Des Plaines, IL, April 20, 2015 — URISA, the Northwest GIS Users' Group (NWGIS), and the Northern Rockies and Washington URISA Chapters are pleased to announce the details of GIS-Pro & NWGIS 2015 taking place October 18-22, 2015 in Spokane, Washington. The...
Chemring Technology Solutions Launches World's First Interchangeable Handheld IED Detector for both Wire and Metal
April 20, 2015 — Chemring Technology Solutions today launches GroundHunter MHDS, the world’s first hand-held IED detector with interchangeable sensor heads for wire and metal detection. GroundHunter MHDS (Multi-head Detection System) supports multiple sensor heads...
EuroGeographics announces new Chair for Cadastre and Land Registry Knowledge Exchange Network
April 20, 2015 — EuroGeographics has named Cadastral Surveying expert Daniel Steudler as the new Chair of its Cadastre and Land Registry Knowledge Exchange Network (C&LR KEN). Dr Steudler, who holds a PhD degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia, is a...
Navy Awards $30M GIS Surveying Contract
DAYTON, Ohio, April 20, 2015 — The U.S. Navy has awarded NAVGeo LLC a $30 million contract to provide geographic information systems, surveying and mapping services. NAVGeo is a joint venture between national geospatial firms Woolpert, Magnolia River and Quantum...
USGS Continues to Write History
April 20, 2015 — The fourth volume of the comprehensive history of the U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals, Lands, and Geology for the Common Defence and General Welfare: Volume 4, 1939‒1961, has been issued as an electronic document. Featuring more than 200...
GOCE Helps Tap into Sustainable Energy Resources
April 17, 2015 — Going far above and beyond its original mission objectives, results from the GOCE gravity satellite are now being used to produce maps for geothermal energy development. Geothermal energy is heat from under Earth’s surface. From hot springs to...
BC Assessment Wins Award for Transforming Property Assessment Using GIS
VICTORIA, April 17, 2015 — BC Assessment (BCA) received an Award of Excellence today from Esri Canada for using geographic information system (GIS) technology to improve property assessment and public access to property information in British Columbia. BCA was the...
Esri and Safe Software Release Common Framework for Data Exchange among Electrical Power Utilities
Redlands, California, April 17, 2015 — Esri and Safe Software have paired to develop and openly share a Common Information Model (CIM) template for data exchange. The template demonstrates one approach to translating network data from an Esri ArcGIS database into...
Earth Observation 2.0 “ How Satellite Data Reveal Our Blue Planet
April 17, 2015 — The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is organising the 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment (ISRSE) in Berlin from 11 to 15 May 2015. The conference has taken place every two...
Topcon Kicks off 2015 Technology Roadshow with Expanded Tour Schedule
LIVERMORE, Calif. – April 17, 2015 — Topcon Positioning Group announces the kickoff of the 2015 Topcon Technology Roadshow in Toronto, Ontario. The mobile solutions center will embark on its trek on April 22 – 23, and then continue all across North America...