The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is calling for public participation in its newly-established Marine Domain Working Group (Marine DWG). The Marine DWG was established to address applicability of the OGC standards baseline with regards to marine geospatial data,...
RIEGL Will be Attending Trade Shows This August in Malaysia, the United States, and the Philippines!
The first show this month will be the 7th National Geospatial Information Symposium (NGIS). The 7th NGIS will be held on August 8 and 9, 2016 at Putrajaya International Convention Center in Malaysia. National Geospatial Information Symposium is a bi-annual events...
Bonus Result: CryoSat Accurately Measures Coastal Sea Levels
Scientists from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences report that the European Space Agency's CryoSat satellite and its radar altimeter can map coastal sea levels much closer than previous satellite-based methods.
Is Britain on the Move?
Australia has recently announced a 1.8m shift in its mapping coordinates, to compensate for the country’s 7.5cm shift north each year. Inevitably the question is why, and could the same thing happen here? In Australia, the shift is to take into account the growing...
Drone Operators Can Take to the Skies with New senseFly Financing and Insurance Packages
LONDON, August 2, 2016 – Today senseFly is enabling professional U.S. drone operators to take to the skies faster than ever before. By partnering with Ascentium Capital and Transport Risk Management, senseFly is offering new drone insurance, finance and leasing...
isWhere 3.1.0: Geotagged Imagery- Easy viewing on Google Earth, Fast Processing
Fort Collins, CO -Â Red Hen Systems (RHS), LLC, today announced a new release, isWhere 3.1.0, a media mapping add-on tool for viewing geotagged imagery on Google Earthâ„¢. isWhere 3.1.0 is for professionals and enthusiasts who want a quick, straightforward, affordable...
U.S. Navy Awards Defense Contract to Esri
Redlands, California —Seaport-e, the U.S. Navy's electronic platform for acquiring support services, has awarded Esri a defense contract for its unique geographic information system (GIS) technology services. SeaPort-e provides a standardized, efficient means of...
Esri and Leica Partner to Offer Grants to Governments
Redlands, California—Geographic information system (GIS) provider Esri has partnered with Swiss-based spatial measurement instrument manufacturer Leica Geosystems to encourage innovation of mobile field data collection in government by offering grants totaling...
Supergeo Will Showcase Latest Geospatial Solutions at GSDI 15
The global GIS software and solution provider, Supergeo Technologies Inc., will bring the latest geospatial solutions and products at GSDI 15 world conference in Taipei, Taiwan. The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) World Conference is an international...
Trimble Acquires AXIO-NET GmbH – Recognized Provider of GNSS Services
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the acquisition of AXIO-NET GmbH from Airbus Defence and Space. Based in Hannover, Germany, AXIO-NET is a prominent provider of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) corrections and professional data...