WASHINGTON — Commercial remote sensing company Planet announced Feb. 3 it was acquiring rival Terra Bella from Google for an undisclosed sum, bringing together what the companies believe are complementary capabilities to image the Earth from space. Under the deal,...
ILMF 2017: YellowScan Launches YellowScan LiveStation, Real-Time in-Flight LiDAR Station, a Must for Long Endurance and Critical LiDAR flights
Yellowscan is very pleased to announce the launch of the YellowScan LiveStation, enabling Surveyors to monitor in real time the validity and quality of the data being collected, to ensure that the survey is going smoothly: Live 3D point cloud visualization (including...
Putting Disease on the Map
Redlands, California—The new edition of Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine from Esri traces the long history of how maps have been used to help unlock the mysteries behind the cause and spread of diseases such as cholera, yellow fever, and Ebola....
USGIF Accepting Nominations for 2017 Awards Program
The USGIF Awards Program annually recognizes the exceptional work of the global geospatial intelligence tradecraft’s brightest minds and most innovative organizations. The program shines a spotlight on outstanding geospatial intelligence achievements in five...
Oncor Upgrades to Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure’s GIS and Network Modelling Solution
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -Â Oncor Electric Delivery Company (Oncor) has selected Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure to deliver geospatial data across the company's operations. Hexagon's geographic information system (GIS) and network modelling solution will coordinate with...
Rwanda Forges Forward in Drone Mapping Use
After Rwanda made waves in the news early last year for allegedly being the first country to approve drone delivery, people payed attention. The country, with its rolling hills and one of the fastest growing economies in Central Africa has already established...
Leica Geosystems Wins Prestigious PRISM Award and Geospatial World Innovation Award
Heerbrugg, Switzerland; 2 February 2017 – Leica Geosystems, a global leader of measurement and reality capture technology, today announced it has won both the 2017 PRISM Award for Photonics Innovation and the 2017 Geospatial World Innovation Award. The 2017 PRISM...
Planetek Italia Joins Deimos Imaging Reseller Network
Planetek Italia is very glad to announce that is now an authorized distributor of Deimos Imaging, high-resolution world imagery solutions to customers in Italy. With this agreement, Planetek Italia will enrich its capacity to offer remotely sensed satellite products...
TCarta Marine and Proteus Geo Announce Merger to Provide Comprehensive Bathymetry and Marine Mapping Solutions
DENVER, Colorado, USA – TCarta Marine LLC of Denver, Colo., has merged with Proteus Geo of Oxford, UK, to create a global mapping company that provides bathymetric and marine data sets from the shallow coastal zone out to the continental shelf. The new company is...
Siemens and Bentley Systems Agree to Jointly Offer Planning and Design Solutions for Utilities
SAN DIEGO - Building on the strategic alliance between Siemens and Bentley Systems that was made public in November 2016, Siemens’ Energy Management Division and Bentley Systems have announced an agreement to jointly develop solutions to accelerate digitalization of...
