September 24, 2015 — Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on the candidate OGC Publish/Subscribe Core (PSC) 1.0 Interface Standard and the OGC Publish/Subscribe SOAP Binding (PSSB) 1.0 Interface Standard. These candidate OGC standards...
SpatialKey Announces Addition of Robust Data Analytics and Visualization to Hail Product
SAN FRANCISCO, September, 23 2015 — SpatialKey has enhanced its hail impact analysis product with additional CoreLogic® data to provide insurers with a faster and more accurate way to coordinate aid to their clients. By incorporating Weather Verification Services...
Global Mobile Mapping System Market – Trends and Forecasts (2015-2020)
LONDON, September 23, 2015 — The Mobile Mapping Systems Market has started to witness traction with more number of commercially operated organizations entering the market leading to the rapid advancement of the particular mapping technology. Unlike the traditional...
Geospatial Sciences Program Lands on Map as Center for Excellence
September 23, 2015 — The geospatial information sciences (GIS) program in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences (EPPS) has been named a Center for Academic Excellence as part of a new federal initiative to prepare future workers for fields such as...
Qualcomm Invests to Solve One of Drone Industry's Biggest Challenges
September 23, 2015 —Murky FAA regulations could be limiting commercial adoption of drones, but the real challenge may be limited battery life. That’s why Qualcomm Inc.’s QCOM, -0.34% investment in Skysense Inc. — a company building a charging infrastructure...
New Chief Finance Officer and HR Director Join Ordnance Survey
September 23, 2015 — Ordnance Survey is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Senior Executive Management team. Clive Mosey joins OS as Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and Will Davies joins the mapping agency as HR Director (HRD). Clive brings a...
IC Measure: Free Software for On-Screen Measurement and Image Capture
September 23, 2015 — The Imaging Source, international manufacturer of machine vision cameras and software, has just introduced its new software for on-screen measurement and image capture, IC Measure. IC Measure is a versatile, high-performance application for the...
Global Mapper V17 Released with New Multi-View Interface and Enhanced Cartographic Layout Tools
Hallowell, Maine, September 23, 2015 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the availability of Global Mapper version 17. This major release offers numerous new and improved geospatial tools, functional upgrades, and performance...
Earth-Observation Market Reports Released
A pair of Earth-observation industry market reports were published almost simultaneously in September 2015, and both were optimistic as to the current and future states of satellite-based remote sensing.
New Smallsat Technologies Targeted for Wildfire Response
Aquila Space is building briefcase-sized satellites that can capture and send back images of more than 12 million square miles of Earth daily. Meanwhile, its Silicon Valley partner Astro Digital is developing software that allows anyone to process and analyze the data.