Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (OCM) to provide geospatial services in support of coastal resource management programs nationwide....
Global Mapper v18 Released with Improved User Interface and Full Range Rendering of 3D Data
Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Global Mapper version 18. The culmination of an extensive design and development effort, this major version release boasts a bold new look and feel with new graphics,...
USGS-NASA Pecora Award Recognizes Excellence in Earth Observation
A longtime innovator in space-based Earth observation at Boston University and a team that has paved the way for the next generation of satellite precipitation observations have both been honored with the 2016 William T. Pecora Award for achievement in Earth remote...
Strategic Noise Mapping for the German Federal Railway Authority
Karlsruhe - Commissioned by the German Federal Railway Authority, and under the direction of Disy Informationssysteme GmbH, the consortium of firms Disy, Pöyry and SoundPLAN are performing strategic environmental noise mapping of German rail lines up to mid-2017. By...
OGC Seeks Public Comment for Candidate Moving Features Access Standard
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on its candidate Moving Features Access Standard. Applications using moving feature data, such as vehicles or pedestrians, are rapidly increasing. Innovative applications are expected to require the overlay,...
TerraColor Australia and New Zealand Landsat 8 Mosaics Released
Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) announced the release of their new TerraColor NextGen 15-meter resolution Landsat 8 satellite image mosaics covering Australia and New Zealand. The products are seamless mosaics of pan-sharpened true color Landsat 8...
Lucity Welcomes a Partner Program Manager
OVERLAND PARK, KS – Lucity, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Raj Patil as Partner Program Manager. Raj brings with him more than two decades of industry experience in the technology-enabled disciplines of Public Sector Infrastructure Management,...
DigitalGlobe's Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery Program Renewed
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced that the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has renewed the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (Global...
Esri Partners with XPRIZE Foundation to Map the Ocean
Redlands, California—Global smart mapping leader Esri and the XPRIZE Foundation today announced Esri’s partnership in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. The new partnership will help accelerate innovative surveys of the ocean, 95% of which remains unexplored.Esri...
NovAtel Announces New VEXXISâ„¢ Family of GNSS Antennas
Calgary, Alberta – Today at ION GNSS+ 2016,NovAtel Inc. (NovAtel) introduced its new VEXXIS series of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) antennas. The VEXXIS series includes two lines of antennas, the new GNSS-800 series and the GNSS-500 series introduced...