New York, NY, and Washington, DC - January 15, 2016 — Boundless, the leading provider of open source geospatial software and services, today announced the upcoming version of OpenGeo Suite will support the output of vector tiles, including the popular open source...
Latest Version of TerraGo Edge Helps Companies Stick with New Year's Resolutions, Lose Weight and Improve Relationships
TerraGo, a pioneer of geospatial collaboration and enterprise mobility software, announces the availability of TerraGo Edge 3.9, which gives customers powerful new features to help them optimize their location-based workflows. The latest release of TerraGo Edge,...
GeoComm Acquires GeoSolve, Inc., Oregon-based GIS Company
GeoComm is pleased to announce the acquisition of GeoSolve Inc. a 9-1-1 GIS services provider in the State of Oregon. The acquisition, effective January 1, 2016, merges resources of two public safety GIS companies and allows for continued service to GeoSolve customers...
KVH Introduces FOG-based Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) for Demanding Unmanned and Autonomous Applications
MIDDLETOWN, RI – January 14, 2016 — KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), has introduced the GEO-FOG 3D inertial navigation system (INS). This new product offers roll, pitch, and heading accuracies of .05° for demanding applications in unmanned, autonomous, and...
Aerialtronics Prepares for TUSExpo 2016, the Netherlands – An Unmissable Event for UAV Professionals
Aerialtronics will present a live demonstration of the Altura Zenith unmanned aerial system (UAS) at TUSExpo 2016, the fully integrated European unmanned systems industry trade show and conference, taking place on 2-4 February at the World Forum, the Hague. Supported...
Future Grains
When global food prices spiked dramatically in late 2007 and into 2008, the costs of many basic dietary staples doubled or even tripled around the world, sparking protests and riots. Panicked governments stopped exporting food, aggravating the crisis. Almost as...
The Carbon Project Selected to Deploy Cloud-based Parcel Data Exchange
ALEXANDRIA, VA, January 13, 2016 — The Carbon Project today announced that the State of North Carolina, Office of Information Technology Services renewed its contract to deploy a cloud-based Cadastral Data Exchange, The effort builds on a pilot project conducted in...
Hexagon Acquires SCCS, a Leading Supplier of Leica Geosystems Surveying Equipment in the UK
Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, today announced the acquisition of Paul MacArthur Limited (“SCCSâ€) – one of the UK’s leading...
Teledyne Optech Lidar Approved for Use in OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission
January 13, 2016 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that NASA, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and York University have approved the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) designed by scientists and engineers from Teledyne Optech and built by MacDonald, Dettwiler...
Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Second Lightning Tracker for NOAA Weather Satellite
PALO ALTO, California, Jan. 13, 2016 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered the second Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument that will provide earlier alerts of severe storms and contribute to more accurate tornado warnings. The sensor will fly on the...