TAMPA, Fla., May 8, 2015 — Dr. Qassim Abdullah was awarded a Presidential Citation from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) at the 2015 ASPRS Conference on Wednesday, May 6, in Tampa, Fla. Abdullah, a senior geospatial scientist and...
DroneMetrex Selects Dacosmo Company as Exclusive Reseller in China & Taiwan
May 7, 2015 — DroneMetrex, a developer and manufacturer of TopoDrones - unique photogrammetric mapping UAV systems, is proud to announce that it has awarded Dacosmo Company with the exclusive reseller contract in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. Dr.He Ru,...
FAA's B4UFLY App Will Help UAS Pilots Operate Safely and Legally
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today demonstrated a new smartphone application called “B4UFLY,†designed to help model aircraft and unmanned aircraft (UAS) users know if it is safe and...
Airgon Announces Technical Workshop for Drone Collected Volumetrics
Huntsville, AL, May 7, 2015 — AirGon LLC is pleased to announce a 2 day Technical Workshop for Drone Collected Volumetrics to be held in Toronto, Canada. This event will be a comprehensive overview of using a small UAS (drone) to collect and process data for...
PlexiDrone Achieves Canada’s Highest Grossing Crowdfunding Campaign
TORONTO, May 7, 2015 — DreamQii, a robotics company based out of the DMZ at Ryerson University, has led the highest grossing Canadian campaign in Indiegogo's history, raising over $2 million USD (over C$2.5 million) to support the production of PlexiDrone. The...
Supercomputers Make Bluesky's National Geographic Datasets a Reality
Leicestershire, May 7, 2015 — Aerial mapping company Bluesky is exploring the power of supercomputers to process and deliver 3D maps, comprising trillions of data points, for a range of environmental applications. Working with HPC Midlands and experts from...
Latin America Earth Observation Data Market to Exceed $350 Million by 2024
Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, May 7, 2015 — According to Euroconsult's newly released report, Earth Observation Requirements & Solutions in Latin America, the Latin American Earth observation market is undergoing significant expansion brought...
OGC Announces Standard for Concise Description of Earth Coordinate Reference Systems
May 6, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership has adopted the OGC Well-known Text (WKT) Representation of Coordinate Reference Systems Encoding Standard. Well-Known Text (WKT), specified several years ago in the OGC and International Organization...
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Selects Global Mapper Enterprise License for Advanced LiDAR Processing
Hallowell, Maine, May 6, 2015 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com), today announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has selected Global Mapper enterprise license, providing advanced LiDAR processing capabilities for multiple DOI agencies....
Boundless Announces Commitment to GeoNode
New York, NY, May 6, 2015 — Boundless, the leading provider of open source geospatial software and services, is pleased to announce the availability of tailored services and support for the GeoNode project (http://www.geonode.org/). GeoNode, an open source...