People interested in history and geography are going to love what a group of innovative educators, students, historians and the National Park Service have in store for them. Next year, visitors to Keweenaw National Historical Park will be able to use the Keweenaw Time...
The United Nations and Sierra Nevada Corporation Announce First Ever Dedicated United Nations-Dream Chaser Space Mission
VIENNA - (UN Information Service) – The United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have announced details of the first ever dedicated United Nations space mission at the International Astronautical Congress today in...
Spaceflight Industries Celebrates Successful Launch of the BlackSky Pathfinder Satellite Aboard India's PSLV
SEATTLE - Spaceflight Industries, a next-generation space company enabling access to space and redefining global intelligence, announced the successful launch of its BlackSky Pathfinder-1 satellite into a sun synchronous orbit from India’s Polar Satellite Launch...
Exprodat Software Revolutionises Unconventionals Planning
Exprodat, the oil and gas ArcGIS platform specialist, Esri Gold Partner and Getech group company, has released a new version of its Unconventionals Analyst software. The company developed the Unconventionals Analyst extension to ArcGIS Desktop to help oil and gas...
Scientific Ballooners Wrap Up Fourth and Final Campaign
Scientists of the Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL) team sent their last balloon into the stratosphere over Sweden on Aug. 30, 2016, capping off four years of launches to study how electrons precipitate into Earth's atmosphere.
Stan Tillman Receives OGC's Gardels Award
At the September meeting of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) Technical Committee in Orlando, Florida, USA, Stan Tillman received the OGC’s prestigious Kenneth D. Gardels Award. The Gardels Award is awarded each year to individuals who have made an outstanding...
Esri Becomes Ambassador of NOAA and NWS Weather-Ready Nation
REDLANDS, Calif. — Esri, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, today announced its participation in the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador initiative. Recognized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to protect US...
DroneDeploy Speeds Up Drone Mapping for Remote Users With Limited Internet Connectivity
SAN FRANCISCO,CA - DroneDeploy, a leader in cloud-based drone software, today announced a new solution that addresses drone data portability challenges in remote areas that have Internet bandwidth constraints. DroneDeploy's new Turbo Uploader makes it exponentially...
OGSystems Announces First Strategic Partnership in the BlueGlass Platform
CHANTILLY, Va. —  OGSystems (OGS), a leader in technology innovation for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC), today announced that they will partner with Planet in the development of BlueGlass™ – OGSystems' easily accessible...
Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure Acquires GISquadrat
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has acquired GISquadrat GmbH of Vienna, Austria. The acquisition will enhance Hexagon's geospatial, cloud and mobile solutions for governments and utility providers in Europe. A Hexagon partner prior to the...