Getech, providers of natural resources exploration data and information expertise, has been awarded a contract by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), in collboration with the 21CXRM Technical Advisory Committee, for a petroleum system related study of the United Kingdom...
OGC to initiate Phase 1 Development of Interoperability Standards for Underground Infrastructure Data
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is pleased to announce that the Fund for the City of New York and its sister organization, the National Center for Civic Innovation, has made a $25,000 grant to the OGC. These funds, along with contributions from Ordnance Survey...
Sanborn to Begin Acquisition for Arkansas Statewide Orthoimagery Project
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) aerial acquisition team will mobilize to Arkansas to collect high-resolution imagery to map the entire state of Arkansas under the 2017-2018 Statewide Orthoimagery Program. The firm will collect more...
DigitalGlobe Adds New, Innovative Partners to Its Rapidly Growing Geospatial Big Data Ecosystem
WESTMINSTER, Colo.- DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, announced the growth of its ecosystem of content producers and consumers who leverage the Company’s Geospatial Big Data analytics...
Leica Geosystems Partners with Geolantis to Integrate a Cloud Based Utility Mapping Platform
(Heerbrugg, Switzerland; Klagenfurt, Austria, 8 February 2017) – Leica Geosystems, global leader of measurement and digital reality capture technologies, has teamed with Geolantis, a provider and developer of the best-in-class cloud based utility mapping and...
PCI Joins the Geological Remote Sensing Group
Following an incredibly successful 2016 for the Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG), 2017 has started at a similarly active pace with the news that Canadian-based supplier of geo-imaging software solutions, PCI Geomatics has decided to join as a Corporate Member....
Call for Papers – Now Open EnerGIS 2017
Attention, geospatial professionals, are you involved in the energy industry, or provide mapping, engineering, or data solutions to the energy industry? Share your expertise with your colleagues at EnerGIS 2017, to be held June 5-6 in suburban Pittsburgh! This is...
NRCS California Concludes Eight-Year Mapping Survey of Los Angeles Soils
Conservation Service (NRCS) in California has concluded an eight-year project creating an inventory of the soil properties and their associated landscapes within the southeastern section of Los Angeles County. The City of Los Angeles, included in this survey, was the...
Teledyne Optech's Latest Products to be Highlighted at ILMF 2017
 Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will attend the 2017 International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) on Feb 13-15 in Denver, CO. Our latest survey systems will be on display at booth 79, including the Optech Polaris, Maverick, Eclipse, and award-winning...
NASA Makes EPIC Update to Daily Earth Pics
NASA upgraded its Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) imagery website that provides daily views of Earth from 1 million miles away, now allowing the public to choose natural or enhanced color images of Earth as well as zoom into an area on the globe.
