Now, thanks to continuing innovation and rapidly declining launch costs, more countries than ever are developing spaceports, and increasingly, partnering with state governments and private companies to do so.
Bluesky USA Launches 3D City Mapping Service
Massachusetts – Aerial mapping company Bluesky International has launched a new 3D data capture programme in the US. The MetroVista product suite sees high resolution imagery, both vertical and oblique, captured simultaneously with high accuracy, wide scale 3D data...
GEO Business 2020: Call for speakers launched
The call for speakers for GEO Business 2020 (20-21 May, Business Design Centre, London) is now open. Â Geospatial experts are invited to apply to speak at the event, which typically attracts over 3,000 professionals from across the global geospatial industry. Â With...
Blue Marble Geographics to introduce new academic lab for processing drone or UAV-collected imagery with live webinar in January
Hallowell, Maine — Blue Marble Geographics® is hosting a live webinar that will introduce the addition of photogrammetric point cloud processing from drone or UAV-captured images to the GIS software company’s free academic curriculum. The webinar is an online...
Draper Unveils LiDAR with MEMS Beamsteering Technology for Autonomous Vehicles
LiDAR, short for light detection and ranging, is often considered the primary sensor for self-driving cars, given its ability to create high definition maps of the surrounding environment. LiDAR provides a three-dimensional point cloud of a car’s surroundings by...
Matterport Enables Interactive 3D Measurements for Its Spatial Data Platform
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -Â Matterport, the market leader for spatial data capture, today made Measurement Mode available in Showcase, the company's web-based client for exploring its 3D spaces. The new functionality gives users the ability to share measurements taken in a...
SPIDA® Software Reveals SPIDAcalc v7.2 “ Arrow “ Featuring SPIDAstudio Integration Enhancements for the Strategic Management of Asset Lifecycle Data
Utilities and Telecommunication companies often have limited key asset information about their distribution grid when making critical decisions regarding safety, hardening, optimization, modernization, and design. Additionally, many organizations do not have this...
The UAS community created ‘a new transport ecosystem’ at Amsterdam Drone Week
Just like the drone industry itself, the Amsterdam Drone Week is rapidly outgrowing its infancy. Together with the High Level Conference on Drones, co-organized by the European Aviation Authority EASA, the second edition of the event made Amsterdam the epicenter of...
PrecisionHawk Raises $32 Million to Advance Next Phase of Growth in Commercial Drones
RALEIGH, N.C. - PrecisionHawk, Inc., a leading provider of drone technology for the enterprise, today announced a $32 million investment from venture investors including Millennium Technology Value Partners, Third Point Ventures, Eastward Capital Partners, and others....
Dearborn County and City of Bloomington, Indiana Select DATAMARK for NG9-1-1 Expertise and Solutions
INDIANAPOLIS - DATAMARK® announced two wins in the state of Indiana: Dearborn County and the City of Bloomington selected the company’s Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) geographic information systems (GIS) services and solutions. As Dearborn County begins its...
