IRVINE, Calif., July 2, 2014—CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, today released a new version of its EQECAT™ natural catastrophe modeling platform which contains three new proprietary risk...
Esri Mapping Platform Secured for Federal Agency’s Use
Redlands, Calif., June 25, 2014—The Esri ArcGIS Online platform is now authorized and accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a secure platform for delivering cloud-based geospatial services. Following a rigorous assessment, the agency...
Headwall Announces Fully Integrated Nano-Hyperspec Sensor Payload for Small Hand-Launched UAVs
Fitchburg, Mass., June 23, 2014—In extending technological leadership within the remote sensing market, Headwall announced availability of its new Nano-Hyperspec sensor for commercial UAV deployment. The low-cost hyperspectral sensor operates in the VNIR...
Leica Launches GeoMoS Now! Web-Based Application with Real-Time Access for Informed Decision Making
Norcross, Ga., June 26, 2014—Leica Geosystems launches Leica GeoMoS Now!, a new web-based application that is part of the Leica Geosystems monitoring solution and enables on-the-go visualization and analysis of structural and ground movement monitoring data. Large...
OGC Calls for Participation in a CityGML Data Quality Interoperability Experiment
June 24, 2014—The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) calls for participation in an interoperability experiment to define data quality requirements for virtual 3D city models encoded in CityGML. CityGML has been widely adopted and is used throughout the world as a data...
Pix4D Releases Precise 3-D Modeling of Switzerland's Most Visited Historic Monument
Lausanne, Switzerland, June 25, 2014—Pix4D’s preâ€summer challenge was to create a highly accurate and very dense 3D model of Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon), Switzerland’s most visited historic monument. The 3D point cloud integrates the indoor and...
Airbus Defence and Space Launches Radar Constellation Challenge with HisdeSAT
Toulouse, France, June 23, 2014—Airbus Defence and Space, in partnership with HisdeSAT, announced a Radar Constellation Challenge to encourage the development of innovative application ideas using radar satellite imagery. The initiative is part of the Earth...
Esri User Conference: What Do Maps Reveal in the Fight to Eradicate Polio?
Redlands, Calif., June 25, 2014—Dr. Bruce Aylward from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Dr. Vincent Seaman from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will share their stories with an audience of more than 16,000 attendees at the Opening Session of the 2014...
FME International User Conference 2014 Content Available Online
Vancouver, Canada, June 26, 2014—Safe Software, makers of FME®, the leading spatial data transformation technology, announced today that all of the content from the successful FME International User Conference, recently held in Vancouver, Canada, is now available...
Home Run for the European Space Imaging, Skybox Imaging High-Res Challenge
Munich, June 23, 2014—Skybox Imaging has been all over the news lately because of their innovative satellite imaging constellation which, when complete, will contain 24 satellites giving the capability to image sites multiple times daily. What potential applications...