Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second-largest space company, has signed a contract, worth around 285 million euros with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver two further optical satellites for the European Copernicus programme. As part of the Sentinel-2...
Major Update of RIEGL's Terrestrial Laser Scanning Software Suite Now Available!
RIEGL is pleased to announce the release of a major update to their Terrestrial Laser Scanning Software Suite of RiSCAN PRO, RiMINING and RiSOLVE! Point cloud of the Coliseum acquired with a VZ-400 displayed by Reflectance, Amplitude, Deviation, True Color, Multiple...
GEO Business 2016 Storming onto the Geospatial Calendar
GEO Business is shaping up to be one of the most important shows in the geospatial calendar, with 3000 international visitors expected to attend. Registration is now open and visitors are set to descend upon the Business Design Centre in London from 24-25 May 2016, to...
Boundless Executives Named American Geographical Society Fellows
New York, NY and Washington, DC - January 27, 2016 — Boundless, the leading provider of open source geospatial software and services, today announced that Brian Monheiser and Anthony Calamito have been named American Geographical Society Fellows. As Fellows, Brian...
Rolta Wins the Global Geospatial Solutions Company of the Year Award
MUMBAI, Jan. 27, 2016  — Rolta announces that it has been selected for the Geospatial World Leadership Award in the category of 'Geospatial Solutions Company of the Year 2015'. The award recognizes Rolta's contribution to the global geospatial industry, and will...
Bluesky Boosts Drone Survey Offering with Cyberhawk Partnership
Leicestershire, UK, 27 January 2016 — Aerial mapping company, Bluesky, is partnering with airborne inspection and surveying expert, Cyberhawk, to provide a broader range of aerial survey and mapping services through the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)...
RIEGL is Attending and Sponsoring the 2016 MAPPS Winter Conference!
RIEGL will be attending and sponsoring the 2016 MAPPS Winter Conference! The 2016 MAPPS Winter Conference will be taking place at the Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, Nevada from January 31, 2016 through February 3, 2016. The 2016 Winter Conference will take on a new...
Design an Interactive Map
The biggest difference between a printed map and a digital map is that the digital map provides interactivity for users. For example, with GIS software, users can click on a feature and identify its attributes to gain more details. The interactive design of the...
The Local Water Corporation of the Philippines Selects SuperGIS Desktop
The leading GIS software and solution provider, Supergeo Technologies Inc., announces that the water corporation of Butuan city, southern Philippines, has selected SuperGIS Desktop Professional as the platform for displaying and editing its geospatial data. Butuan...
OGC Announces Simplified Web Mapping Standard
26 January 2016 — The OGC announces that the OGC membership has adopted the The OGC® WMTS Simple Profile, which defines a simplified profile of the OGC Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) Interface Standard (see below). WMTS Simple limits the flexibility of the original...