Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that the Optech Galaxy airborne lidar system has won the 2016 MAPPS Grand Award for Technology.  With its unique SwathTRAK™ technology, the Galaxy vastly increases operational efficiency and data consistency in low- to...
RIEGL's Notable Week at Geospatial World Forum 2017!
This past week at Geospatial World Forum 2017 in Hyderabad, India, RIEGL displayed some of the latest products of their broad product portfolio for terrestrial, mobile, airborne and UAV-based laser scanning, in cooperation with their distribution partner for India,...
NASA Selects Surrey Satellite US ESPA Platform for Rapid III On-Ramp 3 Catalog
ENGLEWOOD, COLO.— Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (Surrey) has been selected by the NASA Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) for inclusion of its SSTL-150 ESPA satellite platform in the third NASA Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition Catalog (Rapid...
PrecisionHawk Appoints Blackboard Co-Founder and Former CEO Michael Chasen as New CEO
RALEIGH, N.C. —   PrecisionHawk, a provider of advanced commercial drone technologies, today announced that Michael Chasen has been appointed as the company's new chief executive officer (CEO). As a serial entrepreneur and veteran technology leader, Chasen...
Abstract Submissions Invited for GIS-Pro 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida
URISAÂ is pleased to announce the Call for Presentations for GIS-Pro 2017: URISA's 55th Annual Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. The conference will take place October 23-26, 2017. Abstract submissions are due on or before March 10, 2017. The conference educational...
Bluesky Announces 2017 Flying Plans for Ireland
Aerial mapping specialist Bluesky has announced ambitious plans for the forthcoming 2017 Irish flying season. Already dedicated to producing a high quality orthophoto base for the whole of the Republic of Ireland, together with derived and complementary data products...
OGC Calls for Participation in Major Innovation Testbed (Testbed 13)
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites interested organizations to respond to the just released Call for Participation (CFP) in the OGC Testbed 13 Interoperability Testbed. Organizations selected to participate in Testbed 13 will develop prototype solutions...
Photogrammetry with Large-frame Sensors: Pix4Dmapper Pro is More than Just a Drone-Mapping Software
January, 2017 -- For professional photogrammetrists, the objective of mapping is not just to generate simple 2D orthomosaics and 3D visually-pleasant models, but to create cartography that provides accurate location and precise measurements. In Pix4Dmapper Pro, users...
Digital Map Products Announces New Vice President Of Marketing
IRVINE, CA - Digital Map Products, a leading provider of cloud-based location technology and data solutions, announced that Tim Tyrell-Smith has joined the company in a newly created position as Vice President of Marketing and member of the executive team, reporting...
Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure Launches New Police Analytics Software
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. —  Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has launched Intergraph® InSight Explorer, a self-serve, web-based crime mapping and analysis application for law enforcement agencies. Intergraph InSight Explorer empowers agencies to discover, analyze and...