Redlands, California —Esri's annual Geodesign Summit will continue the conversation around a holistic approach to building smarter communities. Attendees include planning professionals across all levels of government, commercial firms, academia, and nongovernmental...
United States Navy Deploying Newly Designated RQ-20B AeroVironment Puma AE with Precision Recovery System Aboard Guided Missile Destroyer
MONROVIA, Calif., Aug. 11, 2016 - AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced the United States Navy has tested and deployed the RQ-20B Puma™ small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard a Flight I Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG Class). Some of these...
American Geophysical Union Partners with Wiley to Take On New Geohealth Initiative
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2016 - Geohealth is a rapidly emerging transdisciplinary field that supports the intersection of Earth and environmental sciences with human, agricultural, and environmental health. As a first step in its efforts to support and enable this...
Hexagon Geospatial Launches M.App Enterprise
NORCROSS, GA - Hexagon Geospatial is proud to launch M.App Enterprise. This privately-hosted solution enables organizations to provide and share their own information services that dynamically address their location-based challenges. Hexagon Smart M.Apps are simple to...
Luciad Announces Impressive Speaker Line-Up for its INTERACT User Conference
Belgium, Leuven – 11th August, 2016 - Luciad is delighted to announce several new speakers for INTERACT - The Luciad User Conference 2016. The conference is the premier event for geospatial professionals and developers from the Aviation, Defence, Maritime, Safety...
Esri Observes The United Nations' International Day of the World’s Indigenous People with Tribal Story Map Challenge
Redlands, California —The United Nations’ International Day of the World's Indigenous People is observed each year to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. This year’s theme is right to education, and in honor of this, Esri...
iSTAR 360 Degree Measurement Module Integrated by Imaging Companies
Edinburgh, UK – August 10, 2016 – NCTech, the developer of reality imaging systems, today announced that the Measurement Module for its industrial-grade iSTAR panoramic camera has been integrated into offerings from software firms Arithmetica and Veesus. ...
UN-GGIM: Europe Announces Creation of GRF-Europe
Europe is contributing to the UN’s Global Geodetic Reference Frame (GGRF) by developing a platform for exchanging information and expertise.  The creation of a new UN-GGIM: Europe working group, GRF- Europe will connect a range of stakeholders and act as an...
Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine Chooses Global Mapper for Coastal Mapping Project
Hallowell, Maine – Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce that the Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM) has selected Global Mapper for its Litto3D® project. The goal of this ambitious program is to create a seamless,...
Surrey Satellite and NanoRacks Teaming for Deployment of 100-kilogram-class Satellites from the ISS
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Seeking to expand the satellite launching capabilities of the International Space Station, Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) has signed a contract with NanoRacks LLC for future flights of a 100-kilogram-class satellite...
