual Conference is taking place September 8-11 in New Orleans, Louisiana. For those unable to travel to the conference due to budget or time constraints, there is a unique opportunity to participate...
Young GIS Practitioners Encouraged to Apply to URISA Vanguard Cabinet
Des Plaines, Ill., Aug. 29, 2014—URISA is pleased to announce the availability of the 2015 Vanguard Cabinet application. The Vanguard Cabinet (VC) is a URISA initiative which debuted in 2011 to engage young GIS practitioners (35 and under), increase their numbers in...
DMCii Invests for the Future
GUILDFORD, United Kingdom, Aug. 28, 2014—DMC International Imaging (DMCii), the global satellite imagery products and services provider, have made major improvements to their data centre, involving a full internal upgrade of processing systems. Over five billion sq....
Estimates of the Value of the UAV Market Vary Widely
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 2, 2014—Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), drones, remotely piloted vehicles. Intriguing yet sometimes controversial. No form of technology has provided as much fascination since man first undertook powered flight. Recent years has seen an increase in...
Unmanned Aircraft Partnership Reaches Major Milestone
WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 29, 2014—A team of research students and staff from Warsaw University of Technology have successfully demonstrated the first phase of flight test and integration of unmanned aircraft platforms with an autonomous mission control system. The...
Leidos Awarded Contract by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
RESTON, Va., Aug. 25, 2014—Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a national security, health and engineering solutions company was awarded a prime contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide mapping production services. The single-award...
Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems to Establish Space Debris Tracking Site
DENVER and CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 25, 2014—Under a new strategic cooperation agreement, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd are developing a new space object tracking site in Western Australia that will paint a more detailed picture of...
OGC Announces New Urban Planning Domain Working Group
Aug. 20, 2014—An OGC Urban Planning Domain Working Group (SWG) has been chartered to define the role for OGC standards and related activities within the Urban Planning discipline and to provide an open forum for the discussion and presentation of interoperability...
Tetracam and Pix4D Forge Global Alliance to Improve Farming Through Remote Sensing
Chatsworth, Calif., and Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug. 21, 2014—Tetracam and Pix4D today jointly announced a global alliance that combines the technological strengths of both companies to improve farming by means of airborne remote sensing. The alliance is only the...
DigitalGlobe Announces the Successful Launch of WorldView-3
LONGMONT, Colo., Aug. 13, 20140—DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced the successful launch of WorldView-3, the company's sixth and most advanced...
