Five startup companies will present their game changing Earth observation services delivered by the European Copernicus programme on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform at the SAP booth at Mobile Word Congress (MWC 2016). Earth observation data provides crucial economic and...
Success of Nottingham City Council's Open Data Initiative Supported by FME & 1Spatial
Cambridge, UK, 16th February 2016 — 1Spatial’s Certified FME consultants supported Nottingham City Council’s use of FME technology to reduce the response time of Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) requests. Production of validated and redacted FOI responses...
Loxley Chooses SimActive for Royal Thai Government Project
Montreal, Canada, Feb. 16, 2016 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Loxley PCL has purchased its Correlator3D™ for a major mapping project in Thailand. The software is used by its subsidiary, Data...
USGIF Accepting Applications for Awards, Scholarships
The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is accepting nominations for its 2016 Awards and Scholarship programs.
OS Maps Out of this World
607 paper maps, the most detailed digital data picture of Great Britain, and now one red planet Using NASA open data, Ordnance Survey has created a one-off paper and digital map of the Martian landscape. OS, whose database of Great Britain has up to 500 million...
Headwall Introduces Ultra-Compact Data System for UAV Airborne Applications
Fitchburg, MA, February 15, 2016 — Headwall Photonics, Inc., the leading provider of spectral imaging solutions, has introduced a new, powerful data processing unit specifically designed for UAV airborne applications requiring sensor fusion. The small size and...
Private Sector Key to Smart City Success
The City Data Report, which was constructed with the help of 30 UK and international cities working in the Smart City environment, goes on to highlight the value of data sharing if Smart Cities is to be a success. The report claims data sharing is a necessity, because...
DigitalGlobe Offers Summer Olympic Security Package for International Governments and Security Agencies
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced the availability of its Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Security Package, which provides...
New California Fog Maps Reveal Pictures for Planning
A new series of maps of fog and low clouds covering the northern and central California coasts reveals daytime and nighttime patterns with a level of detail never previously mapped. U.S. Geological Survey scientists used new analyses of satellite images to understand...
Modernize Your Agency with the Esri Parcel Fabric
GOLDSBORO, N.C.  — Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) is currently assisting the Columbus Consolidated Government, Georgia and the City of Bozeman, Montana with the migration of their existing cadastral data into the Esri Parcel Fabric. Beyond the standard GIS...