San Francisco-based Mapbox, an open-source mapping platform, has acquired fitness-tracking app Human, which allows users to track activity all day and aggregates the data anonymously to create information about cities. Human is a passive app with a simple goal: move...
TerraGo Magic Unlocks the Secrets to Zero-Code Enterprise Apps
TerraGo, a pioneer of geospatial collaboration, field data collection and enterprise mobility software, announces the availability of TerraGo Magic, a zero-code app platform. With TerraGo Magic, organizations can rapidly deploy iOS, Android and web apps, customized...
Firecast Brings Satellite Data to Fire Managers in Remote Areas
Firecast monitors and delivers alerts for active fires, fire risk, and deforestation in the tropics. The project's web site and mobile application bring NASA satellite data to fire managers in areas that have traditionally relied on ground-based monitoring.
OGC Releases CityGML Quality Interoperability Experiment Engineering Report
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has released the results of the CityGML Quality Interoperability Experiment (QIE) as a public Engineering Report. Carried out as a joint activity between the OGC, SIG3D and EuroSDR, the CityGML QIE,  defined data quality...
2016 URISA Exemplary Systems in Government Award Recipients Announced
Des Plaines - URISA Is pleased to announce the recipients of 2016 Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards. Since 1980, URISA’s ESIG Awards have recognized extraordinary achievements in the use of geospatial information technology that have improved the...
East View Geospatial Enters Historic Contract with SEMAR
East View Geospatial has signed a historical agreement with SEMAR, the Mexican Secretariat of the Navy. This marks the first-ever contract granted by the SecretarÃa de Marina (SEMAR) to a commercial entity for printing charts and other hydrographic publications, and...
Quanergy Raises $90 Million in Series B Funding
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Quanergy Systems, Inc., the leading provider of solid state LiDAR sensors and smart sensing solutions, announced today that it has raised $90 million in Series B funding at a valuation well over $1 billion. Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST), Delphi...
Kari Craun Honored by USGS Peers with Henry Gannett Award for Exceptional Contributions to Topographic Mapping
To commemorate the nation’s first chief geographer, the USGS established the Henry Gannett Award in 2009. As a new addition to the Gannett Award, the National Geospatial Program (NGP) has established the Henry Gannett internal award to recognize outstanding...
Hexagon Geospatial Partners with eGIS Associates
NORCROSS, GA - Hexagon Geospatial is excited to announce its partnership with eGIS Associates to provide customers with ERDAS APOLLO and ERDAS IMAGINE training, implementation and support. eGIS Associates now has the ability to install, configure and tune ERDAS...
Location Powers Workshop to Advance Geospatial Applications of Big Data
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has announced its Location Powers: Big Data workshop, occurring on Tuesday 20th September in Orlando, Florida. The Location Powers: Big Data workshop will bring together leading developers of geospatial big data systems. This is...